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Oi! We’re not lazy yarners, so let’s kill the cringe and love our Aussie accent(s).

Posted by Algernon_Asimov
Tags: language.spoken, accents, english, australian, author.howard manns, author.kate burridge, source.the conversation
https://theconversation.com/oi-were-not-lazy-yarners-so-lets-kill-the-cringe-and-love-our-aussie-accent-s-111753

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Authors
Howard Manns, Kate Burridge
Published
Mar 11 2019
Word count
1115 words

2 comments

  1. vakieh
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    There's an Australian accent, and there's aaaaan ostraaaayyyan akk sent. One is perfectly fine, the other is bogan as fuck and hasn't been mainstream in the capital cities since before I was born....

    There's an Australian accent, and there's aaaaan ostraaaayyyan akk sent. One is perfectly fine, the other is bogan as fuck and hasn't been mainstream in the capital cities since before I was born. It's Australian like hillbilly drawl is American.

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  2. nic
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    After twenty years in the states, I now enjoy hearing the Aussie accent.

    After twenty years in the states, I now enjoy hearing the Aussie accent.