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#60
March 15, 2007, 07:42:22 AM
Quote from: "Kaysea"
Quote from: "Patrick"No I pronounce it "Dah" not "Dar".

Same pronunciation... :)

How?  :skeptisch:

Kaysea

#61
March 15, 2007, 07:50:17 AM
Aussie is pronounced Ozzie (as in Ozzie and Harriett) not Os-sea....
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Bree

#62
March 15, 2007, 08:07:39 AM
Quote from: "Kaysea"You guys pronounce Melbourne as Mel Bourne.... we pronounce it as Mel Bun...

There you go again with the generalizations... :D You can't ever say 'you guys pronounce' about Americans... because it's not ever true for all of us! ;) Most of my family calls it Melbaahn. :D

New Englanders have occasional problems with their r's. :D
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Mikel

#63
March 15, 2007, 08:10:04 AM
Quote from: "Kaysea"
Quote from: "Amanda"
Quote from: "Kaysea"
Quote from: "Patrick"No I pronounce it "Dah" not "Dar".

Same pronunciation... :)

How?  :skeptisch:


Aussie is pronounced Ozzie (as in Ozzie and Harriett) not Os-sea....

I pronounce that Aww-Zee
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Mikel
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Mikel

#64
March 15, 2007, 08:12:30 AM
Quote from: "Bree"
Quote from: "Kaysea"You guys pronounce Melbourne as Mel Bourne.... we pronounce it as Mel Bun...

There you go again with the generalizations... :D You can't ever say 'you guys pronounce' about Americans... because it's not ever true for all of us! ;) Most of my family calls it Melbaahn. :D

New Englanders have occasional problems with their r's. :D

I concur with the Lady Bree.

If you travel 300 miles in the US you change accents markedly.  Travel furher (say... Massachusetts to western Tennessee), it is almost a different dialect.
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#65
March 15, 2007, 08:33:43 AM
Quote from: "Bree"New Englanders have occasional problems with their r's. :D

You should hear Mikel talk! He says pita  "pee-ter"

Mikel

#66
March 15, 2007, 09:08:09 AM
Quote from: "Heather"
Quote from: "Bree"New Englanders have occasional problems with their r's. :D

You should hear Mikel talk! He says pita  "pee-ter"

I am originally from NY.  I use the R's that New Englanders do not.

Yep, I have the occassional IDEAR, lived for a while in North CAROLINER, and have been known the WARSH the dishes.
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Mikel
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Patrick

#67
March 15, 2007, 04:20:06 PM
Quote from: "Bree"New Englanders have occasional problems with their r's. :D

That we do!

Kaysea

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March 15, 2007, 05:05:51 PM
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Patrick

#69
March 15, 2007, 05:36:31 PM
Quote from: "Kaysea"Ok, ok....I generalize, but let's just say, every Yank I have ever met - and believe it or not, there's been a few, have not been able to pronounce Aussie, Melbourme, Brisbane.... etc etc.

I even taught Will how to speak aussie over AIM... *chuckles* now that was an experience....

Well maybe you're experience has been that way.  But I feel that I'm very good at picking up accents.  I've gotten compliments from my Mexican native Spanish teacher on my lack of accent before.  And I'm very good at impersonations so...

Kaysea

#70
March 15, 2007, 06:06:00 PM
Quote from: "Patrick"
Quote from: "Kaysea"Ok, ok....I generalize, but let's just say, every Yank I have ever met - and believe it or not, there's been a few, have not been able to pronounce Aussie, Melbourme, Brisbane.... etc etc.

I even taught Will how to speak aussie over AIM... *chuckles* now that was an experience....

Well maybe you're experience has been that way.  But I feel that I'm very good at picking up accents.  I've gotten compliments from my Mexican native Spanish teacher on my lack of accent before.  And I'm very good at impersonations so...

I would have to hear you to judge your aussie accent. :)  

Just a hint though, the majority of us speak more like Paul Hogan - Crocodile Dundee;  than Steve Erwin - Crocodile Hunter.   ;)

And my accent slips from Aussie to Pom depending on who I'm with and/or what I'm saying.  But most people wouldn't pick me for a pom now.
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emma

#71
March 16, 2007, 12:40:59 AM
Quote from: "Kaysea"
Quote from: "Patrick"
Quote from: "Kaysea"Ok, ok....I generalize, but let's just say, every Yank I have ever met - and believe it or not, there's been a few, have not been able to pronounce Aussie, Melbourme, Brisbane.... etc etc.

I even taught Will how to speak aussie over AIM... *chuckles* now that was an experience....

Well maybe you're experience has been that way.  But I feel that I'm very good at picking up accents.  I've gotten compliments from my Mexican native Spanish teacher on my lack of accent before.  And I'm very good at impersonations so...

I would have to hear you to judge your aussie accent. :)  

Just a hint though, the majority of us speak more like Paul Hogan - Crocodile Dundee;  than Steve Erwin - Crocodile Hunter.   ;)

And my accent slips from Aussie to Pom depending on who I'm with and/or what I'm saying.  But most people wouldn't pick me for a pom now.

*giggles* Ha! I'd probably do a fairly creditable Aussie impression - Way too much watching of and laughing at Neighbours (where it's still Christmas, or was yesterday!)

Kaysea

#72
March 16, 2007, 12:51:00 AM
Quote from: "emma"*giggles* Ha! I'd probably do a fairly creditable Aussie impression - Way too much watching of and laughing at Neighbours (where it's still Christmas, or was yesterday!)

Put it this way Emma, if you're cockney, you already almost have an aussie accent.
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Avery

#73
March 16, 2007, 11:54:48 AM
I was born and raised in Florida my whole life, but since the person who taught me to talk came from Liverpool in England, people at my school (teachers, students, etc) occasionally ask me "are you a Brit?". It's amusing, even if I don't think I sound that English when directly compared to an English person.
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emma

#74
March 16, 2007, 12:28:55 PM
Quote from: "Kaysea"
Quote from: "emma"*giggles* Ha! I'd probably do a fairly creditable Aussie impression - Way too much watching of and laughing at Neighbours (where it's still Christmas, or was yesterday!)

Put it this way Emma, if you're cockney, you already almost have an aussie accent.

H**l no!  That'd make me a soft Southerner!!!

 :right:  Northern and proud of it!
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