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2006-10-05 22:49:09 · 4 answers · asked by dodi 3 in Society & Culture Languages

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The Australian Broadcasting Corporation provides many streams of their radio programs.

Non-Australians can also gain an impression of Australian English from well-known actors and other native speakers. The normal speaking voices of Cate Blanchett, Russell Crowe, Hugh Jackman, Nicole Kidman, Mel Gibson and Heath Ledger are examples of General Australian accents, unless they are acting in roles as non-Australians. Several Australian actors provided voices for Finding Nemo: Nigel the pelican, the three sharks, the sewage-eating crab and the dentist have Broad Australian accents. Television star, the late Steve "Crocodile Hunter" Irwin had a pronounced broad Australian accent that was often parodied, both in Australia and elsewhere. John O'Grady's novel They're a Weird Mob has many examples of pseudo-phonetically written Australian speech during the 1950s, such as "owyergoinmateorright?" ("how're you going mate, alright?"). Thomas Keneally's novels set in Australia, particularly The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith, frequently utilise vernacular such as "yair" for "yes" and "noth-think" for "nothing".

2006-10-05 22:59:21 · answer #1 · answered by Magnetic 3 · 1 0

How bout an Australian joke

Q Is that a donut or a meringue

A No you're right it's a donut

Apparently the way Aussies say it it's a pun.

2006-10-05 23:33:12 · answer #2 · answered by Goddess of Grammar 7 · 1 0

Aussies use "arvo" for afternoon, "sheila" for girl, to give but two examples.
There is a cute Q&A joke, too:
Q "What's a bison?"
A "It's what an Australian uses to wash his fice in!"

2006-10-06 01:56:58 · answer #3 · answered by Dennis J 4 · 1 0

Monday is pronounced as man-die (sounds like man will die)
Today is to-die
Lay is lie
Sunday is sun-die

2006-10-05 23:03:20 · answer #4 · answered by camilo r 3 · 1 0

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