2007-01-12 23:04:08 · 23 answers · asked by Tickla 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
the british.
2007-01-12 23:06:34 · answer #1 · answered by Lei 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The prisoners deported from Britain to Australia came mostly from the East-end of London. That's why the Australian accent is similar to the working-class 'Cockney' accent in London's East-end today.
They get some of the accent from American TV.
They've also developed their own unique AQI 'Australian Questioning Intonation', where the pitch goes up at the end of a sentence, sounding like a question, even though its just a statement. For example, "I'm going to UNI?" (a statement of fact), when a British or American person would just say the flat-sounding "I'm going to uni (or university)".
Nowadays, the British teenagers are starting to use AQI because they watch Australian soap's like Neighbours and Home and Away.
2007-01-12 23:13:56 · answer #2 · answered by ricochet 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Many scholars of linguistics think the Australian accent stems from the way that many of the original white settlers (convicts) spoke in the early to mid nineteenth century. Certainly there are echoes of a Cockney accent mixed with a West Country burr and even a Norfolk/Suffolk twang. All in all the accent comes from their British heritage however much they might try to deny it now.
2007-01-12 23:12:04 · answer #3 · answered by BARROWMAN 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The British
2007-01-13 00:51:05 · answer #4 · answered by Sarah* 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Im an Aussie living here in Dallas and I have had lots of Americans (who I find have a great accent ) think we have a sexy accent...The Australian accent IS not British Is not New Zealand nor is it Aboriginal..its just plain unique...Gday mate...lol
Ring me and I will Tell you ..
2007-01-12 23:12:52 · answer #5 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a mish-mash of British and Irish accents probably. Two-thirds of the first convict ship that arrived in Oz were made up of Irish prisoners.
2007-01-12 23:08:44 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well...picture it! Its 110 degrees in the shade.. you're surrounded by smelly kangaroos and flea ridden wallabies... there's no fresh water for hundreds of miles.. and the sun is baking down on your sorry English ****. And the flies!!! Oh my gosh the flies... Now try talking or looking around you without getting those flies in your eyes or your mouth. On the other hand it could just be the strain of whispering sweet nothings to all them sheep all day!! Think about it, to speak proper "Queen's English", all they would have to do is open their mouths a bit more. Then again....perhaps we should just leave them to their great outback.
2007-01-12 23:43:02 · answer #7 · answered by Humpty 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its a twist on many english and european accents,there is a strong Cockney element in there if you listen closely.Also if you listen to the southern states of america there is a similarity with the west country of England,Cornwall and Devon,as many pilgrims came from that part of the UK.
2007-01-12 23:09:03 · answer #8 · answered by Alfred E. Newman 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
We don't get our accent from anywhere, this is how we speak. Australian accent is unique to Australia.
I love it, it's cute, it's nice, it's Australian accent
2007-01-12 23:09:15 · answer #9 · answered by HeCallsMeCute 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Australia.
2007-01-12 23:08:24 · answer #10 · answered by taxed till i die,and then some. 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Prisoners
2007-01-12 23:07:19 · answer #11 · answered by tfd 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋