You calling the Aussie accent weird?

I’m an Aussie, born and raised, but I’ve lived in the US since the 70’s. When I first arrived I had a lot of trouble with some American accents. The Southerners and Texans were the worst for me. They were SO hard to understand.

My Aussie accent didn’t make it particularly difficult for others to understand, (.though most immediately pegged me for an Aussie) it was certain words and expressions that confused people more than the accent.
 

As OneEyedDiva mentioned, accents across one's country are varied. People here in Toronto, for example, know if one was born here just by the way they pronounce "Toronto".

I love the Aussie accent, and all accents, when you come right down to it. They add a charm to individuals personalities.
 
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When I was a teen, there were about 4, at least different
accents in Edinburgh, the same in Glasgow, every town
or city had their own version of English.

Every language on earth has different accents depending
on locality within the country or city.

Mike.
 
Mike said:
According to a person who was speaking many years ago
about the English language and its various accents, his
conclusions were.

The American English accent is how English was spoken
when the Pilgrim Fathers went there and it became colonised.

The Australian English accent is how English was spoken
when they started to exile convicts to your land.

The Canadian English accent is slightly different from the
American version because they got a very high proportion
of Scottish Highlanders, they speak with a soft voice.

The Indian version of English, is not so clear because they
have difficulty pronouncing many of the English words
as their own language is so different, they also didn't have
any tutors who cared enough to help them to speak properly.

Mike.
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I think you 'nailed it' Mike!(y)

I love hearing accents of all types, of course that's because we on the West Coast don't really have one. 😜

That said, even though I enjoy hearing other accents I shy away from watching British TV as my hearing is not the best; I do enjoy the Brits word usage, a bit more creative sounding IMO.
 
I was born in the UK but have lived in Canada a long time. My accent will often get mistaken for New Zealand, Australia and South Africa.
 
Tom 86 said:
I love to listen to people talk. Because I love their accent. What gets me is when people start talking real fast that I don't understand them.
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Right you are Tom. I call them folks "motor mouths." Some of these motor mouths are on our public radio here in Canada. They talk like someone was after them with a machine gun. I just shut off the radio. Can't stand them!
 
RobinWren said:
I was born in the UK but have lived in Canada a long time. My accent will often get mistaken for New Zealand, Australia and South Africa.
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I'm sure the mistake is made by people who have never been to NZ, Australia or S. Africa. They usually are the "experts".
 
Knight said:
Americans, Scots, Irishmans, Englishmans, Canadians, haven't posted the word or at least I don't remember strewth which is a funny way to say surprised or dismayed being used in a sentence. Strewth being a funny word makes using it a funny written accent.:)
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Australians of pronounce 'strewth' a a 2 syllable word as in star-ruth. A corruption of it's-da-truth ?
 
Tom 86 said:
I love to listen to people talk. Because I love their accent. What gets me is when people start talking real fast that I don't understand them.
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You're right, Tom
Years ago, I had a roommate from Georgia(USA)..and when she got excited..
It "all ran together"..and I couldn't understand her...it made me laugh..😊
Of course, she accused me of my proper Philadelphia accent,,she called it.
 

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