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Australian here .. I've always had a bloody atrocious time in my travels, with my accent .. so I just standardized on "American-sounding" and I get along just f
by torpor 16y ago
Australian here .. I've always had a bloody atrocious time in my travels, with my accent .. so I just standardized on "American-sounding" and I get along just fine with people understanding me, mostly, about 100% of the time .. except when I reveal I'm from Australia, and the whole thing unravels into a nationalism-filled diatribe about how I'm not a "true Aussie" since I don't speak A'Strine properly ..
I am a true Australian, since I don't actually live there, and consider anyone else living there, not an Aborigine, to be just a bunch of bloody tourist wankers, heh heh ..
- nailer 16y agoYes, same here - I need to pronounce certain things in an American fashion to be understood at all when at work in the US. And much like this example, it revolves around the 'r': 'Excuse me, do you have you wireless internet access here?' (pronouncing it British / Australian style as a two syllable word) 'Sorry sir?' 'Excuse me, do you have you wireless internet here?' 'I'm sorry I don't understand' 'Do you have you wiYERless internet here?' 'Yes Sir, we do have wiYERless. Here's an access card...'