Australian teens take on American accents

Joined: 26 Apr 2005 Location: Shitney

I love the word "grouse." I don't think I use it enough. I use "gnarly" and "tops" a fair bit though!

I have had this argument many times, but is gnarly Australian or American? I think it depends on pronunciation - if it has aussie surfer drawl it is ours but if it twangs it is not?

Either way "tops" is definitely aussie.

Hooroo, I'm off to make a wig-wam for a goose's bridle,
GFN

Joined: 24 Aug 2005 Location: ACT

Aussie = bogan

America = redneck

Thats the correct terminology

Joined: 27 Nov 2002 Location: Lost in Melbourne.

CanberraMav wrote:

Aussie = bogan

America = redneck

Thats the correct terminology

well doesnt come anymore offical than that, straight from Canberra... armsup

Joined: 05 Oct 2005 Location: Toowoomba, QLD

CanberraMav wrote:

Aussie = bogan

America = redneck

Thats the correct terminology

I thought a bogan was a term for someone who lived in the city on the dole and smoked, drank lots and always wore a flanno.

Wouldn't the Aussie equivalent for redneck be a bushie or something?

Joined: 26 Jul 2003 Location: Brisney Land

midget_nick wrote:

CanberraMav wrote:

Aussie = bogan

America = redneck

Thats the correct terminology

I thought a bogan was a term for someone who lived in the city on the dole and smoked, drank lots and always wore a flanno.

Wouldn't the Aussie equivalent for redneck be a bushie or something?

someone who lives in a CARAVAN park...

Joined: 27 Nov 2002 Location: Lost in Melbourne.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FefWp_4B0k&feature=user

oh yea, theres a future here.

Joined: 25 Oct 2003 Location: Melbourne Australia

bogged wrote:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FefWp_4B0k&feature=user

oh yea, theres a future here.

Thread fail!

Joined: 10 Jun 2004 Location: North West Qld

chimpboy wrote:

bogged wrote:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FefWp_4B0k&feature=user

oh yea, theres a future here.

Thread fail!

Where do you find this shit from Bruce? Confused

Joined: 15 Nov 2002 Location: Driving my GU in Melbourne

so what if kids are developing accents it happened already, where do you think the Aussie accent came from? Its what hapens when you get a mix of people with different languages and accents. it's called evolution.

F*ck people worry about the stupiewst things, better write a letter to the newspaper and get onto ACA to do a story about it Rolling Eyes

Joined: 18 Nov 2006 Location: Boganville

grimbo wrote:

where do you think the Aussie accent came from?

The British

Joined: 27 Nov 2002 Location: Lost in Melbourne.

Barnsey wrote:

chimpboy wrote:

bogged wrote:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FefWp_4B0k&feature=user

oh yea, theres a future here.

Thread fail!

Where do you find this shit from Bruce? Confused

Joined: 05 Feb 2005 Location: Check your six.

Its like , I mean like , like, cool.

Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 5:26 pm

i use the fob accent to be special

Joined: 29 Nov 2004 Location: Townsville

Fark it, guess I need to start talking like a aussie to be different now Rolling Eyes

Joined: 30 Apr 2003 Location: In the Goatshed in Melbourne

"CANADA" wrote:

Fark it, guess I need to start talking like a aussie to be different now Rolling Eyes

You're "different" all right The Finger

Joined: 12 Dec 2006 Location: Texas Qld BANNED

The "Shrimp on the Barbie" word and and "Snag" has to go, and never heard any one say it, think its a Melbourne thing.

And people from Melborne add an A on end of sentance all the time. Like "I went for a drive a"

Its a farken Prawn and a Sausage, and a sentance dosnt end with a question, gawd dang melbournites cussing

Joined: 03 Mar 2003 Location: St Helena, Melbourne.

kirragc wrote:

The red neck was a rash from vitamin B3 deficiency from eating mostly corn based foods and little else.

Actually its an Africaans term for the british as they burnt the back of their necks in the hot African sun - Rooinec (redneck).

Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 10:06 pm

dogbreath_48 wrote:

Pyrotech wrote:

... The nickname given to miners who wore red bandanas for identification during the West Virginia mine war of 1921

Well there ya go, i thought it was because they're always sunburnt Embarassed

BTW, i'm still embarrassed when i use the word 'truck' to describe a 4x4.

While you're at it 4x4 is a Yank term too!!

Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 10:09 pm

txhog wrote:

The "Shrimp on the Barbie" word and and "Snag" has to go, and never heard any one say it, think its a Melbourne thing.

And people from Melborne add an A on end of sentance all the time. Like "I went for a drive a"

Its a farken Prawn and a Sausage, and a sentance dosnt end with a question, gawd dang melbournites cussing

Uh what??? Snag is as Aussie as it comes! I don't think I've ever heard an American call a sausage a snag...

Joined: 13 Jun 2005 Location: Riverina

Its not a snag its a sanga

And its a prawn, not a shrimp.

and whats wrong with aye?

Joined: 18 Jun 2003 Location: Newcastle, NSW

RockyF75 wrote:

Its not a snag its a sanga

I think you'll find a 'sanga' is a sandwich

Joined: 25 Oct 2003 Location: Melbourne Australia

Hekta wrote:

RockyF75 wrote:

Its not a snag its a sanga

I think you'll find a 'sanga' is a sandwich

Definitely.

Joined: 27 Nov 2002 Location: Lost in Melbourne.

RockyF75 wrote:

Its not a snag its a sanga?

your attempt to be cool

Joined: 15 Nov 2002 Location: Driving my GU in Melbourne

txhog wrote:

The "Shrimp on the Barbie" word and and "Snag" has to go, and never heard any one say it, think its a Melbourne thing.

And people from Melborne add an A on end of sentance all the time. Like "I went for a drive a"

Its a farken Prawn and a Sausage, and a sentance dosnt end with a question, gawd dang melbournites cussing

actually it is Queenslanders that do that, not Melburnians

Joined: 15 Nov 2002 Location: Driving my GU in Melbourne

Rice_Boy wrote:

grimbo wrote:

where do you think the Aussie accent came from?

The British

mixed with the Scottish, the Irish etc etc etc

Joined: 11 Jan 2004 Location: Adelaide

grimbo wrote:

txhog wrote:

The "Shrimp on the Barbie" word and and "Snag" has to go, and never heard any one say it, think its a Melbourne thing.

And people from Melborne add an A on end of sentance all the time. Like "I went for a drive a"

Its a farken Prawn and a Sausage, and a sentance dosnt end with a question, gawd dang melbournites cussing

actually it is Queenslanders that do that, not Melburnians

True, ay.

Joined: 10 Jun 2004 Location: North West Qld

-Scott- wrote:

grimbo wrote:

txhog wrote:

The "Shrimp on the Barbie" word and and "Snag" has to go, and never heard any one say it, think its a Melbourne thing.

And people from Melborne add an A on end of sentance all the time. Like "I went for a drive a"

Its a farken Prawn and a Sausage, and a sentance dosnt end with a question, gawd dang melbournites cussing

actually it is Queenslanders that do that, not Melburnians

True, ay.

Despite my Camberwell Grammar education, 15 years in NQ finds me saying "Ay" quite often.

"ot ay" translates to "the weather is somewhat on the warm side today, don't you think, old chap"

Joined: 20 Oct 2002 Location: Greenbank

grimbo wrote:

txhog wrote:

The "Shrimp on the Barbie" word and and "Snag" has to go, and never heard any one say it, think its a Melbourne thing.

And people from Melborne add an A on end of sentance all the time. Like "I went for a drive a"

Its a farken Prawn and a Sausage, and a sentance dosnt end with a question, gawd dang melbournites cussing

actually it is Queenslanders that do that, not Melburnians

Shrimp is an American term. No Aussie would ever call a prawn a shrimp. But the Yanks have no idea what a prawn is so when they tried using Hoges in an American add for Australia they had to use shrimp instead.

Joined: 20 Oct 2002 Location: Greenbank

plasnart wrote:

Rice_Boy wrote:

i have a slight American accent, mostly because i don't like the stupid drawl of the australian red neck accent.

So you prefer to speak with the stupid drawl of the American redneck accent? Rolling Eyes

Go on mate....don't be afraid to be an Aussie.

Going by previous pictures posted here im pretty sure RB is Asian anyway so he never really was Aussie.

But ive been wrong before directly due to said pics as i thought He was a She Very Happy

Joined: 18 Nov 2006 Location: Boganville

RUFF wrote:

plasnart wrote:

Rice_Boy wrote:

i have a slight American accent, mostly because i don't like the stupid drawl of the australian red neck accent.

So you prefer to speak with the stupid drawl of the American redneck accent? Rolling Eyes

Go on mate....don't be afraid to be an Aussie.

Going by previous pictures posted here im pretty sure RB is Asian anyway so he never really was Aussie.

But ive been wrong before directly due to said pics as i thought He was a She Very Happy

S/He was born in Australia, I can speak fobby like Nam, Fool you into thinking im of irish decent, Speak like a yankee, Go full blown outback Aussie,

I can choose my own accent, Thanks