@Weaselwoman56 This video is pretty damn terrible and not too correct now that I look back (erm... only a year ago ;)). But you're right, things like th's into f's aren't in perfect distribution across AU, and people who do it (like moi) don't even do it all the time. Works well though if you want to come across as stereotypical australian though or aren't used to it ;)
im australian! whoot! go australia!!! i never realised how hard the australian accent is to copy.... its kinda half english half american and a little bit of... something else.... YAAAY I LOVE AUSTRALIA!! hahahaha!!!! i wanna go to america.
Why does everyone salivate over the Australian accent? Ok. Lets get this straight. The words we say are probably the same. We don't wack a million mates in between every sentence, nor do we do the same with G'Day. Try and replicate the Australian accent AND YOU WILL FAIL.
I rarely hear "friend"/"buddy" instead of "mate" when the two are interchangeable (champ, bro and man though do exist alongside it though, but that's really just masculine-talk, dunno what chicks use), and is there actually anything else we use for that sort of greeting other than the basic "hello"/"g'day" and whatnot (other than just skipping the greeting)? :)
Perhaps a subcultural thing.
Anyway, others copying AU accent/colloquialisms is better than AU kids trying to copy US accents.
Whoah, somehow this ended up in the spam pile, my bad - and thanks, but while I personally could listen to myself for days I don't think anyone else would want to put themselves in that kind of torture ;)
hi , i have a school project i'm working on for a drama piece and one of the characters that i play requires an australian accent can you help me out a little?
Yeah Ive noticed that too (a bit like saying "yallow" instead of "yellow" - its meant to be a victorian thing but I hear it everywhere). And crap did I forget bugger?! :O
Cheers mate! You guys (I'm assuming you're from the US) have awesome accents too - and you guys can do proper cowboy accents too, we just sound ridiculous when trying them :)
Yeah, but think about it, we cant even stand Terri irwin say "crikey mate!" it just sounds so corny!!, comming from a yank, imagine 10 yanks stopping you on the street and saying "excuse me mate, looking for a shrimp shop, any around here?" at this point i reply "yeah, just up the road" and giggle at the confusion on their faces, hehe, even worse my younger bros a Wigga!, so i gotta put up with, "yo dawg, gotta go to my peeps nigga" what?!?!?!.
you local round here mate?, thats grouse!, um yeah i just mean im tired of the 16 year old youth gangs going round like Homies and gangstas saying "yo nigga!" or Ai'te!, ya just wanna punch em out and say its "MATE!!!!!!!", not nigga, no i was not talking bout ya vid, just the fact we are loosing our own language.
Haha I feel your pain, I can't tell whether it's worse in Rundle mall or noarlunga though haha. Hopefully over the years there'll be less US TV here downunder and the Aussie language will have a fighting chance.
I find it funny though that I'm hearing more americans say 'mate' than 15 year old aussies, at least we're causing someone to say it :P
I think its crap!, cos we are loosing our identity as a nation with the younger generation, traditional Aussie-isms are being tossed away for kids to say "ai'te" or "yeah biatch!", what happened to "Grouse!" (Good, awsome!) or "Geez mate", Its weird cos its the suberb of Nourlunga not downtown bronx!!, its still worse when your own sister greets with with, whats happening....Nigga!!, i mean if she said that in the bronx shed probly get shot!. i think its a shame. Americanisation is crap!.
You think americanisms are crap or my video is crap? I mean, I wouldn't disagree either way :P
Personally I don't mind some americanisms, but half-baked ones like 'whassup nigga/homie' etc just get annoying. I dunno tho bout Noarlunga, at night it feels like downtown NY (although daytime its nice)... Can't wait till they upgrade the train line to seaford :P
Currently I am staying at a friends house while I find a new place to rent so my trusty eye toy camera is in storage. But when I get it out / buy a better one I'll make a new vid :)
It's always interesting to see the difference between British English, Canadian English, Australian English, and US English, especially slang, don't ya think?
I agree with you there, and I'd also say it's interesting what the future holds for our unique regional varieties, especially with increased globalisation, particularly with recent U.S. influences on general Australian English via television ;)
i'm studying speech pathology(sent by my government to OZ)..n terribly having hard time. OZs slang is not a joke,seriously. thx 4 the vid nway,.
atiksful 8 months ago
rooty tooty point 'n shooty - gun
IIoWoII 9 months ago
Why so many accents?
ianfleminga 1 year ago
i dont think ive ever heard of a stopey pole though... then again im in melbourne so...
also i dont turn my th's into f's. might be some sort of SA thing but yeah.
Weaselwoman56 1 year ago
@Weaselwoman56 This video is pretty damn terrible and not too correct now that I look back (erm... only a year ago ;)). But you're right, things like th's into f's aren't in perfect distribution across AU, and people who do it (like moi) don't even do it all the time. Works well though if you want to come across as stereotypical australian though or aren't used to it ;)
(Yeah, Stobey poles are SA only)
chrissomerry 1 year ago
im australian! whoot! go australia!!! i never realised how hard the australian accent is to copy.... its kinda half english half american and a little bit of... something else.... YAAAY I LOVE AUSTRALIA!! hahahaha!!!! i wanna go to america.
Weaselwoman56 1 year ago
@Weaselwoman56 I wanna go back to Oz...
ERAUPRCWA 1 year ago
Why does everyone salivate over the Australian accent? Ok. Lets get this straight. The words we say are probably the same. We don't wack a million mates in between every sentence, nor do we do the same with G'Day. Try and replicate the Australian accent AND YOU WILL FAIL.
Moocman 1 year ago 2
I rarely hear "friend"/"buddy" instead of "mate" when the two are interchangeable (champ, bro and man though do exist alongside it though, but that's really just masculine-talk, dunno what chicks use), and is there actually anything else we use for that sort of greeting other than the basic "hello"/"g'day" and whatnot (other than just skipping the greeting)? :)
Perhaps a subcultural thing.
Anyway, others copying AU accent/colloquialisms is better than AU kids trying to copy US accents.
chrissomerry 1 year ago
are you part kiwi
predatorrules1 1 year ago 2
@predatorrules1
Nah not at all, but I think I may have been listening to Jango Fett/Jengo Fitt in Star Wars too much ;)
chrissomerry 1 year ago
wow..i want to have an accent like yours...thanks mate...i hope you post a lot of videos about Australian accent..thanks..
blumarlow94 1 year ago
this is so interesting... i wanna have an accent like yours...
macmac031680 1 year ago
other countries say 'heaps good' too, don't they?? :S
Friday25th 1 year ago
i want to go to Australia just to get a boyfriend to be quite honest...i could listen to you talk for days :)
volleyballin25 1 year ago
Whoah, somehow this ended up in the spam pile, my bad - and thanks, but while I personally could listen to myself for days I don't think anyone else would want to put themselves in that kind of torture ;)
chrissomerry 1 year ago
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volleyballin25 1 year ago
hi , i have a school project i'm working on for a drama piece and one of the characters that i play requires an australian accent can you help me out a little?
empath128 2 years ago
Well, short of searching on youtube and figuring out how our accent works, there are a few ways to copy it.
I'll PM you with some links and stuff coz it wont fit in here :)
chrissomerry 2 years ago
@chrissomerry thanks mate.xx
empath128 2 years ago
This has been flagged as spam show
Good on ya mate!
If you liked this you'll love Bazza!
Check out my channel for more classic Aussie slang and humor.
You'll piss yourself.
Gives the Kiwis a good go to boot - Always a bonus!
Ki11aGori11a 1 year ago
ive seen lots ppl in NSW say ''heaps good''. and wat about bugger?
kateluvsjas 2 years ago
Yeah Ive noticed that too (a bit like saying "yallow" instead of "yellow" - its meant to be a victorian thing but I hear it everywhere). And crap did I forget bugger?! :O
chrissomerry 2 years ago
yes u did im pretty sure u forgot bugger lol yea wen i answer as fone i say it like ''yallow'' lol and im a queenslander! o.0
kateluvsjas 2 years ago
@kateluvsjas yes, we say "heaps good" A LOT. using the word heaps has become a habit.
h44512 1 year ago
fuckin saffa
baph202 2 years ago
My mate called my ex a bloke.
(He's from America).
That was bloody hilarious, laughing about it for weeks.
And how sometimes the 't' pretty much becomes silent when talking, happens alot.
I do it all the time. :D
Tinman11223344 2 years ago
Hahaha! Hope he didn't call your ex that while she was around! :P
chrissomerry 2 years ago
Well, thanks. (:
yalookgoodthough 2 years ago
I love this. You guys have the awesomest accents :)
yalookgoodthough 2 years ago
Cheers mate! You guys (I'm assuming you're from the US) have awesome accents too - and you guys can do proper cowboy accents too, we just sound ridiculous when trying them :)
chrissomerry 2 years ago
@yalookgoodthough i agree, Australian accent is the best. i can't wait to move there.
ventures64 1 year ago
Yeah, but think about it, we cant even stand Terri irwin say "crikey mate!" it just sounds so corny!!, comming from a yank, imagine 10 yanks stopping you on the street and saying "excuse me mate, looking for a shrimp shop, any around here?" at this point i reply "yeah, just up the road" and giggle at the confusion on their faces, hehe, even worse my younger bros a Wigga!, so i gotta put up with, "yo dawg, gotta go to my peeps nigga" what?!?!?!.
Aheadstix85 2 years ago
you local round here mate?, thats grouse!, um yeah i just mean im tired of the 16 year old youth gangs going round like Homies and gangstas saying "yo nigga!" or Ai'te!, ya just wanna punch em out and say its "MATE!!!!!!!", not nigga, no i was not talking bout ya vid, just the fact we are loosing our own language.
Aheadstix85 2 years ago
Yeah i'm a local, Pt Willunga actually :P
Haha I feel your pain, I can't tell whether it's worse in Rundle mall or noarlunga though haha. Hopefully over the years there'll be less US TV here downunder and the Aussie language will have a fighting chance.
I find it funny though that I'm hearing more americans say 'mate' than 15 year old aussies, at least we're causing someone to say it :P
chrissomerry 2 years ago
I think its crap!, cos we are loosing our identity as a nation with the younger generation, traditional Aussie-isms are being tossed away for kids to say "ai'te" or "yeah biatch!", what happened to "Grouse!" (Good, awsome!) or "Geez mate", Its weird cos its the suberb of Nourlunga not downtown bronx!!, its still worse when your own sister greets with with, whats happening....Nigga!!, i mean if she said that in the bronx shed probly get shot!. i think its a shame. Americanisation is crap!.
Aheadstix85 2 years ago
You think americanisms are crap or my video is crap? I mean, I wouldn't disagree either way :P
Personally I don't mind some americanisms, but half-baked ones like 'whassup nigga/homie' etc just get annoying. I dunno tho bout Noarlunga, at night it feels like downtown NY (although daytime its nice)... Can't wait till they upgrade the train line to seaford :P
chrissomerry 2 years ago
@chrissomerry i agree with the homie/nigga thing to.i am not Australian but i sure love to be one. Australia rocks!!!
ventures64 1 year ago
i want MORE!!!
FenKai 2 years ago
Currently I am staying at a friends house while I find a new place to rent so my trusty eye toy camera is in storage. But when I get it out / buy a better one I'll make a new vid :)
chrissomerry 2 years ago
Thanks for this video, I found some very interesting things.
LeteoLaris 2 years ago
No problem, glad you got something out of it :)
chrissomerry 2 years ago
Nice video!
It's always interesting to see the difference between British English, Canadian English, Australian English, and US English, especially slang, don't ya think?
kirby22003 2 years ago
Cheers, glad you liked it! :)
I agree with you there, and I'd also say it's interesting what the future holds for our unique regional varieties, especially with increased globalisation, particularly with recent U.S. influences on general Australian English via television ;)
chrissomerry 2 years ago