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Dec 20, 2022 · In the clip, which resurfaced this week, the Gone Baby Gone star said Australians are 'lazy speakers' and admitted she struggled to understand the lingo during a previous visit to Sydney.
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In the opening years of the colony, it might surprise you to know that many saw the Aussie accent as a good thing — “pure” in the words of a few observers (and purity here doesn’t mean the absence of “foul language”, but rather the lack of regional characteristics). A Tasmanian correspondent, Sam McBurney, wrotein the Argus in April 1886: Alas, it ...
Our views of accents are arbitrary social evaluations rather than intrinsic facts, and we base them on our knowledge and experience of the people who lie behind the accents. So, when you call an accent lazy, what you’re really saying is that someone is lazy. But who? The answer is often racist, classist, sexist, and, well, lazy. Want proof? Britons...
If you’d like to “improve” the pronunciation of others, research shows this is the wrong way to do it. In the first instance, it implies people aren’t aware that some accents are more valued than others in different contexts. And it downplays our dynamic ability to change our accents to suit our circumstances and goals. For instance, much gets made...
Mar 21, 2023 · The Australian accent is non-rhotic, meaning we only pronounce the letter R when it’s followed by a vowel, whereas in rhotic accents like Irish or American, it is pronounced whenever it appears. She gave the example of the pronunciation of “over the river” – Aussies wouldn’t pronounce the ‘R’ at the end of the words in the same way Americans would.
- Brooke Rolfe
Jun 6, 2022 · What can be deduced from this surface-level research is that 1) The Australian accent sounds friendly, relaxed and casual compared to the American (gun laws probably help), 2) Our accent is meme...
- Julie Fenwick
Michelle Monaghan isn't a fan of Aussie slang. #CONAN | Conan
Nov 29, 2019 · Speaking to grandma in language might seem like a trivial event, but these transnational connections, together with opportunities to use Ga at home, constitute what linguists call "language ...
May 7, 2023 · One Nation Leader Pauline Hanson says a lot of Australians are “too lazy” to find a job and work because they want a lifestyle “paid for by the taxpayer”.
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