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Is our Aussie language being 'Americanised'?
Hehehehe!!...Kim, I remember the windows 'fogging up' & it wasn't from the weather!..LOL!!
Oh that line Carmel, cringe, cringe, "A dingo took my baby" that goes down as the worse imitation of an Aussie accent ever.
Had 2 mates 1 who owned a red mini Cooper S & the other owned a white Cooper S, they in turn had a mate who owned a blue Cooper S, have a guess what we all went & watched at the drive-in.(-:
David wrote: "Had 2 mates 1 who owned a red mini Cooper S & the other owned a white Cooper S, they in turn had a mate who owned a blue Cooper S, have a guess what we all went & watched at the drive-in.(-:"Is this a serious question David?:) If it is my guess would be "The Italian Job"?
& the original at that!!...(-:
Kim Marie wrote: "I can't believe you people actually went to the drive-in and "watched" the movies. Oh for shame! :o)Truth is I do remember seeing some very good movies there (and in the Western Suburbs of Sy..."
Never did see all of Lawnmower Man!
On separate occasions, we used to take our youth group on a full size bus. It would have been awkward if the windows all fogged up!
I heard the John Williamson song True Blue recently and after our discussion here it occurred to me that many of our other country & western singers have a very American "twang".
I this came up in discussion with an American friend of mine. I sent him a copy of a Casey Chambers song. He told me she sounded American. My response to that of course was that all Country and Western singers sound the same. :P
I am not a big fan of country music.
I am not a big fan of country music.
G'day Kim, I hope you don't mind me disagreeing with you regarding John, I know many of our C & W singers are just that & have that American 'twangy' sound, but John once told me he hates being classed C & W & sings 'Australiana' or Aussie bush ballads.
Here is one of my favs.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ty27xU...
Here is one of my favs.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ty27xU...
That's fine David......if I had known there was an alternative term to "country & western" for John I would have used it (and thanks for the youtube link :o)Gail, like you I'm not a big country music fan and perhaps that's why I prefer John Williamson's songs.
Unfortunately, the American accent has been standard for most Australian music throughout my life. I'm loving the fact that some singers like Missy Higgins have taken up our own accent for song.
Yes Murray, not only Missy or John but Graeme Connors also sings 'Aussie' for Aussies.
David wrote: "Yes Murray, not only Missy or John but Graeme Connors also sings 'Aussie' for Aussies."Am I forgiven for my earlier lack of patriotism, David?
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Ha, I just realised I typed Dolly Darton instead of Parton, I think that her breasts just popped out of her bra and it went from a P to a D, ha ha. Now I ..."
:D Cracking up here Carmel.......
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Murray wrote: "David wrote: "Yes Murray, not only Missy or John but Graeme Connors also sings 'Aussie' for Aussies."
Am I forgiven for my earlier lack of patriotism, David?"
LOL!!never doubted it mate, & lets not forget the great Paul Kelly, love his songs.
Am I forgiven for my earlier lack of patriotism, David?"
LOL!!never doubted it mate, & lets not forget the great Paul Kelly, love his songs.
i think our language is absolutely being taken over by americanisms.My personal hate is the word Clerk.... How many times do i have to explain to people that the e is pronounced as an a?????
I have to say though while i personally try to speak as close to "proper" english with australian colloquialisms it is incredibly hard to avoid slipping occasional americanisms in....
how do you say foyer... foy-ay or foy-er? or is it lobby...
I say foy-er I don't know what you are supposed to say. :)
I say foy-a, but Oxford says it's foy-ay. Is foy-er/a American?
yeah I think foy-ay is English (a la francais) and foy-er is american.
"go figure" - is there an aussie equivalent?
vestibule? A sure way to annoy me is to pronounce "tour" as too-a.......where did that come from?
Kim Marie wrote: "For me, it rhymes with "pour" :o)"Now I'm confused.:p When I say pour, it sounds more like paw than like tour. I wouldn't say tour with such a strong 'a' on the end but it doesn't sound anything like pour! (what's that perplexed symbol again Gail?!)
I'm with you Mandy.Kim Marie, do you expect all words with like spelling to rhyme?
I have often heard people pronounce tour to rhyme with paw, so I am not surprised by this.
The perplexed look you are after Mandy is. :/
The perplexed look you are after Mandy is. :/
Not at all Murray, I just couldn't think of a better way to describe the pronunciation (and it's not quite "paw" but it's close :o)Do you say tooo-rist? I say tour-ist. You say tomayto, I say tomarto....keeping singing,lol.
I'm a Brit, yeah sorry and all that, been here 10 years and love being a resident in this great country.I like the Aussie saying "It's all good" but am getting it from some of my american friends, I first heard it here... What say you blokes?
I'd say that 'it's all good' is very American.
'Any time soon' - do you mean now or in a few minutes?'it's all good' - idiot who can't create a sentence
'I'm on it'- what are you one? A horse, a bike . . .
'you've got it' - after being asked to do something, it sounds like a disease!
'high fives' - only for children,
'give me five' - five what? Perhaps a bunch of . . . as in knuckle sandwich :-o)
NYR - must try and stop being a GOM
Lastly, people who write in single capitals instead of complete words . . . :-o)
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Geoff wrote: "'Any time soon' - do you mean now or in a few minutes?'it's all good' - idiot who can't create a sentence
'I'm on it'- what are you one? A horse, a bike . . .
'you've got it' - after being asked ..."
OMG!
What's a dinkum?
Brenda / TonyOh! my God he's a Grumpy Old Man :-o)
Geoff wrote: "Brenda / TonyOh! my God he's a Grumpy Old Man :-o)"
Ah ha! gottcha!
Tony wrote: "Yeah, yeah! shelia!;-D""Your just cheeky Carmel";-D
Geoff your from Birkenhead eh! I met, courted and married my wife in that town...! She lived on the Woodchuch!
Ask your wife is she knows Durley Drive ?I lived there for about five years as a child - well 10 or 11 to about 14 (memories not what is used to be). I don't suppose she went to Prenton Sec ? :-o)
She went to Woodchurch girls SecI remember Prenton tho!
Carmel wrote: "A little treat for you Janet & others!We certainly have some beautiful native animals:
Take 2 - hopefully this will work,if not I'll have to try at home!
Show off!;-D how do you post pics?
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Geoff wrote: "I agree with you on the 9/11 & the 24/7 rubbish. Is it 9th of November or 11th Sept ??How about 'bottom of the hour' (or top etc)or ten past the hour instead of ten past three (or what ever the ho..."
What about that great Yank word "Paradigm" Pardon my spelling!
Carmel wrote: "In the naughty corner for you Murray!!!Ha, I just realised I typed Dolly Darton instead of Parton, I think that her breasts just popped out of her bra and it went from a P to a D, ha ha. Now I ..."
She is after all the Country singer with the biggest hits! (.Y.) Yess I know Mandy, Naughty corner, I'm going, I'm going!!!! ;-D
For me I've just started to read Enforcer and there is some aussie slang in there. I must admitt I found myself stumped at some of the terms used as I haven't come across them before.
Ho ho ho..It's santa blushing from too much punch that is spiked with rum? :P
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In a Sunburned Country (other topics)Speaking Our Language: The Story of Australian English (other topics)
Enforcer: The Real Story of One of Australia's Most Feared Outlaw Bikers (other topics)
Aussie Slang Pictorial (other topics)
They Have a Word for It: A Lighthearted Lexicon of Untranslatable Words & Phrases (other topics)
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Truth is I do remember seeing some very good movies there (and in the Western Suburbs of Sydney, the Blacktown drive-in still exists) but it was a case of the the speaker needing to be attached to the mini's slightly wound down window, and it didn't take much for the windscreen to fog up in bad weather so I'm sure I missed a lot in those days!