Please login or click here to join.
Forgot Password? Click Here to reset pasword
Andy Edwards Posts: 1900 Joined: 14th Mar 2008 Location: UK | quotePosted at 22:39 on 6th September 2008 A lethal combination. And his hat of course. |
Ruth Gregory Posts: 8072 Joined: 25th Jul 2007 Location: USA | quotePosted at 22:42 on 6th September 2008 Of course. And don't forget Man Enough to Wear Pink. lol
|
Wolf Posts: 3423 Joined: 9th Jul 2008 Location: Australia | quotePosted at 01:45 on 7th September 2008 Denzil has what is called a cultivated accent, he picked it up on the farm...lol Australia has three defined accents. About ten per cent of Australians speak like ex-prime minister Bob Hawke with what is known as a broad accent. Although only a small minority of Australians actually use broad accents, it has a great deal of cultural credibility. For example, it is used by a disproportionately large number of newsreaders. It is also used in a disproportionately large number of television commercials. Around 80 per cent of Australians speak like Nicole Kidman with what is known as a British received accent or general Australian English. A final ten per cent speak like ex-prime minister Malcolm Fraser with what is known as a cultivated accent. The accent sounds like someone educated at Oxford University in England. Although it is not very popular today, in past eras, the cultivated accent had the kind of cultural credibility that the broad accent has today. For example, newsreaders on the government funded ABC had to speak with the cultivated accent. Since there was a shortage of Australian men able to speak in the accent, male newsreaders were imported from England. It is usually spoken by women or men who don't like Australia. A second cultural peculiarity of Australia is that there is a significant difference between how men speak and how women speak. It is quite rare to find a woman speaking with a broad Australian accent, and quite rare to find a man speaking with the cultivated accent. A woman speaking with a broad accent would be like a woman wearing a blue bonds singlet and talking about pig shooting. Likewise, a man with a cultivated accent would be like a man wearing a skirt and talking about make-up. No other English speaking country has the same gender difference in pronunciation.
|
Ruth Gregory Posts: 8072 Joined: 25th Jul 2007 Location: USA | quotePosted at 01:51 on 7th September 2008 Hmm, very interesting, Wolf. Most Americans have difficulty telling the difference between the accent of someone from Australia and the accent of someone from Britain. I guess that explains it!
|
Ruth Gregory Posts: 8072 Joined: 25th Jul 2007 Location: USA | quotePosted at 01:57 on 7th September 2008 Who sang Leader of the Pack?
|
Wolf Posts: 3423 Joined: 9th Jul 2008 Location: Australia | quotePosted at 02:04 on 7th September 2008 My answer. |
Wolf Posts: 3423 Joined: 9th Jul 2008 Location: Australia | quotePosted at 08:20 on 9th September 2008 1961....... Who sang 'Runaround Sue ' ? |
L Posts: 5656 Joined: 10th Jun 2004 Location: UK | quotePosted at 08:25 on 9th September 2008 I loved that song Leader of the Pack. Could it be someone called Dion? Had to google it i'm afraid |
Ray Stear Posts: 1930 Joined: 25th Apr 2008 Location: UK | quotePosted at 08:28 on 9th September 2008 On 6th September 2008 14:16, Ruth Gregory wrote: Ah,that is easy...Neil Diamond's Shrink!
|
Wolf Posts: 3423 Joined: 9th Jul 2008 Location: Australia | quotePosted at 08:29 on 9th September 2008 Very correct Lyn. (blxxxxxxx cheat ) LOL. |