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[Sajuro]

Oh, okay.. that makes sense

[Gibb_Garrus]

Miranda has an australian accent, its painfully obvious. I personally can tell a MASSIVE difference between Aussie and British accents. SUCH a big difference. And i just can't handle NEw Zealand accents, they make me drop on the floor laughing. But i can understand how foreigners can't differentiate between australian and british and new zealand. I can't tell the difference between canadian and american, so i understand.

[adam_grif]

1. We don't eat much shrimp

I've never seen anybody eat shrimp. but prawns are quite popular.

5. English and Australian are very different if you once again have a brain, Australian is a mix of all of Great Britain that has been waned down by colloquialism over a century

Not just that, there was immigration from lots of European countries at various points. Chinese miners during the gold-rush, Scandinavian countries during the Snowy River project, Italian POW's during the second World War were sent, and many stayed and had families after the war ended.

This, plus isolation from Great Britain for more than a hundred years. In the 19th century, the Australian accent was very similar or identical to the British accent (or so I've been told), but has changed significantly since then.

I can't tell the difference between canadian and american, so i understand.

Mmm, your milage may vary. It depends on the American accent in question - there's no such thing as a "normal "American accent. I would never get confused between a Texas accent and a Brooklyn accent, for instance, even though they come from the same country. By contrast, some Canadian accents are very similar to some American accents.

Modifié par adam_grif, 11 juillet 2010 - 03:58 .

[Tennyochan]

Rachael Taylor (the blond chick) in Transformers has an aussie accent in the movie. if that helps anyone differentiate...

[langelog]

adam_grif wrote...
This, plus isolation from Great Britain for more than a hundred years. In the 19th century, the Australian accent was very similar or identical to the British accent (or so I've been told), but has changed significantly since then.

This was the understanding that I had, Austrailia was once a drop off for Britain's crminals and I assumed their accent was the precurser to the Aussie accent, but it would seem that yes, after centuries, the accent has changed.

[langelog]

Random Cerberus Operative No.42 wrote...

Guys...there is no such thing as a british accent in the first place, what you people keep calling british accent is an English accent! You wouldn't call a scottish, Welsh or Northern Irish accent a british accent now would you? okay...rant over.

Whoops, my apologies English accent is the proper term, I feel ashamed since I often jump fellow Americans for saying that we speak American when the language is English not American, again sorry. I'm gonna leave this thread cuz tensions are running high and I seem to be accidentally offending people as I fumble in ignorance.

Modifié par langelog, 11 juillet 2010 - 04:02 .

[HighMoon]

Well I've always thought Tali had a Russian accent but many people say otherwise.

[Dark Penitant]

Golden-Rose wrote...

Well I've always thought Tali had a Russian accent but many people say otherwise.

what is it? cause i thought it was Russian or something of that sort

[Niceral]

Yvonne is an Aussie. Would Miranda be one too?

[Cheese Elemental]

Dark Penitant wrote...

Golden-Rose wrote...

Well I've always thought Tali had a Russian accent but many people say otherwise.

what is it? cause i thought it was Russian or something of that sort

Who cares? It's sexy.

And speaking as an Australian, I can definitely hear a difference between American and Canadian accents, and even more between different regions of America.

[PD ORTA]

Mecha Tengu wrote...

TK Dude wrote...

It's australian.
I don't know why people can't get difference between British and Aussie.

same reason why people dont get the difference between canadian and american accents. Because there is no godamn difference. The differences are so small and irrelevant that they are practically the same. The reason you think its different is because of national pride or random crap like "lulz we are different"

Are you serious?... British and Austrailian accents are nothing alike.

The difference between American and Canadian accents, is more like the difference between Austrailian and New Zealand accents. In that you'll only really be able to tell the difference, if you're from one of the two countries.

[Raizo]

I'm terrible with accents but even I know that Miri's accent is Australian ( only because Yvonne is Australian and she made a big deal about being able to use her normal accent as Miranda's VA ).

[Xette]

Haha, I'm actually studying Australian accents and the differences between regional accents and British and New-Zealand ones.

I hate to break it to you, guys, but British accents never had as much influence on Australian accents as you would think. For the most part, they actually made the Australian accent become more unique than more British (except for the cultivated upper-class accent which is pretty much an imitation of British received pronounciation.)



There are three major accents; broad, general and cultivated. Miranda speaks with a general accent like the majority of Australians (despite being the daughter of one of the wealthiest men in the galaxy).



Haha, sorry. I'm in the middle of writing an essay on this at this very moment, so yeah... kind of rambling...

[Freelancer rook]

Aussie

[scotchtape622]

Dark Penitant wrote...

Golden-Rose wrote...

Well I've always thought Tali had a Russian accent but many people say otherwise.

what is it? cause i thought it was Russian or something of that sort

Tali's accent is Middle Eastern (the Quarians have a lot of references to Middle Eastern culture, such as her head covering or "Nar Rayya" or "Vas Normandy."

[Dinnertable]

I smell an Aussie...

The accents aren't THAT similar.
For Aussies, just run through the vowels. A, then E, and so on (there's probably a video posted somewhere in this thread that you need to watch to understand what I'm going on about) are and you pretty much have the accent nailed. Naaaaeeiiiioooou!
Then listen to any British programme and you'll find that the difference is massive.

Modifié par Dinnertable, 11 juillet 2010 - 06:48 .

[Crunchyinmilk]

To be fair, the criticism of her pronunciation of 'no' should be directed at Sydney/NSW rather than Australia as a whole.

[Jonesey2k]

The funny thing is 95% of Americans I've met (and I've met quite a lot on my travels) seem to think that the entire country speak like Londoners or the Queen.



I'm from Liverpool and have rather a strong Scouse accent, always fun seeing them trying to work out where the hell I am from

[Gravity Bun]

This thread is an exasperating example of the uninformed informing the
ignorant.

[/quote]Tali's accent is Middle Eastern (the Quarians have a lot of references to Middle Eastern culture, such as her head covering or "Nar Rayya" or "Vas Normandy."
[/quote]

Tali's accent is NOT Middle Eastern, it is an amalgam of Eastern European/Romany Gypsy and Russian, no Romany Gypsy originated in the Middle East, either.

Secondly, how do you not recognize an Australian accent when you hear one?

[JRCHOharry]

Jonesey2k wrote...

The funny thing is 95% of Americans I've met (and I've met quite a lot on my travels) seem to think that the entire country speak like Londoners or the Queen.

I'm from Liverpool and have rather a strong Scouse accent, always fun seeing them trying to work out where the hell I am from

One thing that always made me laugh was when Billy Elliot was being shown in the US Broadway, an interviewer asked one of the audience members what they thought of the show etc. to which she replied "It was amazing! Very entertaining and informative... I didn't even know England had different accents!" which made me smile.
But then again i can't really talk since I can' tell the difference between an accent from San Francisco and an accent from Chicago..
strolls back on topic...