There's little variation in Aus. probably because we're rather young
as a nation (although there were 600 aboriginal languages in 200
language groups). Pretty much impossible to tell where someone is
from although some in Adelaide have an accent rather like New Zealand
and there's a broad rural/remote dialect delivered through the side
of the mouth in rare and unfinished sentences – to avoid letting in
the dust.
Andrew Fildes
afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
On 02/04/2007, at 9:00 PM, Walt Wayman wrote:
> I can drive about 50 miles in any direction and hear a different
> dialect, like north to Ellijay or Chatsworth. Then, when I get into
> my home state of Tennessee, it's different yet again.
>
> My now long-dead mother-in-law, born and raised in Texas, on the
> banks of the Brazos River west of Houston, would pronounce "o"
> almost like "a" in many words, so it sounded nearly like "fark"
> instead of "fork," and so did her sister and other folks around there.
>
> We're a strange bunch of mongrels down here, and out there, too.
>
> Walt
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