No Irish, please

[TimT]

I wonder how other countries hear the Australian accent. Whenever an American puts on an Australian accent it sounds like a failed attempt at Cockney.

 

[Dave70]

I wonder how other countries hear the Australian accent. Whenever an American puts on an Australian accent it sounds like a failed attempt at Cockney.

Is it just to our ear I wonder? I don't think I've ever heard a convincing Aussie accent done by an actor. Maby Meryl Streep gets a pass.
Must be worse for Irish, everyone slaughters that accent. Not that they'd notice cos they're drunk all the time.


http://youtu.be/2hOLm_k6eCs

 

[TimT]

Nope I'm sure it's not just us. You'd have to think we'd be experts in our very own accent, but maybe that's just wishful thinking on my part

What fascinates me is not only do people in different countries speak differently, but they hear differently too. (I think of it this way - people not only speak with an accent, but they listen with an accent too.) So an Australian accent to a Yank sounds like some weird UK accent. Obviously the Australian accent doesn't sound that way to people in the UK, since they live with the real thing and ought to be able to tell the difference.

 

[Kumamoto_Ken]

Is it just to our ear I wonder? I don't think I've ever heard a convincing Aussie accent done by an actor. Maby Meryl Streep gets a pass.
Must be worse for Irish, everyone slaughters that accent. Not that they'd notice cos they're drunk all the time.

FFS, I wanted to post the Dumb and Dumber scene. Too slow.

Oh well,. Lloyd Christmas you magnificent bastard!

 

[Mardoo]

Born and raised in the States. After 15 years hear I can barely hear either Australian or American accents.