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Post by SharksFan99 on Jun 13, 2017 15:50:59 GMT 10
This was a topic on another forum I regularly visit, but I thought it would be interesting to share the topic on Popedia as well. It was a thread discussing if the Australian accent has gradually changed over time. I think it definitely has. In a lot of movies or documentaries from the Early-Mid 20th Century, the Australian accent still sounded somewhat "British". It's interesting that it continued to sound "British" until as recently as the Late 60s. Even if you watch Skippy, the accents of the adults on the show still sound fairly 'British'. The kids have more of a broader Australian accent;
By the Late 1970s, it was definitely broader and the British influence had disappeared by that point. Take a listen to this clip from the 1979 movie, Mad Max..
I think it has changed again since the Late 70s. The Australian accent definitely isn't as broad anymore, in my opinion.
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Post by aja675 on Jun 14, 2017 1:44:38 GMT 10
In the Philippines, I find that the quality of English here has gone bad, and a lot of it is because of the "preppy, snobby byotch" stigma behind the English language in my country.
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Post by SharksFan99 on Jun 16, 2017 21:46:39 GMT 10
In the Philippines, I find that the quality of English here has gone bad, and a lot of it is because of the "preppy, snobby byotch" stigma behind the English language in my country. Interesting. Do you think that the stigma of the English language has formed due to the US and the election of Donald Trump?
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Post by aja675 on Jun 16, 2017 23:46:57 GMT 10
In the Philippines, I find that the quality of English here has gone bad, and a lot of it is because of the "preppy, snobby byotch" stigma behind the English language in my country. Interesting. Do you think that the stigma of the English language has formed due to the US and the election of Donald Trump? But this is a thing that's been going on since the '80s or the '90s or something. I think it's more out of tall poppy syndrome, and the influence of tacky soap operas that tell you that one is either a rich snob or a good-hearted poor person. (Imagine the same basic mold of Hispanic telenovelas, local telenovelas use it too.)
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Post by aja675 on Jun 18, 2017 0:57:56 GMT 10
This was a topic on another forum I regularly visit, but I thought it would be interesting to share the topic on Popedia as well. It was a thread discussing if the Australian accent has gradually changed over time. I think it definitely has. In a lot of movies or documentaries from the Early-Mid 20th Century, the Australian accent still sounded somewhat "British". It's interesting that it continued to sound "British" until as recently as the Late 60s. Even if you watch Skippy, the accents of the adults on the show still sound fairly 'British'. The kids have more of a broader Australian accent; By the Late 1970s, it was definitely broader and the British influence had disappeared by that point. Take a listen to this clip from the 1979 movie, Mad Max.. I think it has changed again since the Late 70s. The Australian accent definitely isn't as broad anymore, in my opinion. The opposite is apparently happening among British viewers of Australian soaps: www.news.com.au/uk-firm-finds-neighbours-style-aussie-accent-a-major-turnoff/news-story/e9bab7b151b56889113f3087bd5dc93e
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Post by SharksFan99 on Jun 18, 2017 18:42:31 GMT 10
It's funny that you should share that, because I have a friend who is originally from the UK and he has stated in the past how strange it is that Australians naturally make statements sound like questions. 
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Post by longaotian on Oct 1, 2017 16:06:40 GMT 10
Do you think people from different parts of Australia have different accents?
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Post by SharksFan99 on Oct 1, 2017 16:27:50 GMT 10
Do you think people from different parts of Australia have different accents? There are a few small differences in terms of pronunciation, but nothing drastic. For example, Victorians tend to pronounce the word "castle" as "cassle", like Americans do. A lot of them seem get their "a'" and "e" sounds mixed up as well. Melbourne can sound like "Malbourne" and the word salary can sound like "celery". In South Australia, a lot of people tend to pronounce words like dance and chance as "darnce" and "charnce". Australia's pretty unusual in that all parts of the country speak the exact same accent. In the UK, you can literally go somewhere 40 minutes away and they could have a completely different accent.
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Post by longaotian on Oct 1, 2017 16:40:18 GMT 10
Do you think people from different parts of Australia have different accents? There are a few small differences in terms of pronunciation, but nothing drastic. For example, Victorians tend to pronounce the word "castle" as "cassle", like Americans do. A lot of them seem get their "a'" and "e" sounds mixed up as well. Melbourne can sound like "Malbourne" and the word salary can sound like "celery". In South Australia, a lot of people tend to pronounce words like dance and chance as "darnce" and "charnce". Australia's pretty unusual in that all parts of the country speak the exact same accent. In the UK, you can literally go somewhere 40 minutes away and they could have a completely different accent. Thanks for the info. I was just wondering becasue I find when I talk to my relatives, the ones who live in Sydney sound quite different from the ones who live in Melbourne imo 
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Post by longaotian on Oct 4, 2017 17:42:07 GMT 10
Do you think people from different parts of Australia have different accents? There are a few small differences in terms of pronunciation, but nothing drastic. For example, Victorians tend to pronounce the word "castle" as "cassle", like Americans do. A lot of them seem get their "a'" and "e" sounds mixed up as well. Melbourne can sound like "Malbourne" and the word salary can sound like "celery". In South Australia, a lot of people tend to pronounce words like dance and chance as "darnce" and "charnce". I think I do the same aswell, when I say Salary and Celery it's sounds the same, tbh I didn't even know they were supposed to sound different! . Also another word I can't seem to pronounce with my accent is "dull". Everytime I say it, people get confused because apparently I'm saying "dell", to me they sound the same aswell lol.
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Post by longaotian on Oct 4, 2017 17:45:06 GMT 10
Do you think people from different parts of Australia have different accents? Australia's pretty unusual in that all parts of the country speak the exact same accent. In the UK, you can literally go somewhere 40 minutes away and they could have a completely different accent. NZ has got some different accents as far as I'm aware, although to a much lesser extent then the UK for example. Also, my mum previously told me that thing about all the different accents in the UK
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Post by aja675 on Oct 19, 2017 22:43:37 GMT 10
In the Philippines, I find that the quality of English here has gone bad, and a lot of it is because of the "preppy, snobby byotch" stigma behind the English language in my country. Interesting. Do you think that the stigma of the English language has formed due to the US and the election of Donald Trump? BTW, I know this from personal experience.
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Post by longaotian on Dec 7, 2017 21:01:24 GMT 10
I've noticed the same thing has happened for the NZ accent
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Post by SharksFan99 on Dec 7, 2017 21:08:38 GMT 10
NZ has got some different accents as far as I'm aware, although to a much lesser extent then the UK for example. Also, my mum previously told me that thing about all the different accents in the UK Just out of curiosity, are there parts of New Zealand which have more of a "British" sounding accent? The reason why I ask, is because when I have watched Police Ten 7 and Motorway Patrol, I've noticed that some New Zealanders have more of a "British" accent than others. However, i'm not sure if it's due to it being a different regional dialect or if the people who appear on the show are all coincidentally migrants from the UK. I've noticed the same thing has happened for the NZ accent How would you describe the change to the New Zealand accent? Is "fesh and cheps" starting to sound more like "fish and chips", lol.
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Post by longaotian on Dec 7, 2017 21:25:08 GMT 10
NZ has got some different accents as far as I'm aware, although to a much lesser extent then the UK for example. Also, my mum previously told me that thing about all the different accents in the UK Just out of curiosity, are there parts of New Zealand which have more of a "British" sounding accent? The reason why I ask, is because when I have watched Police Ten 7 and Motorway Patrol, I've noticed that some New Zealanders have more of a "British" accent than others. However, i'm not sure if it's due to it being a different regional dialect or if the people who appear on the show are all coincidentally migrants from the UK. It's likely that they happen to be migrants from the UK or maybe they just think they're really upper class or something. I'm not aware of any regional dialects having this feature. However, using "British" is quite a broad term given the amount of accents over there. I do know that Southland/Otago in particular have regional dialects which are easy to distinguish. This is becasue they are Rhotic accents meaning that it differs from all English & Australian, & the remaining NZ accents and instead can often sound closer to an Irish/Scottish or even American accent. This is mostly due to the migrants at the time settling in different regions of the country & therefore these accents developed.
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