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Does "English (AU)" sound weird to American ears? (lemmy.zip)

submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by CmdrGraves@lemmy.zip to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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To me, it kind of sounds like a bastardized version of “English (UK)” with a Boston accent attached to it plus bizarre slang and strange spelling of some words (I.e. gaol is pronounced as “jail” I know, WTF? As I’ve thought they’re trying to spell goal).

The weirdest part are the different meanings of words that are spelled the same (I.e. “Thong” is defined as a swimsuit underwear in American English but from English AU, it’s flip flops) along with “C*NT” being part of their vernacular.

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[–] disregardable@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I usually assume Australians are British. When the accent is not super think, it can be hard to hear the difference.

[–] CanadaPlus@futurology.today 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Wow, I've never had this problem. The tricky one is Australia vs. NZ.

[–] whotookkarl@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Naur for no is usually the giveaway for AUS vs NZ

[–] timmytbt@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago

Nah mate. No one says “naur”.