• StudSpud The Starchy@aussie.zone
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    28 days ago

    I got asked in my elevator the other day “how long have you been here?” I replied “I moved to the building almost 6 years ago”.

    They said: “no I mean in Australia”.

    “…I was born here.”

    I’m the whitest femme, so, so very white, almost entirely German, French, and English. I thought I sounded Australian. Now I’m questioning my accent.

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      28 days ago

      Nope. Accent is well within the standard deviation for Aussie accents. The questioner is the one with the tin ear. And needs to learn some manners.

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      28 days ago

      Having met you, my first impression was that you were a large black male from south Sudan. It took a while until i realized that wasn’t true

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      28 days ago

      I have been asked this question so many times it’s become a meme amongst my friends. I was born in friggin burwood.

      It’s a combination of preciser than aussie normal diction and a broader vocabulary.

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        I put my preciser diction down to a vast amount of BBC comedy as a kid. Goodies, Ronnies, Good Life, Are you being served Etc etc Gets stronger with a couple of drinks, don’t always realise I’m doing it

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          I’ve always put it down to the same thing, but I now think an autistic tendency to avoid abbreviations and idioms could also be a part of it.

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          27 days ago

          For me it was crossed teeth that meant wearing a plate through primary school, working very hard to overcome talking like thish and then five years of italian lmao

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      28 days ago

      When I worked in bars I got asked where I was from all the time. Melbourne. I was born in Melbourne. I’ve lived ~three months in NZ, India, Amsterdam and Thailand. My grandparents are all from UK places that hate England. Well one gran was 5th gen Aussie from Ireland.

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      28 days ago

      I kinda had this when Sydney had the Olympics. I was expected by tourists to be and speak Russian, Spanish, German and a bunch of other things. Nope! I can mangle a bit of some of the languages but really don’t think I especially look any of those things 🤷🏻‍♀️