• Taleya@aussie.zone
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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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      28 days ago

      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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        27 days ago

        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