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Hows the other guy a noob when you're the one who cant tell the difference between an Australian and an English accent.
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It was 1916 and there seemed to be no end in sight to the first world war. A batch of fresh troops were dispatched from Australia to reinforce the Western Front. A gruff English Lieutenant, beleagured by the horrors of war, looked over a unit of Australians who had just reported to him. He cracked a cynical smile and asked one of the Australian Privates “Did you come here to die?” “No sir,” the Private replied, “we got here yesterday.”
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#sees discussion about Accents - as Token Brit, decides to weigh in#
The accent I sport and the one my colonial brethren possess is indeed difference, although some people often mistake me for Australian on both Vent & PS2 Internal comms. There is usually a decent way of telling - if the accent confronting you continually sounds sarcastic, when none is intended, you're talking to a Brit.
The spectrum of the accents we possess in the UK means you'll know when you've met some of us, and others just blend in, like myself. Seriously, if you've ever met a Scot online or shared a communication channel with a Scouser, you'll work that out. It's people like me with more of a received pronunciation, or what the Americans call 'Queens English', who have the confusion with Australian, and it's down to the linage of the language - Britain exported not only her customs in the time of Empire but also the language of it's civil service - which happens to be RP English. Henceforth, the language of the education system in many of Britain's former dominions works from this format of trying, and failing in many respects, to teach that accentuation of the language. The Australians have their particular twang due to the fact that the foundation of the country essentially stemmed from British prisoners 'transported' abroad for crimes that would usually warrant a death sentence, and the New Zealanders got there's from the fact New Zealand was settled by the British middle classes who used the island to rear sheep and cattle for export, thus this is why some people can say that the NZ accent is just a posh version of the Australian one.
Hope that helps! It's nice to be able to use my knowledge of the English Language now and again
The accent I sport and the one my colonial brethren possess is indeed difference, although some people often mistake me for Australian on both Vent & PS2 Internal comms. There is usually a decent way of telling - if the accent confronting you continually sounds sarcastic, when none is intended, you're talking to a Brit.
The spectrum of the accents we possess in the UK means you'll know when you've met some of us, and others just blend in, like myself. Seriously, if you've ever met a Scot online or shared a communication channel with a Scouser, you'll work that out. It's people like me with more of a received pronunciation, or what the Americans call 'Queens English', who have the confusion with Australian, and it's down to the linage of the language - Britain exported not only her customs in the time of Empire but also the language of it's civil service - which happens to be RP English. Henceforth, the language of the education system in many of Britain's former dominions works from this format of trying, and failing in many respects, to teach that accentuation of the language. The Australians have their particular twang due to the fact that the foundation of the country essentially stemmed from British prisoners 'transported' abroad for crimes that would usually warrant a death sentence, and the New Zealanders got there's from the fact New Zealand was settled by the British middle classes who used the island to rear sheep and cattle for export, thus this is why some people can say that the NZ accent is just a posh version of the Australian one.
Hope that helps! It's nice to be able to use my knowledge of the English Language now and again
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#sees discussion about Accents - as Token Brit, decides to weigh in#
The accent I sport and the one my colonial brethren possess is indeed difference, although some people often mistake me for Australian on both Vent & PS2 Internal comms. There is usually a decent way of telling - if the accent confronting you continually sounds sarcastic, when none is intended, you're talking to a Brit.
The spectrum of the accents we possess in the UK means you'll know when you've met some of us, and others just blend in, like myself. Seriously, if you've ever met a Scot online or shared a communication channel with a Scouser, you'll work that out. It's people like me with more of a received pronunciation, or what the Americans call 'Queens English', who have the confusion with Australian, and it's down to the linage of the language - Britain exported not only her customs in the time of Empire but also the language of it's civil service - which happens to be RP English. Henceforth, the language of the education system in many of Britain's former dominions works from this format of trying, and failing in many respects, to teach that accentuation of the language. The Australians have their particular twang due to the fact that the foundation of the country essentially stemmed from British prisoners 'transported' abroad for crimes that would usually warrant a death sentence, and the New Zealanders got there's from the fact New Zealand was settled by the British middle classes who used the island to rear sheep and cattle for export, thus this is why some people can say that the NZ accent is just a posh version of the Australian one.
Hope that helps! It's nice to be able to use my knowledge of the English Language now and again
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