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<blockquote data-quote="Marg's Man" data-source="post: 277631" data-attributes="member: 4085"><p>G'day Star,</p><p>By the sounds of it you've met some Strine speakers, probably just off the plane.</p><p></p><p>When you consider that China has two mutually exclusive languages plus we have about sixty countries each with it's own language, we have to get pretty multicultural here. Personally I speak a few words at least of about 12 languages, Asian and European but I work with a lot more international people than most Australians.</p><p></p><p>My own accent (and Marg's) is what is often called "Educated Australian"; this is a description not a class thing. The general Australian accent is much broader and is called "Strine". It SOUNDS like English but is almost unintelligible if your ear is not accustomed to it. The only Australian I know of who used it overseas much was Paul Hogan in his "Crocodile Dundee" character and even that was toned down for foreign ears. We can both drop into Strine without effort.</p><p></p><p>Marg's Man</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marg's Man, post: 277631, member: 4085"] G'day Star, By the sounds of it you've met some Strine speakers, probably just off the plane. When you consider that China has two mutually exclusive languages plus we have about sixty countries each with it's own language, we have to get pretty multicultural here. Personally I speak a few words at least of about 12 languages, Asian and European but I work with a lot more international people than most Australians. My own accent (and Marg's) is what is often called "Educated Australian"; this is a description not a class thing. The general Australian accent is much broader and is called "Strine". It SOUNDS like English but is almost unintelligible if your ear is not accustomed to it. The only Australian I know of who used it overseas much was Paul Hogan in his "Crocodile Dundee" character and even that was toned down for foreign ears. We can both drop into Strine without effort. Marg's Man [/QUOTE]
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