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Columbo
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_English#Regional_variation
Is this true about South Australia, Mr @Meglos?
There are some notable regional variations in the pronunciations of certain words. The trap‑bath split is more complete in South Australia, which had later direct settlement from the British Isles than other parts of the country, which were settled while the trap-bath split was more substantially incomplete. Words such as dance, advance, plant, graph, example and answer are pronounced with /aː/ (as in father) far more frequently in South Australia while elsewhere in Australia the older /æ/ (as in mad) is more common.[26] L-vocalisation is also more common in South Australia than other states. In Western Australian and Queensland English, the vowels in near and square are typically realised as centring diphthongs ("nee-ya"), whereas in the other states they may also be realised as monophthongs.[27] A feature common in Victorian English is salary–celery merger, whereby a Victorian pronunciation of Ellen may sound like Alan and Victoria's capital city Melbourne may sound like Malbourne to speakers from other states. There is also regional variation in /uː/ before /l/ (as in school and pool).
Is this true about South Australia, Mr @Meglos?
BigBrotherCritic
Like working a job 24/7, for 2 days on the trot
bris-bane as in you're the bris-bane of my existence
just kidding
love you
just kidding
love you
Columbo
Never again
BOO BIANCA!
who is bianca?
who is bianca?
From Big Brother 2008.
Columbo
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From Big Brother 2008.
ok. why booo her?
ok. why booo her?
I saw a discussion about 2008 Big Brother come up so just sharing my thoughts.
Columbo
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I saw a discussion about 2008 Big Brother come up so just sharing my thoughts.
i liked her. because she was always so angry
Meglos
HAVE A NECTARINE, GONK
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_English#Regional_variation
Is this true about South Australia, Mr @Meglos?
Yes and no.
I'm not a native South Australian speaker, having lived in Broken Hill until I was 14, so I don't have that posh SA inflection.
So I say 'dance' and 'chance' to rhyme with 'ants', but most people here say 'darnce' and 'charnce', including my younger brother.
I certainly don't do the 'nee-ya' thing, and don't know anyone who does.
The Celery/Salary Merger is extremely apparent to me in people from Victoria (for example tv personalities like Dary;l Somers would say "here is the latest elbum by Tina Arena as featured on the Allen show".
Columbo
Never again
Yes and no.
I'm not a native South Australian speaker, having lived in Broken Hill until I was 14, so I don't have that posh SA inflection.
So I say 'dance' and 'chance' to rhyme with 'ants', but most people here say 'darnce' and 'charnce', including my younger brother.
I certainly don't do the 'nee-ya' thing, and don't know anyone who does.
The Celery/Salary Merger is extremely apparent to me in people from Victoria (for example tv personalities like Dary;l Somers would say "here is the latest elbum by Tina Arena as featured on the Allen show".
that makes sense
but not dollars.
would you consider tina arena a bogan?
Meglos
HAVE A NECTARINE, GONK
would you consider tina arena a bogan?
No, not a bogan.
She's more like in the same category as Anthony Callea, acting a bit snootier and posher than they are, and slightly looking down their noses at people.
Sophie Monk is a bogan and embraces it, without any pretence of being posh.
Columbo
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No, not a bogan.
She's more like in the same category as Anthony Callea, acting a bit snootier and posher than they are, and slightly looking down their noses at people.
Sophie Monk is a bogan and embraces it, without any pretence of being posh.
i don't think tina is snooty.
Meglos
HAVE A NECTARINE, GONK
am i snooty?
Not from what I've seen.
Columbo
Never again
Not from what I've seen.
phew
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