[Winniesboy]

Australian English sounds much like today’s British English because by the time British people were sent there after the 1820s, what we know as a British accent had emerged.

Does it? To this Englishman brought up to speak 'RP' with a slight Hampshire twang, English spoken by an Australian sounds every bit as exotic as English spoken by an American.

[RP - 'Received Pronunciation', a standardised accent disseminated by BBC radio from the 1930s, based on the English spoken by the upper middle classes in the London area.]

[Cronos]

yes, that also didn’t sit quite right with me.

not another shrimp on the barbie!