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To: ErnBatavia

Ditto some Australian accents. I once met a man from Australia, couldn't understand 90% of what he said--and I was told he was speaking English. Of course he probably couldn't understand me either.


118 posted on 09/10/2005 2:34:59 PM PDT by pepperdog
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To: pepperdog
Ditto some Australian accents.

Australianese can be handled by me, if I really turn my ear to it (I was in the Aussie lobster importing business and have spent time there).

But there was one evening in Perth a few years ago, where I was really jet-lagged and it was a company party going on....they mumbled their slang to each other, and I felt pretty lost.

...and the West Aussies speak as distinct a lingo from the Easterners as in the U.S. - just takes awhile for us to pick up the differences.

125 posted on 09/10/2005 2:44:18 PM PDT by ErnBatavia (Cindy, ya shoulda stuck with "offshore drilling" as your cause)
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