Hah! Only jumping in because I was in London (and near-by) a few years ago
and they all ragged on me because I didn't sound 'southern' enough.
After enough cider I did, however.
shann, from Virginia via Texas
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Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2001 8:26 PM
Subject: Re: Some say ...
> >A songwriter/performer friend of mine went to America to try his luck at
> >the 'big time'. He said he spent most of his time saying "G'day" for
people
> >who were all highly entertained by his accent ... He'd be doing his pitch
> >to some record company exec and the guy would ignore what he was saying
and
> >call out to people nearby, "Hey, come and listen to this Aussie say
> >'G'day'." I suggested he wrote a "g'day" song for Americans ...
>
> Ugh - cartoon Australiana, which I suppose is easier to digest than the
> real thing... My poor son had to keep saying at at his English school,
> and it was highly complained of that he didn't sound Australian enough,
> not bending his vowels like Crocodile Dundee. The only entertaining
> version of that I've ever come across was courtesy of Terry Pratchett,
> who wrote a surreal Douglas Adams kind of satire on such kitsch in _The
> Last Continent_.
>
> Best
>
> Alison
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