There's a thread of thought...the linguistic variety of the US/UK vs the
relative sameness here in Australia... (Tho' the Adelaidians still
surprise me.) My grandmother, Australian-born, when she chose, could
surprise with her Irish inflections...
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Subject: Re: Snap in Ozzie lingo
I wish I'd heard the oz-speech of Paraguay...
It has been claimed that some isolated coastal Americans (Virginia?)
speak with Elizabethan voices...
(Max)(who speaks kiwi on the phone to his Auckland sister)
Quoting Caleb Cluff <[log in to unmask]>:
> Good lord no! But it was interesting to see the last remaining member
> of the Paraguayan Experiment (he was a child at the time) interviewed
> on ABC TV on Tuesday night - according to the reporter, the only
> person to still speak Australian English in C19 accent. Tho' the
> Pitcairnese cannot be far off...
>
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> From: Poetryetc provides a venue for a dialogue relating to poetry and
> poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Max Richards
> Sent: Thursday, 28 September 2006 2:40 PM
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> Subject: Re: Snap in Ozzie lingo
>
> Crikey, Caleb!
> Did you transcribe all that lingo...?
> best from Max
>
> Quoting Caleb Cluff <[log in to unmask]>:
>
> > For those interested in the arcane determinants of this language...
> >
> > Wot's in a name?-- she sez . . . An' then she sighs, An' clasps 'er
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