Re: Antipodean Accents; was Re: Klingon Script

Tristan McLeay scripsit:
>
> On Tue, 2002-07-09 at 00:18, Keith Gaughan wrote:
> > From: Joe [mailto:joe@WANTAGE.COM]
> >
> > > Well, English people can't tell the difference either.   Kiwi
> > > seems to be Aussie shifted upwards, though.
>
> That seems to me to be a pretty major difference. Consonants don't
> really play all that big a difference in English accents (exceptions
> apply, but they serve more to define categories then be a feature of the
> accent, but there are exceptions to that rule, too).
>
> > And less broad too.
>
> What, exactly, defines a broad accent?---And anyway, wouldn't that
> really be a fairly invalid statement,
>
> > Before I lived with a guy from NZ, I wouldn't have been able to
> > tell a Kiwi from an Aussie. Now I can, if only for fear of having
> > my liver gorged out with a spoone :-)
>
> LOLOLOL! I agree with that one. Not that it's something that needs to be
> learnt. Everyone should be able to tell the difference, it's clear as
>  It's as obvious as the difference between, say, Aussie and Cockney or RP.
Or the difference between American and Canadian!

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