Re: CHAT: The King of Glottal Stops Reigns Supreme!

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I don't watch much tv., especially not commercial tv. channels' news.
Does
Sydney lack the variety of Melburnian, as described before?  (There
are
more, of course.) Not one of those accents can be
considered 'normal'. And
I've been told that Melburnian is relatively (compared to
Sydenysiders'
speech) unaffected, or is untrue?

Tristan
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No, I've been to Melbourne twice and I think the pronounciation in
the city was pretty normal. I know that people here have some sort of
stereotype about Melburnian speech (I don't exactly know what the
stereotype actually is, however :P).

Tangentially, I was in Newcastle (in Australia :P) recently, and
their adjective for describing themselves (in the vein of Melburnian
and the rather contrived "Sydneysider") is "Novocastrian", which is
obviously the Latin form of the place. It was actually used by the
residents, which I wouldn't have expected for such a highfalutin
name :P

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