Re: OT: Two countries separated by a common language

Well, I was born in Papua New Guinea, brought up in a melange of PNG,
Australia and New Zealand, and I don't consider I have much of a Kiwi accent
anyway.

I'm also sure I don't have an Aussie one either.  Particularly not a Siid-nii
one! <;^)

BTW, the accent police in NZ just as often pick on the South Africans.
Thankfully the general South Pacific (Polynesian) English accent is becoming
more common.

Wesley Parish

On Sunday 18 May 2003 02:39 am, you wrote:
> BP Jonsson wrote:
> > At 15:03 17.5.2003 +1000, Tristan McLeay wrote:
> >> Australia. Specifically Victoria,
> >
> > So actually it is (at least) three countries separated by a common
> > language.
>
> So long as Americans talk like the do on tv, we can understand them
> fine. Though it may be necessary to ask for a repeat when they diverge...
>
> End thin theer's New Zillend wuth theer chullibuns[1] end fush end
> chups. (I have no idea how much of a Kiwi accent Wesley Parish has, but
> he must forgive me: NZ accents are such fun to copy.)
>
> [1]: chillybins. We call them eskis. If an episode of Law and Order SVU
> is anything to go by, Americans call them coolers, despite the fact that
> they don't cool, but merely keep cool. Insulated boxes you put ice and
> things you don't want to melt in when you go on a picknick/camp/to the
> beach etc.
>
> And aren't America and Britain countries seperated from themeselves by a
> common language? :)
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