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Zartosht
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Hi guys...
I am in last stages of immigration procedure to my dreamland(Australia).
I wanna know how can I improve my ability to communicate in aussie accent!
Recently, I have had some telephonic interview and I found myself totally desperate in understanding that beautiful accent! 
I am not a native English speaker and it would be great if somebody can introduce me some materials such as any online media.
Thank you all in advance for your helps.
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contrex
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Location: France (ex-UK)
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The first step to acquiring an Australian accent is surgery. The problem is, not many doctors will do the required procedure (a lobotomy) on demand. You'll just have to pick it up as you go.
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margo
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Ignore Contrex - he suffers greatly from something I can't bear to describe.
Now - that line was typed in an Aussie accent - if you read it out loud it should sound like me!
Mind you - I don't have a broad accent - a lifetime of living in Sydney, and talking proper means that most people can understand what I'm saying, but not where I'm from! 
Oh, and eat Vegemite - there's nothing better! 
And welcome to A2K as well!
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contrex
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It's no wonder that cockneys are often mistaken by Americans for Aussies, because to my ear the Aussie accent sounds like nothing so much as a London accent "with pretensions" -- that is, an accent that has moved out to Bromley or Purley or Romford or Borehamwood.
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roger
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Location: Farmington, NM, USA
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| It's no wonder that cockneys are often mistaken by Americans for Aussies, because to my ear the Aussie accent sounds like nothing so much as a London accent "with pretensions" -- that is, an accent that has moved out to Bromley or Purley or Romford or Borehamwood. |
Now, the above was clearly written in an Aussie accent. Print it out, and recite it daily for ten days. Do day one with 10 marbles in your mouth, day two with nine marbles, and so forth, till on day ten, they are all gone. When you've lost all your marbles, you've got it down!
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dadpad
Posts: 9359
Location: up a creek in a barbed wire canoe w/o a paddle
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| Zartosht wrote: |
Hi guys...
I am in last stages of immigration procedure to my dreamland(Australia).
I wanna know how can I improve my ability to communicate in aussie accent!
Recently, I have had some telephonic interview and I found myself totally desperate in understanding that beautiful accent!
I am not a native English speaker and it would be great if somebody can introduce me some materials such as any online media.
Thank you all in advance for your helps. |
your first mistake is actually caring what you sound like. The correct aussie attitude is as follows:
Accent? She'll be right mate" or "accent? No worries bloke."
Your second mistake is the opening two words of your post. It should read G'day blokes.
Now a few handy throwaway lines to practice with:
Show us yer tits! (this is best shouted from a moving car at anything that looks remotely female)
Your shout mate: (self explanatory really).
Ya wouldn't know a free kick from a root ya white maggot!
(In order to perfect this you will need to stand on two beer cans. When you have perfected this you may officially call yourself a Collingwood supporter.)
Pooooofta!!!!!!! (Also best shouted from a moving car).
I'm orf like a bucket of prawns in the hot sun. (This is a traditional goodbye.)
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dadpad
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Location: up a creek in a barbed wire canoe w/o a paddle
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Rockhead
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Location: looking over into the abyss
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msolga
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Location: Melbourne, Australia
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Hello Zartosht & welcome to A2k.
Perhaps I'm gullible, but I'll assume you're serious about wanting to settle in Australia, your "dreamland"?
My answer to your question is to expect, as does any new-comer to any new country, that a period of adaptation & familiarization will be necessary. You will feel quite pathetic & silly as you go through this process ... much like I did in Italy, Sweden, Indonesia, India, etc , when I first travelled to those places. In other words, when you are new to any culture, it probably won't make sense to you - and you may not make make too much sense to them at first, either, most likely.... Of course, over time, these things can change for the better - for both sides. This is a good thing!
I have just one question of you: Just why is Australia your "dreamland? That would be very useful to know. And what is your country of origin?
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dadpad
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Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 6:42 am 
