There's this thing where a lot of the time when Australians are talking it doesn't sound to me like they have an Australian accent until they say, specifically, the word "car"
And then I'm like ah… Australian accent
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@mcc I used to work with a woman from Australia, but it took me a solid two weeks before I picked up on her accent. I think she had been trying to downplay it a bit, but I had ZERO clue for those two weeks.
@SKleefeld American media lied to us about what Australian accents sound like, which is a separate problem
@mcc @SKleefeld I always assumed that it was like “American” accents (too many to count), and I just didn’t know any Australians with the TV accent.
@ShiitakeToast
> I always assumed that it was like “American” accents (too many to count)
Like English and Irish accents too. Even in a small place like Aotearoa (pop. 5 million-ish), there is regional variation in accents.
> I just didn’t know any Australians with the TV accent
They probably exist. But it's probably based on Crocodile Dundee, which was an intentionally strong rural accent. Whereas Ozzies you meet outside Oz are most likely urban, with more urbane accents.
@strypey @ShiitakeToast @SKleefeld "American" accents are whatever… what fucks with me are when media does southern accents and there's no logic to WHICH southern accent. Like there will be one person doing a Texas accent, one person doing Alabama, one that sounds kinda Tennessee like, and the scene is set in Louisiana. The actors didn't notice.
