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Why does my American girlfriend like my Australian accent and my slang?
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∙ 14y ago
Probably because it is so different from her own. Let stalk strine! Aussie slang is famous in America (among those who have heard it) for its pungency, and the accent has become at least somewhat familiar here.
The differences in our speech are largely due to the class and the time of our countries' settlers. Most American accents derive ultimately from the speech of people in early 17th Century East Anglia, an unusually well- educated population at the time. Our slang tends to be rather staid, middle-class and unimaginative, at least in comparison to the Australian.
The "Australian accent" derives from the later speech of less educated and more urban British people. Australian slang, based in the traditional criminal cants, cockneys and military dialects of the 19th Century, has a much earthier and more colorful quality than its American counterpart.
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