(February 13, 2012 at 7:14 pm)Rhizomorph13 Wrote: Fair dinkum mate! lol I'm speakin' 'straylyin
It's actually called 'strine' .
Quote:Strine /ˈstraɪn/ is a term coined in 1964[1] and subsequently used to describe a broad accent of Australian English. The term is a syncope, derived from a shortened phonetic rendition of the pronunciation of the word "Australian" in an exaggerated Broad Australian accent, drawing upon the tendency of this accent to run words together in a form of liaison.[2]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strine
You will speak strine when you can pronounce "Australia" correctly (the 'l' is silent)
AND when you understand "Emma Chiset?" and "Gloria Soames"
AND have mastered the rising inflection.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpBYnL5fAXE