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I absolutely adore that accent!

Accent? What accent? Only foreigners have accents ,Eg Americans, Brits, the French.

I like the more gentile Southern accents and New England, but find the 'mid Atlantic' accent irritating. My favourite accent is Canadian. my mum is Canadian born.

Come on down for a holiday. That will cure you of any love of our accent. You won't actually understand pure 'strine. Just remember this is the southern hemisphere,the seasons are reversed(we're just coming into Spring) Our 'south' (tropics) is about 2000 miles north of here.

Below is a link explaining a bit about 'strine (Australian English) The books by the eminent Australian academic, ,Professor Afferbeck Lauder,are still in print. A lot of Aussies actually DO speak like that in rural areas and in that vast wasteland, devoid of kultcha, taste,interest or intellect; the suburbs..

EG:

Eye-level arch play devoisters

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strine


More examples:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afferbeck_Lauder