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Originally Posted By: The PookOriginally Posted By: zmjezhdI also try not to make fun of their accent, word choice, syntax, etc.
Yup me too, but I make exceptions for Kiwis, Poms and Hillbillies like Jackie. Especially Kiwis!
You can be grateful you're alive now as the Kiwi and Ocker accents are moving apart. Some scholars have said that comparisons of recordings show that the two were nearly identical up until somewhere around WWII, but that the rate of divergence is accelerating. So if you'd lived back then you would have been making fun of your own accent. Although from what I understand of it, Tasmanians get more flak for their VERY close family ties than for their distinctive accent.
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