drugfukkdrockstar said:All i know is the pommy accent pisses me off. I am glad i have a Aussie accent.
On men it's not so bad, but on women? Terrible. Annoying, irritating, frustrating... Ugh.
Ive generally found that enunciation is proportional to how much you read/education. I'll assume (rightly or not) that someone with a really thick bogan accent isnt the brightest spark either.endlesseulogy said:Yes, I think Aussies speak better english - per capita; then the poms. However I think educated poms speak better english then your average Aussie.
Damien said:I would have to agree that American's have the best command of the English language. We speak it real good.
LiquidMethod said:Most (if not all) English people will say they speak better English than Aussies because they speak Queen's English and they pronounce their words properly.
Funny thing is (apparently) around 200 years ago when the Yanks split from the Brits their accents were reversed, then they evolved to sound like what they do today.
The Aussie accent can be pretty shocking at times. It's so easy to speak lazily & mumble (I'm a culprit here). When in non-English speaking countries I find I get understood a lot easier when I revert back to my old Cali accent (NOT Compton, Cali) or a Transatlantic style.
Some accents I find amusing:
Carlisle UK
Manchester
Cockney
New Jersey
Boston
North/South Carolina
Quebec (my god, once I met a French-Canadian girl and when she spoke English she sounded like she popped out of Britain in the 16th century. couldn't stop laughing at her)
deeCee said:Do you say carlisle for the same reason I would. Cause everyone speaks like proper English with Scottish lingo? I think it's hilarious. It's the same with Berwick upon Tweed, I almost flipped out..