Well?

Its pretty obvious with me but I'd like to see it in a graphic fashion.

Where do you live now?

jt

New Zealand.

In the Northland region,which incidentally is the elongated peninsula thingee north of Auckland.

Yuh. We haven't done this for a while. Its interesting to see how the forum changes.

a little known planet on the outer rim.

I am a Victorian, but I've lived in Queensland longer than anywhere else

Perth, Western Australia - Born & Live

I am a Victorian, but I've lived in Queensland longer than anywhere else

Man, you've been fucked over twice :O

Man, you've been fucked over twice :O

Hey, u might as well finish the job and move to Adelaide.

Cheers

Dean - Melbourne

Usually, when I get on here, if there is any significant Australian presence, it's in the Victorian Forum. I know population-wise we're the 2nd largest state ... I guess the other question is: where do you hang out in OzSrapers / Skyscrapercity ... (and, despite what's been put to me, yes I do look at things other than the Southern Cross Thread!)

At the moment, of 23 people viewing OzScraper Forums, including Architectural Themes, Photo contests, Transportation, etc. (and New Zealand!) 7 are on Victoria. I'm not saying "Yeah we win!" or anything (and perhaps the other 6 are looking at a "Grand Final" Thread I've yet to find) but this is quite typical. Yet at the moment Queenslanders significantly outnumber both Victorians and New Southern Welshpersons in the poll immediately above.

So I'd be surprised if there wasn't an over-representation of Victorians at this forum ... either that or the rest of Australasia is just hanging out for the latest on Melbourne's current construction boom! :runaway:

I was born in Sydney, but my parents moved to Wagga while I was still an infant,my son strangely enough is in the same boat, he was born in Launceston (conceived in Brisbane) and a few months later we moved to Geelong, which is more than likely where we'll settle!

As 4 where I hang out on the forum - I don't visit the state forums, mostly the skybar ones as well as transport (both here & world) scrapers + skylines and the sim city forums.

I was born in London, and spent 4 years growing up in Brunei, then moved with my family to Australia in 1987. I've been living in Perth ever since.

I guess that did or didn't say much about me ...

Born in Ballarat (Victoria!) like my parents and grand-parents. Great-grand-parents all migrated from Cornwall, Wales, or, exceptionally, England.

A bit over half a Century ago my family remembered that there was a big city seventy miles to the east, and realized that the gold had all run out , ... so we mainly live in Melbourne now. Some of my earlist memories are of what was then a three-hour journey on the train, having an ice-cream while the engine took on water, and twenty miles later, being sick!

I reacted against this urbanization (or suburbanization) by buying a place in the bush outside Apollo Bay 33 years ago. It consumed my early adulthood totally. Never saw Canberra or Adelaide till the early/mid eighties (on the way to & from Sydney & the Alice) , Brisbane till the early nineties (yeah, I went to Cairns) and Hobart a few years back. Great places, I tell my siblings. You should go one day. You really should.

Never been to Darwin or Perth, but the first thing my daughter did after she grew up- maybe because of those big long train trips- was to take her friends on the train across the Nullabor . Slept on the floor, like she did on the Brisbane XPT.

Oh yes ... Auckland once, good friend of 30+ years in Wellington & Christchurch/ Dunedin? Somewhere I have to go!

I was born in Seymour, Victoria, but lived in Puckapunyal. When I was little, I moved to Sydney, a few years later, back to Puckapunyal, then to Townsville, Adelaide and the Gold Coast

I'm sorry to interrupt. But out of curiosity, do all Australians in each each province speak in the same dialect and accent? I really want to know if that's true or not. Because here in America, not all speak in the same dialect and accent.

I'm sorry to interrupt. But out of curiosity, do all Australians in each each province speak in the same dialect and accent? I really want to know if that's true or not. Because here in America, not all speak in the same dialect and accent.

We don't all have the same accent. South Australians are able to distinguish between our own accents and eastern accents. For instance, we pronounce words with a "long a" sound, like tr-ahn-sport. Also we use the back of our mouth more when pronouncing words like pool - easterners typically have more of a "eww" sound in it, our pronunciation sounds more like "pull" . However, as most media production has been moved to the east coast, constant exposure to eastern accents is starting to erode our unique pronunciation :(

There's also a subset of Australian accents according to ethnicity.

There's also variations in what we call certain products and the like, but nothing you'd call dialect by any stretch of the imagination. The only real language differences occur with aboriginal groups.

I have many cousins who grew up/still live in Adelaide, and I've noticed when they pronounce a word ending in "L", like 'pool' or 'real' the "L" at the end is dropped and replaced with a "W" so 'pool' sounds like "poo-aww" (but said quickly, like you'd say 'pull') and 'real' sounds like 're-aww" (again, said quickly).

Another way to describe it is by trying to say 'pool' without your tongue touching your top teeth/roof of your mouth.

But that could be their Noarlunga/Willunga heritage.... :)


....Anyway. I'm from Sydney and I'm still in Sydney, living about 15 kilometres away from where I was born.

Twas born in Sydney, lived in Brookline, Massachusetts for two years in my early childhood, moved back to Sydney then moved to Tamworth for most of my school years. Moved back to Sydney for uni. I graduate this year and I' m going wherever there's jobs as long as it starts with 'Syd' or 'Mel'.

I'm sorry to interrupt. But out of curiosity, do all Australians in each each province speak in the same dialect and accent? I really want to know if that's true or not. Because here in America, not all speak in the same dialect and accent.

Good question and yob and tony answered both excellently. Just a point of interest, we are divided into different states and territories (6 states, 2 territories comprise our country), not provinces (is that a Canadian thing? I seem to remember it is). Just a nitpick but I thought you may be interested in that as well.

By the way, I am a Melbourne born boy... but have lived in Perth, then Kentucky in the US, then Gold Coast until I moved back here in late '94.

stu

from what Yob and Tony P have said, i have a South Australian accent (?).

if what I've noticed is anything to go by, generally only old people (boomer+) pronounce "pool" as "pewl." drives me nuts. dropping the "L" at the end of a word seems common enough throughout Australia but again it's largely generational, with younger people more likely to do it in my experience.

generally dialects in Australia are much less varied than in the United States but tiny differences can be noted and apparently they are growing. it is a relatively common perception that accents tend to be stronger in rural areas than those of the city centres. i would argue that a person's accent generally is more reflective of his/her socio-economic background as opposed to their geographical one. i had planned to elaborate but that would not only use stereotypes but stir more than it's worth.

I talked to a taxi driver once who swore that there was a recognisable Randwick accent. So there you go.

My Victorian Relatives who live in WA speak differently to everyone else over west......

Born in brisbane.... still in brisbane. there ya go :D


I never thought our accents were too different. I spose there are alot of ppl who whine... which i really dont like. yobbo style like they ones thye use on Pizza with "Shazza". Bazza an wally down at the pub. lol..

Tasmanians reckon that they have a different accent and they can tell a mainlander from a mile away.

Another thing with the South Australian accent, they pronounce 'z' as zee, where as we pronounce it zed.

I knew someone who used to say 'grouse' and we all thought it was strange. He was from Melbourne, and said everyone in Melbourne said it all the time.

and do Brisbanites tend to pronounce castle with a nice round a, whereas southerners use a quick a in castle?

New Zealand.

I've done a 'roll call' type thingy over in Kiwiscrapers, and there've been 13 responses so far- so there are alot mroe Kiwi's on the forum now that there used to be.

Melbourne, yay, born about 20meters away from me right now (yeah at home.)
been to every state/territory exept for WA, and i have been to New zealand before, so yeah.
Tony p, i love your avatar, and seeming you posted right below yob, it looks even more funny.

I knew someone who used to say 'grouse' and we all thought it was strange. He was from Melbourne, and said everyone in Melbourne said it all the time.

and do Brisbanites tend to pronounce castle with a nice round a, whereas southerners use a quick a in castle?

Sydney says 'castle' rhyming with car, not cat. (And they're called middies, damn it!)

Usually, when I get on here, if there is any significant Australian presence, it's in the Victorian Forum. I know population-wise we're the 2nd largest state ... I guess the other question is: where do you hang out in OzSrapers / Skyscrapercity ... (and, despite what's been put to me, yes I do look at things other than the Southern Cross Thread!)

At the moment, of 23 people viewing OzScraper Forums, including Architectural Themes, Photo contests, Transportation, etc. (and New Zealand!) 7 are on Victoria. I'm not saying "Yeah we win!" or anything (and perhaps the other 6 are looking at a "Grand Final" Thread I've yet to find) but this is quite typical. Yet at the moment Queenslanders significantly outnumber both Victorians and New Southern Welshpersons in the poll immediately above.

So I'd be surprised if there wasn't an over-representation of Victorians at this forum ... either that or the rest of Australasia is just hanging out for the latest on Melbourne's current construction boom! :runaway:
we did a similar poll last year, and most oz members were from Victoria with 40 or so votes. 2nd & 3rd was Sydney & Brisbane/GC with 20 each, then perth with 10 & SA with 8 .other states polled even lower.
So for some strange reason there are alot of southerners on the forums?
not sure why?you would think there would be more from Sydney due to a larger pop.
anyway we all love each other. :)

Brisbaners also pronounce it as Carsel

Sydney says 'castle' rhyming with car, not cat. (And they're called middies, damn it!)

Scooner - pint - imperial pint, DAMN. IT.

Scooner - pint - imperial pint, DAMN. IT.

Well as long as you don't call it a pot...that just causes confusion and disappointment!

Tasmanians reckon that they have a different accent and they can tell a mainlander from a mile away.


We do? I haven't noticed it in the last 26 years... I remember someone recognising a Queenslander because they called a 'potato cake' something else... oh and you call bathers "togs". But thats about it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_English#Regional_variation has some interesting info about this!

sweden here but i love aussieland

As my profile shows, I'm a Canadian of course. The Australian-Canadian title above my avatar is there for a reason. My dad was born in Parramatta and grew up all over eastern NSW from New England to the Albury area because my grandfather worked in a bank which meant a lot of job transfers. My mom, on the other hand, was from Northern England.

However, I was born in Canada since my parents first came into Canada in 1968. But I did live in Australia for a few years afterwards as a very young child in Canberra and in Sydney, probably in French Forest or St. Ives. It was in 1975 that my family moved back to Canada, and I've been here in Canada ever since.

I've been told by my dad that there are indeed regional variations in accent in Australia. He tells me that Queenslanders tend to speak with a kind of drawl compared to those from NSW and Victoria.

And yes, I've heard about how confusing ordering a beer in an Australian pub can be, but I'm not sure if that's really true or not. Is it?

I'm grew up in Country NSW, I say Carstle and Pool (pull) I like Battered Savs and Scallops rather than Dagwood Dogs or Potato Cakes. My accent can vary depending on who I'm speaking to, I can go from Voice Over Announcer to Bob Katter in the blink of an eye. ;)

I don't think Australia has regional accents. There might be a couple of different words used, but it's nothing at all like the UK where there are so many very different accents, some from towns only a few miles away from each other.

I don't think Australia has regional accents. There might be a couple of different words used, but it's nothing at all like the UK where there are so many very different accents, some from towns only a few miles away from each other.

There are heaps of regional accents.

There are even different Sydney accents. Ya can tell if people were raised in South-West or North Shore.