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I was talking with a mate today about how we reckon the rest of the world sees Aussies. I was saying how I thought Russian accents were masculine and how I'd kill for a lady who spoke with an Irish accent. So I was wondering how you yankie blokes and sheilas saw the Aussie accent and the Aussies in general (eg what are the stereo types for men and women). Do we ride kangaroos to school and talk like Crocadile Dundee?

Is the accent playful...hot (like an Irish accent)...just plain hilarious (kiwis...haha take that Brown and enjoynz), Poncy (french) etc.

Come on then Yanks, don't hold back ;)
 
lol... when I heard aussie... I think Steve Irwin... but I think its an awesome accent to have!
 
Hahaha *hangs head in embarrassment and runs off to burn down any building housing videos of Steve Irwin*.
 
Melclin said:
I was talking with a mate today about how we reckon the rest of the world sees Aussies. I was saying how I thought Russian accents were masculine and how I'd kill for a lady who spoke with an Irish accent. So I was wondering how you yankie blokes and sheilas saw the Aussie accent and the Aussies in general (eg what are the stereo types for men and women). Do we ride kangaroos to school and talk like Crocadile Dundee?

Is the accent playful...hot (like an Irish accent)...just plain hilarious (kiwis...haha take that Brown and enjoynz), Poncy (french) etc.

Come on then Yanks, don't hold back ;)
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Well..who's Sheila? ^_^ Here, Sheila is a name, kangaroo is a flat bread and Yankee's are a ball team and Aussie is a hair product line :P

Seriously, Aussies get no real attention as far as stereo-typical comments go. Not that I've noticed anyway.
 
It's hot, but not as hot as some of the British accents I've heard.
 
Melclin said:
I was talking with a mate today about how we reckon the rest of the world sees Aussies. I was saying how I thought Russian accents were masculine and how I'd kill for a lady who spoke with an Irish accent. So I was wondering how you yankie blokes and sheilas saw the Aussie accent and the Aussies in general (eg what are the stereo types for men and women). Do we ride kangaroos to school and talk like Crocadile Dundee?

Is the accent playful...hot (like an Irish accent)...just plain hilarious (kiwis...haha take that Brown and enjoynz), Poncy (french) etc.

Come on then Yanks, don't hold back ;)
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Yankees? How rude of you to only include the northern US :P
 
rescue99 said:
Well..who's Sheila? ^_^ Here, Sheila is a name, kangaroo is a flat bread and Yankee's are a ball team and Aussie is a hair product line :P

Seriously, Aussies get no real attention as far as stereo-typical comments go. Not that I've noticed anyway.
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Kangaroo is a gas station.

Regarding Sheila. Onetime when I was younger, we went to Outback and they labled their bathrooms "Sheila" and whatever they used for a boy. Being young I had no idea what they were, and couldn't figure out which bathroom to use, so I just picked one, the wrong one, and haughtily told a middle aged man to get out of bathroom so I could pee.

But eh, the only impression I have of Austraila is from movies, although I read the aussie's posts in my head with an austrailian accent (Which I imagine is more english than actual austrailian...)
 
Melclin said:
.hot (like an Irish accent)...just plain hilarious
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HEY what are you insinuating!!!!!!!! MOD!!!!!! personal racist ABUSEEeeee!!!!


One the flip side it may be my limited exp, but I've had social interaction with 3 aussie girls and all I can say is Dammm,,,,, less so for the males, they are a bit arrogant. Again by limited personal exp.
 
I find Kiwi accents very hot and Australian somewhat sillier sounding, but still hot. What do you think of American accents?
 
I moved from Melbourne to Seattle two years ago. Girls went gaga for my accent.

And I've spent those two years explaining to people that it's MelBURN, not MelBORN.

And that the average Australian thinks Fosters is horse piss, and has never had a "bloomin' onion", or a "toaster biscuit", at least not by that name.
 
Scout said:
HEY what are you insinuating!!!!!!!! MOD!!!!!! personal racist ABUSEEeeee!!!!
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I was talking about the Kiwis when I said hilarious. Fush, Chups haha ridiculous.

I spent two weeks in Ireland once going nuts for the Irish accents...damn shame I was attached to a sheila at the time.

Sasha said:
Kangaroo is a gas station.

Regarding Sheila. Onetime when I was younger, we went to Outback and they labled their bathrooms "Sheila" and whatever they used for a boy. Being young I had no idea what they were, and couldn't figure out which bathroom to use, so I just picked one, the wrong one, and haughtily told a middle aged man to get out of bathroom so I could pee.

But eh, the only impression I have of Austraila is from movies, although I read the aussie's posts in my head with an austrailian accent (Which I imagine is more english than actual austrailian...)
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HAHAHA, blokes and sheilas. Men and women. I will empty my bank account into yours if you webcam yourself reading my post in an Australian accent...for the lulz..ahahaha.

Aerin-Sol said:
I find Kiwi accents very hot and Australian somewhat sillier sounding, but still hot. What do you think of American accents?
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Achromatic said:
I moved from Melbourne to Seattle two years ago. Girls went gaga for my accent.

And I've spent those two years explaining to people that it's MelBURN, not MelBORN.

And that the average Australian thinks Fosters is horse piss, and has never had a "bloomin' onion", or a "toaster biscuit", at least not by that name.
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Yeah Linuss I think somone's been takin the piss out of you mate. I bloody love onions fried up on the the barbie, but Ive never refered to them as bloomin onions. ;)

A MELBOURNE BOY! Nice.

Honestly, in a bottle-o here in Aus, you'd generally be hard pressed to find fosters...usually tucked away in some flee infested corner...oversees however...its bloody everywhere. Our greatest embarrassment next to Steve Irwin is Fosters. Its even worse than American beer.
 
I dont have any stereotypes for Aussies, but probably because I've known a few. All I know is ya'll have a kind of cookie down there that I'd kill people to remember the name of and get my hands on.

As for accents. I dont find the English accent very attractive save for Clive Owen. An Irish accent will make me trip all over myself like a school girl any day. Australian accents dont offend my ears or anything. :P

I actually work very hard to cover my accent because of stereotypes.
 
bunkie said:
I dont have any stereotypes for Aussies, but probably because I've known a few. All I know is ya'll have a kind of cookie down there that I'd kill people to remember the name of and get my hands on.

As for accents. I dont find the English accent very attractive save for Clive Owen. An Irish accent will make me trip all over myself like a school girl any day. Australian accents dont offend my ears or anything. :P

I actually work very hard to cover my accent because of stereotypes.
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Probably a "Tim Tam", a beast of epic legend.

I have the 'best of both worlds', born and childhood in Scotland, most of my life in Australia, now in the Pacific NW.
 
Melclin said:
just plain hilarious (kiwis...haha take that Brown and enjoynz),
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:P At least the Americans can understand what we are saying!

Although after watching our Prime Minister make a idoit of himself on David Letterman's show yesterday. They may have changed their minds about us.:ph34r:

Having a brother and number of cousins who have lived most of their lives in Australia, and have picked up the Aussie twang (accent). I don't really care what you sound like.
I've always liked the American and Canadian accents. I have noticed one thing over the years. Americans and the British hold their accent, no matter which country they moved to. Where as over time, the Aussies and Kiwi's loss theirs.Guess our accents are just that much younger.Being from one of the last countries to be discovered in the British Empire. Food for thought, I guess.
Oh and since our Aussie friend likes to have a dig at the kiwi's. At least the passage to New Zealand from England, was not on Prison Ships! ;)

Cheers Enjoynz
 
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