@bhmnscmm@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish • edit-22 years agoTIL in Australia the name of the band "AC/DC" is pronounced "Acca Dacca"en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square89fedilinkarrow-up1412arrow-down157
arrow-up1355arrow-down1external-linkTIL in Australia the name of the band "AC/DC" is pronounced "Acca Dacca"en.wikipedia.org@bhmnscmm@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish • edit-22 years agomessage-square89fedilink
minus-square@Spuddlesv2@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglish8•2 years agoWe enjoy a good “yeah nah” down under too.
minus-squareQuokkalinkfedilinkEnglish9•2 years agoNah that’s kiwis. They say stuff like “where’s the car” whereas we say it more like “where’s the car”.
minus-square@Plopp@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish5•2 years agoI can’t even make out that first one. Complete gibberish.
minus-squareInstigatelinkfedilinkEnglish2•2 years agoNah, we don’t use hard r’s at the end of our words like in American English. For instance, our way of pronouncing ‘car’ is more like ‘cah’ or just ‘ca’. The way you’ve written it is basically Pirate English.
minus-squareBibliotectresslinkfedilinkEnglish1•2 years agoMy desperate hope to someday meet Australian pirates has been horribly crushed.
We enjoy a good “yeah nah” down under too.
I thought it sounded more like “Yeah narr”
Nah that’s kiwis.
They say stuff like “where’s the car” whereas we say it more like “where’s the car”.
I can’t even make out that first one. Complete gibberish.
Nah, we don’t use hard r’s at the end of our words like in American English. For instance, our way of pronouncing ‘car’ is more like ‘cah’ or just ‘ca’. The way you’ve written it is basically Pirate English.
My desperate hope to someday meet Australian pirates has been horribly crushed.