bhmnscmm@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 year agoTIL in Australia the name of the band "AC/DC" is pronounced "Acca Dacca"en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square90fedilinkarrow-up1411arrow-down156
arrow-up1355arrow-down1external-linkTIL in Australia the name of the band "AC/DC" is pronounced "Acca Dacca"en.wikipedia.orgbhmnscmm@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 year agomessage-square90fedilink
minus-squareBibliotectress@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoI thought it sounded more like “Yeah narr”
minus-squareQuokka@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 year agoNah that’s kiwis. They say stuff like “where’s the car” whereas we say it more like “where’s the car”.
minus-squarePlopp@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoI can’t even make out that first one. Complete gibberish.
minus-squareInstigate@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year 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-squareBibliotectress@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoMy desperate hope to someday meet Australian pirates has been horribly crushed.
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.