Psyber wrote:mick wrote:I stand corrected.I was never a fan of Redgum even though I attended the same PRIVATE school as John Schumann although we were there at the same time and he and I are about the same age I don't remember him, after all it was nearly 40 years ago. I knew a number of left leaning people in Alexander's seat (in his opposition days) who said even though they wouldn't vote for him, he did the right thing by his electorate and worked hard.
And John as a Democrat gave Alexander a bit of a scare one year!
As for DW's reference to the "plumb in his mouth", I know quite a few people who speak similarly, and it in not pretension. Alexander is a nice guy and not a "turd" at all.
One's accent tends to be shaped by that of the people around you - what you hear is educated Australian with some English influences because he studied there. My wife gave up teaching at Elizabeth fast because of the reverse snobbery based prejudice she met there, but had no problems at Balaklava, and then in a Catholic private school. She was raised in Queenstown.
People keep asking me if I'm English, and I grew up in Croydon and went to Woodville High. My mother is English and presumably had some effect on me.
as an Aboriginal man i have noticed my accent changing when i'm speaking with other Aboriginal people. interesting though my mother did have a Estelle Costanza moment (The Chinese Woman) when someone rang her up, for whatever reason my mother said she was Aboriginal to which the reply came "oh but you don't sound Aboriginal"...
by the way i read the bulletin and watch abc...
