How were you taught to say .............

[aceman]

So is it tomartoe or tomateo or just plain tomato
Is it potateo or potato

Does it really matter? BTW vulnerable is with one 'L' only

[fisho mcspaz]

The Vics definitely seem to have developed their own (questionable) combination of accent and pronounciations.
You can hear it from some of them in the media (mainly footy).

At Uni I can remember a lecturer who was originally from NSW and would refer to a "graf" on the board.
There were always certain students who would make a point of telling him the word was "graph"
My grandfather (also from NSW) used to pronounce school as "schule".

Went out with a girl up here who commented that I "had an accent".
Anyone else (from Adelaide) who has gone interstate and received similar comment?
I'm thinking not so much on certain words (like chance, dance, castle), but in general.

I went to stay with some mates in Melbourne and they all paid me out about talking like a South Australian. Screw them - them and their MILK BARS.

[redandblack]

So is it tomartoe or tomateo or just plain tomato
Is it potateo or potato

Does it really matter? BTW vulnerable is with one 'L' only

Thanks aceman, but I'm sure vunnerable has two n's

[dedja]

Could it be???

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[FattyLumpkin]

Just ask how many "F's" are there in Southland?

[FattyLumpkin]

Went out with a girl up here who commented that I "had an accent".
Anyone else (from Adelaide) who has gone interstate and received similar comment?
I'm thinking not so much on certain words (like chance, dance, castle), but in general.

Born & raised in SA, then ventured north to Qld about 15 years ago. I still am often asked "what part of England am I from"?, as evidently I pronounce things a little different to the locals!

[Footy Chick]

The Vics definitely seem to have developed their own (questionable) combination of accent and pronounciations.
You can hear it from some of them in the media (mainly footy).

At Uni I can remember a lecturer who was originally from NSW and would refer to a "graf" on the board.
There were always certain students who would make a point of telling him the word was "graph"
My grandfather (also from NSW) used to pronounce school as "schule".

Went out with a girl up here who commented that I "had an accent".
Anyone else (from Adelaide) who has gone interstate and received similar comment?
I'm thinking not so much on certain words (like chance, dance, castle), but in general.

I went to stay with some mates in Melbourne and they all paid me out about talking like a South Australian. Screw them - them and their MILK BARS.

yeah, and their their Kebabs...it's a YIROS not a kebab

Queenslanders and NSW people tend to emphasise "OO" to make it "OOOO", ie; schoool, poool.

Queenslanders think were from England and NSW people think we sound like kiwis.


If NSW people want to hear kiws, they should listen to Queenlanders - because most of them are

[dedja]

yeah, and their their Kebabs...it's a YIROS not a kebab

Bloody Greeks and Lebos, can't tell the difference these days ...

[whufc]

The Vics definitely seem to have developed their own (questionable) combination of accent and pronounciations.
You can hear it from some of them in the media (mainly footy).

At Uni I can remember a lecturer who was originally from NSW and would refer to a "graf" on the board.
There were always certain students who would make a point of telling him the word was "graph"
My grandfather (also from NSW) used to pronounce school as "schule".

Went out with a girl up here who commented that I "had an accent".
Anyone else (from Adelaide) who has gone interstate and received similar comment?
I'm thinking not so much on certain words (like chance, dance, castle), but in general.

I went to stay with some mates in Melbourne and they all paid me out about talking like a South Australian. Screw them - them and their MILK BARS.

yeah, and their their Kebabs...it's a YIROS not a kebab

Queenslanders and NSW people tend to emphasise "OO" to make it "OOOO", ie; schoool, poool.

Queenslanders think were from England and NSW people think we sound like kiwis.


If NSW people want to hear kiws, they should listen to Queenlanders - because most of them are

yes, yes, yes found that so funny last time we up there, especiallyy at sea world my queenslander cousin lets go to the dolphin poool.

[Interceptor]

If NSW people want to hear kiws, they should listen to Queenlanders - because most of them are

You're not wrong, plenty of them up here, eh bro

Most of the people I've met up here are "imports".
Massive numbers (around 2,000 a week) of people still moving to Qld from interstate & overseas.

[spell_check]

I thought the Victorian way to say pool was "peul"
And school as "skeul"

[Footy Chick]

I thought the Victorian way to say pool was "peul"
And school as "skeul"

Maybe you were just listening to a Queenslander in Victoria.

I think someone said it before, but Vics pronounce their "A's" like E's... so MAL would be MEL

[Dog_ger]

I was taught how to hold a pencil/pen/biro absolutely correctly.

I was also taught how to read and write correctly.

I was also taught how to spell.

My education/learning years were not wasted as I had thought.

I know my tables backwards.

Algebra etc.

What went wrong guys.

Todays education system should be answerable to someone....?

[GWW]

You sound very "competative" dog_ger

[The Yetti]

I was taught how to hold a pencil/pen/biro absolutely correctly.

I was also taught how to read and write correctly.

I was also taught how to spell.

My education/learning years were not wasted as I had thought.

I know my tables backwards.

Algebra etc.

What went wrong guys.

Todays education system should be answerable to someone....?

Totally agree with you.
As well as Grammer, punctuation and capitals.
Education system has a lot to answer for and the fuss over numeracy and literacy tests just goes to show no-one wants to be accountable.

But what about the poor New Zealanders and South Africans. What sort of English do they speak?
The South Africans at least have a bit of an excuse, as the Dutch were very much part of the settlement of the Dark Continent.

[fisho mcspaz]

I was taught how to hold a pencil/pen/biro absolutely correctly.

I was also taught how to read and write correctly.

I was also taught how to spell.

My education/learning years were not wasted as I had thought.

I know my tables backwards.

Algebra etc.

What went wrong guys.

Todays education system should be answerable to someone....?

Yeah, I can't say I'm too impressed with the education system - when I was in primary school I could spell better than some of my teachers. I got marked wrong in a spelling test by a relief teacher once (I'd spelt it correctly) and when my real teacher came back she gave me a bloody after-school time out for telling the relief teacher she couldn't spell. Found out later the relief teacher was an old girlfriend of my dad's - I told him he was better off without her because she couldn't spell a five letter word.

[Farmy]

I was taught how to hold a pencil/pen/biro absolutely correctly.

I was also taught how to read and write correctly.

I was also taught how to spell.

My education/learning years were not wasted as I had thought.

I know my tables backwards.

Algebra etc.

What went wrong guys.

Todays education system should be answerable to someone....?

Totally agree with you.
As well as Grammer, punctuation and capitals.
Education system has a lot to answer for and the fuss over numeracy and literacy tests just goes to show no-one wants to be accountable.

But what about the poor New Zealanders and South Africans. What sort of English do they speak?
The South Africans at least have a bit of an excuse, as the Dutch were very much part of the settlement of the Dark Continent.

Don't forget spelling.

[Mr Beefy]

The Vics definitely seem to have developed their own (questionable) combination of accent and pronounciations.
You can hear it from some of them in the media (mainly footy).

At Uni I can remember a lecturer who was originally from NSW and would refer to a "graf" on the board.
There were always certain students who would make a point of telling him the word was "graph"
My grandfather (also from NSW) used to pronounce school as "schule".

Went out with a girl up here who commented that I "had an accent".
Anyone else (from Adelaide) who has gone interstate and received similar comment?
I'm thinking not so much on certain words (like chance, dance, castle), but in general.

I went to stay with some mates in Melbourne and they all paid me out about talking like a South Australian. Screw them - them and their MILK BARS.

yeah, and their their Kebabs...it's a YIROS not a kebab

Queenslanders and NSW people tend to emphasise "OO" to make it "OOOO", ie; schoool, poool.

Queenslanders think were from England and NSW people think we sound like kiwis.


If NSW people want to hear kiws, they should listen to Queenlanders - because most of them are

The Vics call their Yiros a Souvlaki or Souva. I think Kebabs is more NSW and Qld talk.

[Sojourner]

I have yet to come across anyone in Adelaide that pronounces the name of the suburb of Greenwith correctly!

[Footy Chick]

I have yet to come across anyone in Adelaide that pronounces the name of the suburb of Greenwith correctly!

You mean lose one "e" and the w? I know how to pronounce it correctly but choose not to cos I think "Grenith" sounds dicky