I'm Australian but people say I have a posh English accent. Why is this and how can I remove it?

Question

People often think I am British, even though I live in Australia and was born in Australia. I have lived here all my life except for almost two years I spent in Hungary at the age of 4. None of my family is remotely British: it is Irish and Hungarian. My parents have normal Australian accents. But despite this people think I have a British accent! Not cockney, but the fancy Queen's English type.

I hate being this way. It does not personify who I truly am; it makes people think I am arrogant, snobbish, delicate or a goody-goody-two-shoes. Why is this? How can I fix this? Please don't tell me that I should be glad with the voice I have, or else I will probably become depressed and die.

P.S. On another, note, I am a 14 year old boy, and my voice is near completion of breaking. Despite having a range 1 octave lower than what I used to, when I speak I speak like I always have. Not that I personally care, as much as the accent thing, but other people find it odd.

Answer 1

Study the accents of others.  If you find one that you like, work on your accent to sound like the one you prefer.

It's not that hard.  

Just think, actors do this all the time.  You can do it, too.

Answer 2

Just move to America when you're old enough mate, you'll have chicks all over you.

Answer 3

accents are soooo cool! keep it!

Answer 4

since your 14 i doubt you could do this but: try living somewhere where all the people have their own accent. Like Texas or the N.O. Let me explain- I had a friend from Germany ( German exchange student) and he stayed in the U.S for a whole school year. And i started to notice that he started to pick up on the English accent!

I'm not expecting you to move somewhere but something just as good, like hanging out with someone that has an accent. That way you change the way you talk without changing who you are!

Answer 5

Haha- become depressed and die? I love teenagers, so dramatic.

Um, there's nothing wrong with speaking correctly. You probably go to a good school. andas you grew up in another country for a while, maybe you are more careful with language than other children your age.

I suggest using more slang if it bothers you. Copy how your friends talk more.  

Answer 6

..well, it takes 14 years to be what you are now and even many more years before you could reason yourself to throw away what you have at this moment.. if I were you,.. I would use this 'setback' to good use...think hard and try to find a good use for it ..You may not have any answers now.. however, you can be assured that you are in control and not others.. just like what I would tell my fellow peers that I may be shorter but I'm so much taller than them in the brain..

Answer 7

The reason you have a posh english accent is because all australian`s were brittish convicts-therefore the australian accent derived from england, and southern england at that. If you dont want to speak like that you need to concentrate on each word you say, try coppying aussie icons like  kath and kim and all those sorts and really express slang words, use them alot. You will sound silly at first but you will soon start doing it naturally.