I wish i had an aussie accent. should i just move there?

Question

when was the last time they had a natuarl disaster?

Answer 1

Major flood disaster 2 months ago in Mackay Queensland,,they are still trying to repair damage and rehouse residents,,millions of $$ loss and damage !!!

Answer 2

People from overseas never manage to pick up our accent properly. When they try to sound Aussie, they end up with a strange mid-Pacific accent and sound like idiots.

Possible reasons that make our accent elusive are that though you won't find identifiable regional accents anywhere, there is still a wide variation in how we speak based mainly upon our educational level and the type of school we attended. Hardly anyone speaks like Steve Irwin - that is considered Ocker by many people and is generally frowned upon as sounding uneducated.



Aussies, before I get a dozen thumbs down, I know that's a generalisation and isn't true of everyone (and it doesn't mean that the speaker IS uneducated), but in the city, you rarely hear the type of Aussie accent expected by people from overseas and it's not all that common out in the bush either.

We had some very large bushfires a couple of years ago and there have been bad floods this year. Each year there are a few cyclones in the north and they always do a fair bit of damage, most recently Cyclone Larry in 2006. Our ongoing drought is a natural disaster stretching now over many years.

Answer 3

If you really do want an Aussie accent, you certainly won't get one listening to foreign actors on American sitcoms putting on lame attempts. It's the same for any accent, not just Australian.

We have the occasional bushfire, drought, flood. And the occasional lousy politician, but Australia is not alone there.

Answer 4

I find the Aussie accent so cool! I kinda wish I had one as well. =P

Answer 5

my whole life i have lived in australia and they haven't had any earthquakes, tornados etc. listen to someone saying something australian and copy. i don't think you should move because i find aus boring.

Answer 6

you could live in australia for 50 years and still not sound like an aussie

Answer 7

To my knowledge ages ago, They have had bad weather such as not enough rain then too much rain but nothing serious, The Aussie accent is slow and korny you dont want there accent trust me its a pain!!

Answer 8

Unless you were born here you will never have a true aussie accent. Up in queensland and the top parts of the country there is the occasional tropical cyclone but nothing too drastic.

i always wanted a british accent. i also used to love the american accent untill i actually heard it in real life not on tv.