When Did Americans Lose Their British Accents?

Re:When Did Americans Lose Their British Accents? by wluu on Monday January 28, 2013 @07:35PM (#5131659)

Ah, Australian "English"... :)

I'd say (in Australia), our English was influenced to an extent by the local population (ie: Aboriginal Australians) to a degree in addition to British English.

Here's a few references: * "history & accent change" - http://clas.mq.edu.au/australian-voices/history-accent-chang... * "australian accent" - http://clas.mq.edu.au/voices/australian-accent * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_English

Might also be a good idea (if you're curious) to contrast/compare Australian English with New Zealand English. Subtle differences, but they are there.

It's a mighty big topic if you really want to delve into it in any detail.

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Re:When Did Americans Lose Their British Accents? by toyg on Tuesday January 29, 2013 @10:00AM (#5134313)

"Subtle" is a relative term here: I'm Italian, not particularly trained in languages, and I can easily tell NZ and Aussies apart. NZ vowels are even crazier than the already-bonkers Australian ones.

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