bhmnscmm@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-210 months agoTIL in Australia the name of the band "AC/DC" is pronounced "Acca Dacca"en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square90fedilinkarrow-up1411arrow-down157
arrow-up1354arrow-down1external-linkTIL in Australia the name of the band "AC/DC" is pronounced "Acca Dacca"en.wikipedia.orgbhmnscmm@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-210 months agomessage-square90fedilink
minus-squareBibliotectress@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·10 months agoI thought it sounded more like “Yeah narr”
minus-squareQuokka@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·10 months agoNah that’s kiwis. They say stuff like “where’s the car” whereas we say it more like “where’s the car”.
minus-squarePlopp@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·10 months agoI can’t even make out that first one. Complete gibberish.
minus-squareInstigate@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months agoNah, we don’t use hard r’s at the end of our words like in American English. For instance, our way of pronouncing ‘car’ is more like ‘cah’ or just ‘ca’. The way you’ve written it is basically Pirate English.
minus-squareBibliotectress@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoMy desperate hope to someday meet Australian pirates has been horribly crushed.
I thought it sounded more like “Yeah narr”
Nah that’s kiwis.
They say stuff like “where’s the car” whereas we say it more like “where’s the car”.
I can’t even make out that first one. Complete gibberish.
Nah, we don’t use hard r’s at the end of our words like in American English. For instance, our way of pronouncing ‘car’ is more like ‘cah’ or just ‘ca’. The way you’ve written it is basically Pirate English.
My desperate hope to someday meet Australian pirates has been horribly crushed.