Re: Comprehending British dialect (Re: British v. American Vocabulary)


Sun, 10 Sep 1995 21:53:01 GMT

In article <42tc6h$isd@katiska.clinet.fi>,
lynoure@clinet.fi (Lynoure Rajam{ki) wrote:

>
> I don't know much about Australian English, but are there same kind of
> problems between it and American and Brittish English ?
>
I don't think the Gap between British and Australian English is quite as big
- mainly because the point at which the two cultures seperated is more recent
than with America.

The main problems are with slang (eg Dunnies vs Toilets), however most of
these seem to be relatively easy to 'translate' since it appears the standard
way for Australians to form slang is to replace the last few syllables of a
word with a y.

This is probably a very stereotypical view, however, since my only real
experience with Australian culture is through soap operas... 8)

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