Decoding the Australian Accent (or Clues to Speaking ‘Strine)

The Aussie accent (fondly referred to by Aussies as ” ‘Strine” –from the “LLLL – less”, “RRRRR-less,” fast way they pronounce the last half of “Australian” is a combination of Irish, Italian, Greek, Scottish, English mish-mash. Like the English pronunciation, often the emphasis/stress of a word is on the first syllable. Of course this isn’t [...]

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