LL-L 'Language varieties' 2007.02.02 (05) [E]

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L O W L A N D S - L - 02 February 2007 - Volume 05

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From: "Ben J. Bloomgren" <Ben.Bloomgren at asu.edu>
Subject: [LLL] Australian accent(s) and slang(s)

Good day, Mates. My best friend is leaving tonight for Brisbane for
orientation and then Melbourne for to study abroad for four months/one
semester at Trinity College. I've been listening to the Australian ABC to
catch any pieces of uniqueness that I could, but I thought I'd put it by the
list. What are some of the differences, major and minor, between the
different areas of Australia? What are some of the slang words that people
that would be at her college might use? I noticed that they use orange
traffic lights where Americans have red lights. I also was startled to hear
their pronunciation of the word that stands for the letter h. here in North
America we say aitch. I've heard is other way from my Indian friends, but I
heard it on an ABC podcast the other day where they use haitch in Australia.
What's the origin of this? Sorry if I'm a bit long-winded, but it's been a
tough week.
In Him,
Ben

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