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<blockquote data-quote="shtove" data-source="post: 290246"><p><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Nickdnz @ Nov 28 2009, 11:49 PM) <a href="http://index.php?act=findpost&pid=423792" target="_blank"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div></p><p>The first time I noticed the difference between NZ and Aus accent was in Edinburgh on a stag party. We were in a pub to get some hangover-cure sandwiches and the waitress came out with plates in hand and said, "Who's for the bigits?" We burst out laughing, started slagging her off about what we thought was an Aus accent - rich, coming from a bunch of half-****** paddies - but my brother asked if she was from NZ, she said Yis. He knew the difference because he'd lived in Aus.</p><p></p><p>Here's Stephen Fry on Aus accent - pretty funny:</p><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OluCvL0lRnI" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OluCvL0lRnI</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="shtove, post: 290246"] <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Nickdnz @ Nov 28 2009, 11:49 PM) [url='index.php?act=findpost&pid=423792']<{POST_SNAPBACK}>[/url]</div> The first time I noticed the difference between NZ and Aus accent was in Edinburgh on a stag party. We were in a pub to get some hangover-cure sandwiches and the waitress came out with plates in hand and said, "Who's for the bigits?" We burst out laughing, started slagging her off about what we thought was an Aus accent - rich, coming from a bunch of half-****** paddies - but my brother asked if she was from NZ, she said Yis. He knew the difference because he'd lived in Aus. Here's Stephen Fry on Aus accent - pretty funny: [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OluCvL0lRnI"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OluCvL0lRnI[/url] [/QUOTE]
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