Linguists say Australian youth talk like Americans

Re: Linguists say Australian youth talk like Americans

feeds@yuku.com (unwise ocean) — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:43:23 GMT

I think we have to keep in mind that phonetic spelling is only significant to the people using it. Americans can't be expected to appreciate an Australian "lurve", because they haven't got the same basic pronunciation as reference and pronounce "lurve" differently.

"Lurve" is simply the British and presumably Australian phonetic rendering of how some Americans sound to us when saying the word...

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feeds@yuku.com (DarkQueen88) — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 21:11:29 GMT

um, where'd the 'r' in "lurve" come from? I've never heard anyone pronounce it that way (though admittedly, if it comes from pop or stuff like that, I don't really listen to it, so I wouldn't know. Not to mention I can hardly understand whaat pop artists say anyway) I've heard "luv","lub", and "wub" but that's about it in "love" variations

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feeds@yuku.com (Elfrieda) — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 18:39:33 GMT

Maybe the problem is that, while we all pronounce the 'u' differently, we think we're pronouncing it "love" - anyway, describing it as "lurve" is clearly not getting the point across.

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feeds@yuku.com (xenaandgab4eva) — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 14:03:23 GMT

Yeah British people are more likely to pronounce it "luv" lol. Well maybe not everywhere, but they def do in Yorkshire where I live.

Re: Linguists say Australian youth talk like Americans

feeds@yuku.com (unwise ocean) — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:58:13 GMT

I disagree that the "lurve" pronunciation is British. IMHO it's an americanisation as we hear it and used principally in pop, country music or jazz, but copying American singers, especially Elvis and singers with his southern accent. Not all British singers imitate their American idols, but their music isn't based purely on American style pop.

The Beatles kept their British accents because their songs were not inspired so much by American sources, but the Stones...

Re: Linguists say Australian youth talk like Americans

feeds@yuku.com (mischiefgoddess) — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 00:54:42 GMT

i found this to be interesting.

I know many people in my age group and below that have that Aussie sound.
I'm 23 and work at a place that has a fair few teenagers. I can tell you that the words 'neat' and 'great' are not common place. Although the traditional aussies words, like 'beautie' are common place either. As for the sounding of words, aussies dont necessarily emphasise any particular part of the word, it is generally all the one sound.
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Re: Linguists say Australian youth talk like Americans

feeds@yuku.com (xenaandgab4eva) — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:45:16 GMT

LOL! Well maybe some british people say it like that, but not anyone I know.

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feeds@yuku.com (Xenasgrrl) — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:42:00 GMT

well it's not American!

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feeds@yuku.com (GirlWithAChakrem) — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:39:45 GMT

Yeah sounds like a broad english accent tho like the way Twinks says it "Ya Orite Lurve!"

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feeds@yuku.com (xenaandgab4eva) — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:16:07 GMT

LadyKate63 wrote:
And I agree "lurve" sounds more British than American.

It does???

Re: Linguists say Australian youth talk like Americans

feeds@yuku.com (LadyKate63) — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 19:55:26 GMT

I've never heard "DIS-tribute." And I agree "lurve" sounds more British than American.

But yeah, given the popularity of American films, songs etc. world-wide I'm not surprised about the "Americanization" of English in other English-speaking countries.

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feeds@yuku.com (piper77) — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 19:13:05 GMT

It's all Xena's fault!!

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feeds@yuku.com (Buffus the Bacchae Slayer) — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 18:36:29 GMT

Elfrieda wrote:

He said it did not help that most of Australia's singers used an American accent - singing "lurve" instead of "love".

I don't think "lurve" is characteristically American.

Yeah, I think that's more of a British...

Re: Linguists say Australian youth talk like Americans

feeds@yuku.com (Nanziniemi) — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 10:23:12 GMT

xwpweb wrote:
Globalization of American culture.

American culture is an European rip-off anyway;)

Re: Linguists say Australian youth talk like Americans

feeds@yuku.com (GirlWithAChakrem) — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 10:17:06 GMT

Id agree with this about the Western world in general. We are constantly exposed to american culture through TV and films so it makes sence that some of that is rubbing off on us. I wouldnt say people are consiously saying "Gee i wanna be like that", Id say its just an exposure thing.

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feeds@yuku.com (amzk87) — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 18:49:10 GMT

no, i dont think its entirely true. im a 21yr old aussie and yeah, nah.
we have our own twang that americans dont understand and americans have twang that we dont understand.
actually i dont think i no that much american twang.
i still use footpath and hand brake and i havent heard anyone my age (around late teens early 20's) use park brake or side walk. they cant generlise aussie youths. its probably only a select few who are doing it because they are trying to seem...

Re: Linguists say Australian youth talk like Americans

feeds@yuku.com (xwpweb) — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 18:21:13 GMT

Globalization of American culture.

Re: Linguists say Australian youth talk like Americans

feeds@yuku.com (Elfrieda) — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:26:22 GMT

Interesting, but some of their descriptions of "American" English don't really make sense to me . . .

"We're now hearing DIS-tribute, RE-search and CIG-arette quite regularly. This is an American pattern we are starting to pick up and follow."

I say dis-TRI-bute - not DIS-tribute. I think "cigarette" could be either CIG-arette or cigar-ETTE.

He said it did not help that most of...

Linguists say Australian youth talk like Americans

feeds@yuku.com (nemesis incognito) — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:53:28 GMT

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