It has a bit more of an 'eh' sound for the vowel than the other two, which tend towards 'air'
Same here with merry, but for me marry has more of a sharp 'a' sound, like you'd hear in apple. Well, like I'd hear in apple, at least.
I wonder if I could figure out which was which from the accent.
Hee, it would be interesting to see. Obviously I can tell easily because I'm Australian, but there aren't that many differences. It's mainly the e and o sounds, if I remember correctly. Which I don't think I do. I remember picking out a few differences on the phone, mainly with those sounds. I think her accent is awesome.
You should record something and make Sam do it too and send them both to me without telling me which one's which and see if I can do it
We definitely should do that! It would be fun. Especially if you were to confuse the two. Then we could pretend to be insulted, because it'd be like mixing American and Canadian accents. Which I am terrible for. I can't tell the difference between those two. Is there a major difference? Any difference at all?
I need people with accents to come stay at my house so I can work on picking them up.
*raises hand enthusiastically* I would be glad to help out with your little experiment/learning thingy.
New Zealand and Australia, I can see you thinking they're both the same, the differences aren't dramatic. But the difference between you guys and the Brits is much larger.
Exactly! Brits are like Aussies gone royal. They sound much more refined and pompous than us. IMO. I mean, you see two Aussie blokes bumping into each other in the shop and it's all "howzitgoinmate? Pop over for a beer, the weather's fuckin''orrible.", then the Brits are like "Oh, how do you do? Rather bothersome weather, wouldn't you say?". Although that's more of a reflection on their choice of words and... my interpretation. *rolls eyes at her stupid*
But yes. New Zealand and Australia - very similar. Britain and Australia - no.
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Same here with merry, but for me marry has more of a sharp 'a' sound, like you'd hear in apple. Well, like I'd hear in apple, at least.
I wonder if I could figure out which was which from the accent.
Hee, it would be interesting to see. Obviously I can tell easily because I'm Australian, but there aren't that many differences. It's mainly the e and o sounds, if I remember correctly. Which I don't think I do. I remember picking out a few differences on the phone, mainly with those sounds. I think her accent is awesome.
You should record something and make Sam do it too and send them both to me without telling me which one's which and see if I can do it
We definitely should do that! It would be fun. Especially if you were to confuse the two. Then we could pretend to be insulted, because it'd be like mixing American and Canadian accents. Which I am terrible for. I can't tell the difference between those two. Is there a major difference? Any difference at all?
I need people with accents to come stay at my house so I can work on picking them up.
*raises hand enthusiastically* I would be glad to help out with your little experiment/learning thingy.
New Zealand and Australia, I can see you thinking they're both the same, the differences aren't dramatic. But the difference between you guys and the Brits is much larger.
Exactly! Brits are like Aussies gone royal. They sound much more refined and pompous than us. IMO. I mean, you see two Aussie blokes bumping into each other in the shop and it's all "howzitgoinmate? Pop over for a beer, the weather's fuckin''orrible.", then the Brits are like "Oh, how do you do? Rather bothersome weather, wouldn't you say?". Although that's more of a reflection on their choice of words and... my interpretation. *rolls eyes at her stupid*
But yes. New Zealand and Australia - very similar. Britain and Australia - no.