Strines ain't Strines, Sol.

That mediocre homage's only gonna make sense to some peeps of a certain age, ha.

https://citynews.com.au/2025/our-accents-can-you-pick-a-victorian-from-a-queenslander/

I found this article unexpectedly interesting, albeit with various cultural cringes engendered, eg:

in the early days, these colonial kids had no Australian accent to accommodate toUnspoken shades of the awful Terra nullius here, IMO.there is some evidence of Irish influence – as in the way some Aussies say words like “haitch” and “filum” (for “film”).I don't like to think of myself as snobbish in any way, but i confess i do always look down despairingly on any & all "haitchers" i happen across; grrrrr. As for filum, OMZ, i've not heard it for decades, coz without exception it was only ever used by oldies long since carked. Victorians have begun to say the words “salary” and “celery” the same way. This vowel “merger” means many an “Ali” has received a coffee cup with “Eli” written on it in “Malbourne”.This is outrageously deplorable, & i demand that we immediately begin a major project to build a big beeyutiful wall twixt Vic & NSW... eeeeek! 😱

#language #linguistics #idioms #dialects #Strayan #Strine

#PetHates When will the Labor Party change their name to the Labour Party. #strayan #FranticPedantic