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    Quote Originally Posted by Oscar View Post

    *The rising inflection at the end of sentence (which is particularly bad in Sydney), has crossed the Tasman, and is fucking annoying in my humble opinion.
    It's worse the further north you go, hey.

    A Westie/Shazza/Bogon accent is trans-tasman.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Big Dave View Post
    It's worse the further north you go, hey.

    A Westie/Shazza/Bogon accent is trans-tasman.
    There's a book by Melvyn Bragg, I think it's called The Story of English, where he quotes Aussie Academics that traces the rising inflection to the western suburbs of Sydney.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Oscar View Post
    There's a book by Melvyn Bragg, I think it's called The Story of English, where he quotes Aussie Academics that traces the rising inflection to the western suburbs of Sydney.
    If you call 'Kylie Mole' an academic I suppose.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Big Dave View Post
    If you call 'Kylie Mole' an academic I suppose.
    She is.....by Australian standards....

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    You are so spak.

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    Well that's settled then, innit.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Oscar View Post
    *The rising inflection at the end of sentence (which is particularly bad in Sydney), has crossed the Tasman, and is fucking annoying in my humble opinion.
    And very much a school girl thing.I'm interested in pursuing this further - where abouts in Hamilton is this annoying habit most common in your experience?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Motu View Post
    And very much a school girl thing.I'm interested in pursuing this further - where abouts in Hamilton is this annoying habit most common in your experience?
    I don't live in Hamilton.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Oscar View Post
    I don't live in Hamilton.
    Does anyone?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Big Dave View Post
    Does anyone?
    I used to, but haven't visited for a very long while, so I can't verify this.
    Presumably someone does, apart from the Moron Stew.
    ... and that's what I think.

    Or summat.


    Or maybe not...

    Dunno really....


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    Quote Originally Posted by Big Dave View Post
    Does anyone?
    Presumably someone that can organise a V8 race and a WRC round.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Oscar View Post
    Presumably someone that can organise a V8 race and a WRC round.
    That would be all those German folk I see from down there.

    Actually some of those places along the banks of the Waikato are very tasty.
    Sydney was the same bash with Woollongong till it got so big they joined together.

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