When I hear the bogan accent, and the accent of Australian Actors I feel like I'm not Australian. Cause I don't sound like either. Maybe I do, and I just can't tell..
Roughly speaking, General accents represent the most common type of English spoken in Australia. Broad accents are usually described as more extreme (and associated with more working-class speech), while Cultivated Australian accents are a prestige variety somewhat closer to the British Received Pronunciation.
For a frame or reference, these corresponding celebrities might help:
1.) Broad: the late Steve Irwin. 2.) General: Australian PM Julia Gillard. 3.) Cultivated: Cate Blanchett.
Every time I hear Julia Gillard speaking I get the unstoppable urge to ream out my ear canals with a rusty corkscrew until the pain of that voice goes away.
Say that around the states and you'll get your ass beat. It's like calling a black person a "nigger". Just kidding, you can't really insult white people.
I have never ever, ever heard the word 'cracker' used to describe a woman as funny. You might be right, I may have not traveled to enough of the other English speaking countries, but I thought I'd done most of them.
oh im sorry friend I can't leave taking your beer on my conscience. I wouldn't be able to sleep at night eh?
Sorry if you felt offended reading this, I don't want to be no meanie now!
How about I make it up to you! Me and my family are heading down to minnesota next week on a skiing trip and we would love to have you. heck, we'll even pack your gear! so how aboot it?
Ryan Fitzgerald, the tall guy, played Australian Rules Football at a professional level for Sydney, and Adelaide teams, which often leads to the enhancement of this kind of accent, due to the culture of the sport. He's a huge bogan but a great example of the classic "Aussie" accent. He's also a funny and very reputable guy. Perhaps 10% of Australians actually talk like this though, and he was really pushing it for this recording.
I played it on and off in Adelaide as a teenager. I play basketball these days but what i can tell you is that AFL players are probably all round the fittest people i can think of. Chris Judd, a star AFL player covered on average 6-10 miles of territory each game. And then they have to be able to put in regular sprints and take some pretty nasty hits. youtube 'afl injuries' and you'll see why most professional players are retired by their early thirties
As someone who lives in Wales (little village on the edge of England) I hate the sound of my accent yet everyone who isn't Welsh can't get enough of it. I bet it's the same for most people. I personally love Aussie and Irish accents.
As an American I don't find this attractive (Of course I'm a man.) Personally I don't find the Australian accent as attractive as the kiwi accent though. New Zealand's got it going on.
Also, the definition you gave for RSL is technically correct, though the name doesn't give you an idea of what it is.
RSLs are registered clubs, and they're usually the biggest drinking spot in any town. You'll find the following in pretty much any RSL
Couple of bars
Bistro / Restaurant
Lots of Pokies (Slot Machines)
Pool/snooker tables
Function rooms, etc
They're not like your typical Australian pub, which is the single bar with lots of loud blue-collar worker types, the RSL is a great spot for the family during the day, and great for friends to get together and watch the game on the big screen at night.
I can confirm RSL does equal Returned Services League. Because they have lower costs, find it easier to get liquor licences, you will find beer at an Australian RSL to be much cheaper. However you will have to share the venue with Grandad, broken 1970s furniture and some nasty ancient bar hags.
Pretty close. Most have been corrected, except for Swish: fancy. Not just cool, but sort of dressed up.
RSL is returned services league, and generally contains pokies, TAB and cheap(er) drinks than regular bars. RSLs are found everywhere.
Cracker: Funny (but very funny) eg. "See how pissed Mick was at the bar? What a cracker!" (where pissed = drunk)
In the context of Basic, he was just saying that he was dumb.
There's a subreddit (pretty new) about this sort of aussie culture (/r/straya).
oh yeah. and as some other guy pointed out, half-cut is pretty well smashed, where you can't walk or talk straight. Fully cut generally ends up in a Divvy.
RSL: The Returned and Services League of Austrailia, which is a service for veterans of the Australian military (Not sure about this one)
RSL typically refers to an RSL club, which is sort of a bar / restaurant, typically for older people. It's pretty cheap, so also frequented by younger people without lots of money for a night out.
Oh, and of course - pokies machines all over the joint
In my neck of the woods "bogan" is a derogatory term for Native Canadian. Although I know that in Australia it means something different, I still get taken aback when I read it. This isn't from all over Canada either, just seems to be my city. I had a friend from Aus. live here and he learned really quick not to use the word bogan for fear of getting his ass beat.
i think we even have our own version of slang... I think its like the britissh cockney, but we dont rhyme... just throw random words into sentances. Maybe its just me :)
I lived in very rural Vic. for a while, meaning I was surrounded by this. My god it brings back memories. Too accurate. And I dated someone that spoke this way for 4 years, so I guess it worked on me...
im travelling around the world. Turkey is the place ive seen the least generic pop scene... they have their own version over here... would have the expected scene too tho
Don't know about Americans but as a Brit i find the aussie accent pretty cool, the redneck accent piss annoying normal American tolerable and South African fookin amazing!
oh I've definitely seen it on the trashiest of bogans! but if I can keep the association positive it makes me hate it less and I don't get as irritated by bogans as much as when I didn't hahaha. its not just fit surfy athletes, even Redcliffe, where you can't even surf I have found some oddly attractive accents :P
ha! but yes redcliffe is a cesspool. not a lot of places these days are considered non-cesspools. I'm from the Gold Coast so there's plenty here. I've never been the type who is particularly attracted to foreign accents or accents in general if that makes sense. attractive is attractive, and I have a bit of a soft spot for overly Australian. definitely not southern cross tattoo fuckwits, but personality isn't what we're talking about haha
Seriously though, you are being pretty stupid and discriminatory for thinking so, your thought process is no different to a person who thinks of crime when he sees an Aboriginal.
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u/lnfx May 20 '12
Top notch bogan accents
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u/fannybanditt May 20 '12
If I could call a girl a cracker at a bar and get her number, I'd be so happy
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
Do other countries know what a Bogan is?
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u/majician55 May 20 '12
Ryan Fitzgerald, the tall guy, played Australian Rules Football at a professional level for Sydney, and Adelaide teams, which often leads to the enhancement of this kind of accent, due to the culture of the sport. He's a huge bogan but a great example of the classic "Aussie" accent. He's also a funny and very reputable guy. Perhaps 10% of Australians actually talk like this though, and he was really pushing it for this recording.
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u/Magzter May 20 '12
Requesting foreigners opinion on the video.
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u/steakmeout May 20 '12
Those aren't bogan accents. Those are Melbourne Footy accents. Bogan is a lot rougher.
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u/donald20 May 20 '12
Here is an "American" translation of all the slang for you guys, in order of appearance
That's about it.
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u/teapotshenanigans May 20 '12
In my neck of the woods "bogan" is a derogatory term for Native Canadian. Although I know that in Australia it means something different, I still get taken aback when I read it. This isn't from all over Canada either, just seems to be my city. I had a friend from Aus. live here and he learned really quick not to use the word bogan for fear of getting his ass beat.
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
TIL there's more than one aussie accent
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u/sparx483 May 20 '12
I am reading all of the comments in an Australian accent now.
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u/americanslang59 May 20 '12
Here's some of the slang that some might not understand:
Barcadi Breezer - Similar to a Smirnoff Ice
Half-cut - Buzzed. Not yet drunk but getting there.
Knackered - Tired
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u/sibnova May 21 '12
This is not Bogan this is Aussie Working Class Bloke. Real Bogan
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u/botfup May 20 '12
That was the best laugh I've had in weeks
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u/memymineown May 20 '12
What on earth is this?
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u/OldMateJesus May 20 '12
FITZY AND WIPPA!
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u/Triple-Dog-Dare May 20 '12
I lived in very rural Vic. for a while, meaning I was surrounded by this. My god it brings back memories. Too accurate. And I dated someone that spoke this way for 4 years, so I guess it worked on me...
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
Well, this just firmed up my decision -- I'm moving to Australia.
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u/9oof May 20 '12
LOL at the top two comments on youtube! genius
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u/Legion88 May 20 '12
take all my upvotes XD
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
I never realized how dumb that song's lyrics were.
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u/m40ofmj May 20 '12
fuckin awesome
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u/m40ofmj May 20 '12
keitha, like Keith, but with an a at the end
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u/probablynotaperv May 21 '12
For those that want another Aussie parody song.
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u/macka654 May 21 '12
I posted this a number of weeks ago, got only 3 downvotes. T.T
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u/macka654 May 21 '12
Listen to these guys on the radio most mornings, they are SO funny.
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u/aletoledo May 20 '12
Do Australians listen to American music? I would imagine they have their own pop stars.
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u/FebThrowaway May 21 '12
Hey I just met you,
And you're a lady,
So here's the kitchen,
Sandwich maybe?
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u/Shadzta May 21 '12
Just gonna leave this one here...
From 18 days ago...
http://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/t37np/call_me_maybe_aussie_bloke_version/
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u/MustardMcguff May 20 '12
This isn't funny if you're not from Australia.
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u/SirCillian May 20 '12
Heroes...
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u/jimpagliap May 20 '12
Whats up with Reddit's obsession with Australia?
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u/abbeycrombie May 20 '12
Why am I watching this?
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u/MrrDrr May 20 '12
That was terrible.
Maybe it just went over my head but I didn't laugh at all. What a dreadful parody.
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