Horrible Accent

[Il Naso De Gastev]

I'm sure I'm not the only one who gets irritated with this, but the accent used by "Australian-Europeans" makes me sick. I'm talking about people who were born in Australia and have lived here all their lives, there only ties to their European culture being their parents or grandparents. The (what's commonly known as) "wog" accent is the ugliest of all the accents. It does nothing but make the individual sound like a dim-witted fool. It seems that they speak this way to differentiate their racial background from the majority.

I went through school with plenty of kids from Italian and Greek background... all the way from primary school. They never spoke in the wog accent until they were in high school... up until that point they spoke like your normal Aussie kid who eats weet-bix and vegemite. It seems that they choose to speak this way as a result of peer pressure, and in my opinion it is a big problem with our society. Look at the brawling yesterday at the tennis between the Croats and the Serbs, there is no doubt in my mind that 99% of the guys involved were born and bred in Australia, yet choose to call themselves Croatian and Serbian. Have a listen to the way these guys speak... they sound like deadbeats speaking in that accent.

For the record, I play footy with a few blokes from Italian descent, none of them speak in that accent and are great fellas. It appears to me that if you choose to befriend people of the same 'race' only, then you come off sounding like a dropkick sleaze.

Are we not all Australians if you're born here?? Drop the accent!!!!

 

[carlyp]

I'm sure I'm not the only one who gets irritated with this, but the accent used by "Australian-Europeans" makes me sick. I'm talking about people who were born in Australia and have lived here all their lives, there only ties to their European culture being their parents or grandparents. The (what's commonly known as) "wog" accent is the ugliest of all the accents. It does nothing but make the individual sound like a dim-witted fool. It seems that they speak this way to differentiate their racial background from the majority.

I went through school with plenty of kids from Italian and Greek background... all the way from primary school. They never spoke in the wog accent until they were in high school... up until that point they spoke like your normal Aussie kid who eats weet-bix and vegemite. It seems that they choose to speak this way as a result of peer pressure, and in my opinion it is a big problem with our society. Look at the brawling yesterday at the tennis between the Croats and the Serbs, there is no doubt in my mind that 99% of the guys involved were born and bred in Australia, yet choose to call themselves Croatian and Serbian. Have a listen to the way these guys speak... they sound like deadbeats speaking in that accent.

For the record, I play footy with a few blokes from Italian descent, none of them speak in that accent and are great fellas. It appears to me that if you choose to befriend people of the same 'race' only, then you come off sounding like a dropkick sleaze.

Are we not all Australians if you're born here?? Drop the accent!!!!

I think you're being unfair, its just the way they speak.

Alot of my cousins who grew up in Melbourne speak like that and have done since forever.

Its just what they are, you cant change it.

 

[carlyp]

I know when I get really really stressed out or really really really drunk I pick up a bit of the old european accent aswell.

 

[Borry]

Won't make a difference, I accept them as they way they are. Theres also plenty of deadbeats who speak with an Aussie accent.

 

[Il Naso De Gastev]

Guys you're missing the point. They are using the accent to differentiate between races. It's wrong. They don't naturally speak like that, it's put on. I have no problem with an European man speaking with an accent as English may not be his first, but this garbage wog accent is a front given that they most likely cannot speak another language, let alone the Queens English. Why is it that they don't have an accent when they're kids, but develop it when they become teenagers, trying to be cool to the opposite sex. It does nothing but create the impression that they're stupid and sleazy.

 

[Il Naso De Gastev]

I think you're being unfair, its just the way they speak.

Alot of my cousins who grew up in Melbourne speak like that and have done since forever.

Its just what they are, you cant change it.

No it's not just the way they speak... if they weren't trying to appear trendy towards their mates or girls, they wouldn't speak like that. How they think sounding like a complete imbecile makes them cool is beyond me.

It's not the way they are. It's a choice. I'm sure if they wanted to sound intelligent they wouldn't speak in such a way.

 

[Theseventhhamster]

I thought this was going to be about South Africans.

 

[Hap Hapablap]

I thought this was going to be about South Africans.

so did I. ive used the ethnic accent at times but i dont use it everywhere. it really depends where you go and where you at. eg. In sydney right in the middle of the ethnic ghettos of the south west you speak like them and even sometimes act like them while back in perth its quite hard to hear the accent except on certain words.

all in all, its really up to you if you wanna say it. i dont mind saying "hectic!" one time and another time "Ya Bloody Bastard!". Its how you feel like what was mentioned peer pressure. Using good vocabulary in the ethnic slums makes you a minor.

 

[AndSmithMustScore]

It's very much the "wog" set that do this.

I move in a circle of friends where there is quite a few asians and they all have as Aussie an accent as you can get.

Having gone to a secondary college full of Croats i understand where Il Naso is comming from.

There was a group who didn't give a ******** about the whole serb/croat deal and they had aussie accents.

The there were the trouble making tryhards who had the put on accents.

 

[Magnum]

"Check out my subbie mate.... it's SIIICK!"

 

[afc9798]

Guys you're missing the point. They are using the accent to differentiate between races. It's wrong. They don't naturally speak like that, it's put on. I have no problem with an European man speaking with an accent as English may not be his first, but this garbage wog accent is a front given that they most likely cannot speak another language, let alone the Queens English. Why is it that they don't have an accent when they're kids, but develop it when they become teenagers, trying to be cool to the opposite sex. It does nothing but create the impression that they're stupid and sleazy.

You don't think it has anything to do with the fact that they are brought up with parents who have those accents and so therefore their accent becomes a mix of influences European and Australian.

I know a number of Vietnamese people who were born here, but still have a Vietnamese inflection in their accents. I think you're jumping at shadows.

 

[Il Naso De Gastev]

so did I. ive used the ethnic accent at times but i dont use it everywhere. it really depends where you go and where you at. eg. In sydney right in the middle of the ethnic ghettos of the south west you speak like them and even sometimes act like them while back in perth its quite hard to hear the accent except on certain words.

all in all, its really up to you if you wanna say it. i dont mind saying "hectic!" one time and another time "Ya Bloody Bastard!". Its how you feel like what was mentioned peer pressure. Using good vocabulary in the ethnic slums makes you a minor.

So you're saying you act differently when you're around different people?? Prime example No.1. You don't have to speak like a dead********, yet you choose to, just to enhance your ethnicity/class. Wake up to yourself.

 

[Fitzroy1]

Porbably a bit harsh but is pretty factual. Most English born Aussies don't like the wogy accent these people use.

I think it is a bit of a rough lower class type accent. Certainly not classy.

 

[Corpuscles]

So you're saying you act differently when you're around different people?? Prime example No.1. You don't have to speak like a dead********, yet you choose to, just to enhance your ethnicity/class. Wake up to yourself.

Il Naso De Gastev......???? care to translate your BF nick?
Is it ....The nose of Gastev? (John?)

Gee if this is one of your "big" concerns you must have a luxurious life!

 

[Magnum]

I honestly think its just a form of identity and fitting in. Much like how many homosexuals develop a 'camp' accent, it's just a way of trying to belong to that particular group.

 

[Fire]

Il Naso De Gastev , I know what you are saying. I had a friend in high school who had an ethnic background. He grew up with an Accent that was as Australian as they came, but since he has moved into Melbourne’s west he ahs developed a Lebanese accent.

While I have noted that I thought this odd, I don't believe that there is a sinister underlying cultural problem with it. I believe he has done it to simply fit into his new community. He is not Lebanese, and you can clearly tell just by looking at him, so he isn’t trying to identify himself as one. People just want to fit in.

Who knows, he would probably drop it if and when he moves.

 

[peternorth]

I went through school with plenty of kids from Italian and Greek background... all the way from primary school. They never spoke in the wog accent until they were in high school... up until that point they spoke like your normal Aussie kid who eats weet-bix and vegemite.

i liked that bit the most. i dont eat wheatbix, but do eat vegemite. does that make me 1/2 abnormal?

 

[Hap Hapablap]

So you're saying you act differently when you're around different people?? Prime example No.1. You don't have to speak like a dead********, yet you choose to, just to enhance your ethnicity/class. Wake up to yourself.

ROFL ROFL. you really took my sarcasm for real. no way would i speak like that. i speak the way how i wanna speak and i do what i wanna do i dont put an accent when im with different people as im proud of what i am. speak with the west aussie accent if there is one otherwise no way i talk in that fashion. Australian 1st, Ethnic 2nd

However Fire rose a valid point. When you hang around a group of people for a while automatically your accent changes its just because of the people you are near. Melbournians sound different to Sydney Folk and so on and so forth. As for myself I would not consider myself the average "wog".