Social Science How do you pronounce 'example'?

[WeetBixKid]

Ex-Zam-Pull

 

[BarneyBent]

No, she used to pronounce it differently. She's changed a few things about her pronunciation since she became PM.

Well I guess we'll have to agree to disagree, but in my mind she's always had a broad South Australian accent, and as you yourself pointed out, it's South Australians that tend to say "ex-arm-pull".

 

[Bradesmaen]

Doubt it. She's always had that kind of accent, and "ex-am-pull" just doesn't fit in with it. She is from SA originally after all. Besides, lots of people with "bogan" accents say "ex-arm-pull".

It is more because she is originally from Wales than SA.

SA has the accent generally because of us being a colony of higher social class brits. I like our accent better than the rest of the country, nowhere near as bogan.

 

[nicky]

No, she used to pronounce it differently. She's changed a few things about her pronunciation since she became PM.

Are you kidding? Why don't you just admit that you are wrong? Is it really THAT hard?

Bloodstains is 100% correct, lots of bogans say exahmple, frahnce etc. Just like having a broad Australian accent doesn't necessarily mean you're not well educated or from a lower class. The cultural cringe from snobs is a disgrace in this country.

 

[jo172]

More clipped vowels ("ah") tend to be characteristic of a more cultivated accent. It's most common in South Australia (think Alexander Downer's plummy accent) and generally amongst older people. To a non-Australian ear it sounds 'less Australian' - I have this accent and I have occasionally been mistaken for South African or English when I'm overseas.

It's sort of the diametric opposite to the really broad Australian accent that someone like Julia Gillard has, where you have really flat vowels.

Most people fall somewhere between the two, often mixing and matching. I know lots of people who say Frahnce, but not exahmple.



EDIT: It's interesting, I've noticed that a lot of my friends that have cultivated accents who went off and did a year in London came back with much broader accents. My girlfriend has also accused me of going "more bogan" with my accent when I'm around certain mates of mine. I think subconsciously a lot of people (guys especially) flatten out their vowels a bit when they want to sound more Australian.

I'm guilty of having an older Adelaide accent (the first person to say Pyne or Downer come at me bruh) and I'm often asked if I have any South African in me.

 

[nicky]

I'm one of the few people who really likes the south african accent.

 

[walshy93]

Agreed, it's very interesting.