Social Science How do you pronounce 'example'?

[Caesar]

Nope...?

 

[Rough_Edges]

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.

Do you get sick of your own rubbish?

Serious question.

Must be frustrating to try and act like the king of knowledge in every post.

 

[Caesar]

If I see a question I can shed some light on, and it hasn't been answered, I throw in my two cents. There's a lot more posts I don't respond to on topics that I have no idea about.

Not sure why it bothers you so much.

 

[Simple Jack]

I mix and match;
Plant, Grant, chant, France.
but also Cahstle and Tour de Frahnce.

Arse not ass (spell it ass though)
Tomahto not tomayto
Potayto not potahto

Seems kind of stupid to have such ridiculous variation when you think about it.

 

[BomberFletch31]

here in australia -

its example , not exarmple .

its grant , not grarnt .

there pants , not parnts .

because those little insect creatures are called ants . not f#$%@ing arnts !

only if your british would you pronounce with the ars .

No such thing as "parnts". Or "arnts". An "aunt" is one's mother's sister.

I say things mostly the British way, namely, ex(ah)mple, gr(ah)nt, d(ah)nce, ch(ah)nce ... but it's always pants, ants, can.

Fr(ah)nce is a non-negotiable. Ask a Frenchman what their country is and they'll say Fr(ah)nce.

 

[Simple Jack]

Fr(ah)nce is a non-negotiable. Ask a Frenchman what their country is and they'll say Fr(ah)nce.

Irrelevant.
Ask 2 Australians how they pronounce their country and you will get A-stralia and Osstralia (Joolia)
Do you have to put on an American accent when you say 'United States'?
or Seth Efrica?

 

[jpzhawk]

I believe so.

you can have an opinion young fella but no need to get personal about things . careful what you say and who you say it too . regardless of whether you think you are right or not . thats all .

 

[jpzhawk]

you can have an opinion young fella but no need to get personal about things . careful what you say and who you say it too . regardless of whether you think you are right or not . thats all .

oh , and thats cehh - full , not car - full .

 

[walshy93]

you can have an opinion young fella but no need to get personal about things . careful what you say and who you say it too . regardless of whether you think you are right or not . thats all .

That's fine, and I expressed my opinion. I only labelled you dim because you made up a bunch of lies! Arnts? Parnts? What is this, I don't even...

oh , and thats cehh - full , not car - full .

Why on Earth would it be car-full? I think you're not understanding the thread or OP. It's not about some made up way of pronouncing words and how you like to troll the world with them.

 

[BomberFletch31]

Irrelevant.
Ask 2 Australians how they pronounce their country and you will get A-stralia and Osstralia (Joolia)
Do you have to put on an American accent when you say 'United States'?
or Seth Efrica?

I'd say how the name is meant to be pronounced is very relevant. While I don't exactly put on an American accent to pronounce place names in the US, I do, however, pronounce them the US way: Mobile, Alabama is pronounced as "Mo-beel", for instance.

Pronounce it properly or not at all. The only exception being if the place name in its native language is unpronunciable in English or is vastly different to its English translation, e.g. Deutschland.

 

[Papa G]

Fr(ah)nce is a non-negotiable. Ask a Frenchman what their country is and they'll say Fr(ah)nce.

Yes but ask them what our country is called and they will say Australie.

It's just where you are brought up and probably also social class although Victorian's tend to mainly speak the bogan way regardless of class, yet there are those like Quartermain, Caro and Grant Thomas who speak more correctly.

West Australian's can go either way, North Shore Sydney siders can have an almost Adelaide accent, where as other areas are shockingly bad - think Rugby Leeeague commentators 10 times worse. Was in the Hunter Valley recently and some people I found almost unintelligeble.

 

[mdc]

I'd say how the name is meant to be pronounced is very relevant.

Where on earth did you get the idea that the French say "Frahnce"? They say something closer to Fronce.

 

[nicky]

I say example but also say 'carstle' 'frahnce' etc.

I think people are embarrassed of their aussie accents and they shouldn't be. It's a great accent.

 

[Damon_3388]

They say douche we say doosh.

Or some just don't use either, because it's a shit, annoying word.

I say "ex-arm-pull".

 

[Tex_21]

Arse not ass (spell it ass though)

Pet hate. In Australia it is spelt Arse. Unless you are talking about a donkey.

West Australian's can go either way, North Shore Sydney siders can have an almost Adelaide accent, where as other areas are shockingly bad - think Rugby Leeeague commentators 10 times worse. Was in the Hunter Valley recently and some people I found almost unintelligeble.

I went to Germany on a scholarship program with about 20-30 other students when I was at high school (between years 11 and 12), and the vast majority of kids were from well to do private schools in the cities (Melb and Syd, chiefly). I'm a country boy from a public school. THey could barely understand me.

Or some just don't use either, because it's a shit, annoying word.

I say "ex-arm-pull".

The what are you supposed to wash your vagina with?!! Especially when it gets sand in it?!!

 

[Damon_3388]

The what are you supposed to wash your vagina with?!! Especially when it gets sand in it?!!

Yes, that's the proper meaning/context of it. When people use the word as an insult is when I find it annoying. Half the people that use it as an insult probably don't even know the true meaning of the word and/or what douche actually is, probably because douching apparently isn't as common a practice here as it is in the US.

 

[BarneyBent]

Nope...?

Actually, yep.

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Couldn't be bothered finding her saying "example" specifically, but at 5:20 she says "advances" as "ad-varn-ces", which is the same as "ex-arm-pull".

 

[BACCS]

Victorians pronounce things so weird.

 

[Caesar]

Pretty sure you'll find she says exam-pull.

 

[BarneyBent]

Pretty sure you'll find she says exam-pull.

Well I just provided evidence (albeit indirect) to the contrary, so....

 

[Caesar]

They're different words.

 

[BarneyBent]

They're different words.

Utilising the same phoneme, but since you insisted:

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Around 3:40.

 

[Caesar]

Oh well. Must have changed it since she became PM

 

[BarneyBent]

Oh well. Must have changed it since she became PM

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".

 

[Caesar]

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