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TJ
Joined: 10 Mar 2003
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 Posted: Tue May 11, 2004 5:22 pm Post subject: OCKER ACCENT |
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| wylde wrote: |
i have lived mostly in the country or small towns since then (cept for about 2 years back in sydney)..
I have also lived many years in the country - on a farm and in small towns.
if i didn't speak with an ocker accent i would probably have no friends at all... seems that in these places if ya don't pull yourself back in toe with the spoken language of the land, the 'common (working class) folk' want nothing to do with you...
On rare occasions I found it necessary to put on an accent for that same reason.
they kind of look down on you for being able to look down on them.. my last home of 3 years has 1500 people and i don't know of anybody under 40 that is a uni grad...
If you appear to be different then some people will try to pull you down. The "Tall Poppy Syndrome" does exist in Australia and sometimes I found it necessary to hide my university education. I certainly didn't look down on any one but a few people had an inferiority complex.
If you want to find university graduates in a country town go to the local school or the council office. You could also try the local pharmacist / chemist. You may find that these people have the same problems as you and will be happy to meet another graduate.
When I return to Australia next year I will be living in a small town with a population of only 700 of which around 25 people have university qualifications. Regardless of their own education my level of education is not an issue - at least it isn't in this town. In fact, the locals are friendly, considerate and helpful. I love living there and look forward to returning there.
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just because
Joined: 01 Aug 2003
Location: Changwon - 4964
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| Posted: Tue May 11, 2004 5:42 pm Post subject: |
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| wylde wrote: |
short hair, clean shaven and well spoken... must be an undercover cop
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I met quite a few of them rolling around the Byron Bay/ Nimbin region. I think I know the guy you are talking about.
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Kimchi Cha Cha
Joined: 15 May 2003
Location: was Suncheon, now Brisbane
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| Posted: Tue May 11, 2004 9:26 pm Post subject: |
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I was worried before I got back to Australia last month, that I'd lost the ability to speak with an Aussie accent since I tried to suppress it a bit for classes for the past year (my director didn't approve of my accent when I first arrived - basically he couldn't understand a word I said  ). But, within a day I was speaking like a local again.
I can understand what you guys were saying about sometimes having to hide or talk down the fact that you went to uni or speaking strine to avoid standing out. I remember having a few jobs down the years where it was a necessity to hide the fact you're at (or been to) uni and speak ocker, or otherwise you'd be ostracised!
I live down in Wollongong, here on the train and around town you get to appreciate strine in its purest form. I kinda missed it when I was in Korea. |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Wed May 12, 2004 2:03 am Post subject: |
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| I'm disappointed to hear there is so much class consciousness in Australia. |
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wylde
Joined: 14 Apr 2003
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| Posted: Wed May 12, 2004 2:33 am Post subject: |
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| Ya-ta Boy wrote: |
| I'm disappointed to hear there is so much class consciousness in Australia. |
 in my town in perticular, they are mostly farmers or retired people...
about 98% of anybody young enough to have any fun with is unemployed and have a great love of surfing... guys that get an education don't hang around, they get their education and shoot off to sydney or the like...
these places are full of tight knit groups that have been friends since their great grandparents were in school...
in the pubs in these places there is around 10 - 15 people on a saturday afternoon and the average conversation is about joe brown's new tractor... or the new road that has been planned for 10 years in the future...
get out of the tiny towns and things are much different...
please don't assume all australia is like that cuz it is wrong.. |
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