Posted by Sigismund on July 3, 2008, at 19:08:58
In reply to Re: Words, posted by Phillipa on July 3, 2008, at 12:25:53
It used to be like this, 40 years ago. There were 2 accents.
Strine and Fraffly
Strine (Australian)Yeppet yousha nut.
Ifer gotta natter
speak Fraffly.
Ipey nwirkin
forpa fesser Lauder,
a nair wiker nony
talk Strine.
It kinder getcher,
few Noah timene.
Fried eye car nelpewFraffly (posh English)
Well, dibboy,
wimce trair little hodder.
A noshol we tray
wan smore?
Reddeh? Repee tofter me:
The wren in Spen
in mennleh in the
pline.
Ir, fraffly sorreh,
Emmean the wren
is in the plenI can translate the posh one but most of the strine has got the better of me.
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