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Australia@aussie.zoneEnglish · 10 months ago

Does the way you say 'France' rhyme with 'pants' or 'aunts'? How the Australian accent is changing

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Does the way you say 'France' rhyme with 'pants' or 'aunts'? How the Australian accent is changing

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Australia@aussie.zoneEnglish · 10 months ago

Australian voices really aren't what they used to be. Linguists and ABC presenters weigh in on the changes to Aussie voices and the death of the ABC accent.

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@Marsupial @jagungal now I’m curious if this is a misunderstanding about the regional differences of the word “nonce”.
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  I googled it and didn’t find another usage of it.
  
  Unless they meant dunce?

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