Linguist Expert Believes Aussie Accent Came From The Country's Forefathers Being Drunk All The Time
2015.10.29
When you're drunk, you talk funny. Slur even. Linguist Dean Frenkel has a theory that the Australian dialect originated from drunken slurs. He believes that it was created under the influence of alcohol.
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“Our forefathers regularly got drunk together and through their frequent interactions unknowingly added an alcoholic slur to our national speech patterns.”
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So was the Australian accent born from the influence of alcohol?
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Crack a fat, Bingle, Banana bender, Doovalacky, and many more.
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According to the University of Melbourne's communication professor:
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“Our forefathers regularly got drunk together and through their frequent interactions unknowingly added an alcoholic slur to our national speech patterns.”
What do you think?
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