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From: "Bob Cunning" <>
Subject: Re: [Lon] O/T Accents
Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2005 12:10:30 +1100
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Oops strike 710 and substitute 70+



Bob in Melbourne


----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Cunning" <>
To: <>
Sent: Monday, December 26, 2005 11:57 AM
Subject: Re: [Lon] O/T Accents


>
> I was born here 710 + years ago. I still have NEVER heard what you are
> talking about !
>
> Bob in Melbourne
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Peter Goggin" <>
> To: "'Bob Cunning'" <>; <>
> Sent: Monday, December 26, 2005 11:00 AM
> Subject: RE: [Lon] O/T Accents
>
>
> > May be you have been in Australia too long. We came in 1982 and we
> > noticed the statement delivered as a question immediately. Now 20 odd
> > years on we are so used to it we do not notice it any more.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> >
> > Peter Goggin
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Bob Cunning [mailto:]
> > Sent: Monday, 26 December 2005 9:27 AM
> > To:
> > Subject: Re: [Lon] O/T Accents
> >
> > I disagree with all of this. I do not know of one Australian who talks
> > in
> > this fashion.
> >
> > Bob in Melbourne
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Mr S and Mrs J Goldsmith" <>
> > To: <>
> > Sent: Monday, December 26, 2005 7:57 AM
> > Subject: Re: [Lon] O/T Accents
> >
> >
> > > Humbly beg to disagree. The English habit (it's found in Kent as
> > well) is
> > > to tag a question on the end of a sentence; the Australian practice is
> > to
> > > make a statement to sound as though it's a question, without a
> > question
> > > tagged on the end.
> > >
> > > Steve and Jan
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Diane" <>
> > > To: <>
> > > Sent: Saturday, December 24, 2005 9:16 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [Lon] O/T Accents
> > >
> > >
> > > > You know, that does describe it better than I had. It does sound as
> > > > though the person is always asking a question.
> > > >
> > > > Diane
> > > >
> > > > Ida Cleaver wrote:
> > > >
> > > > >I wonder if this went to Australia along with the Cockney habit of
> > ending
> > > a
> > > > >sentence with a question i.e. .////// don't I? ...... didn't he?
> > > > >Ida
> > > > >
> > > > >
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