I would pay good money to watch people trying to decipher an impenetrable Queenslander or Tassie accent.
First: This would be absolutely amazing. I will contribute to this cause!
Second: I don't think it even needs to be that strong. Husband is an Aussie, but was born and lived in Britain for the first 8 years of his life, and has lived in the states for 3.5. People STILL can't understand him some of the time, and his accent has never been very strong (he's a Melbournian). I think it took my family the better part of a year or so to understand him most of the time. And hell, there are still things I don't quite pick up on once a week. It's the way he drops or adds in r's! And the fact he sometimes says nonsense just to mess with me doesn't help much either. XD
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First: This would be absolutely amazing. I will contribute to this cause!
Second: I don't think it even needs to be that strong. Husband is an Aussie, but was born and lived in Britain for the first 8 years of his life, and has lived in the states for 3.5. People STILL can't understand him some of the time, and his accent has never been very strong (he's a Melbournian). I think it took my family the better part of a year or so to understand him most of the time. And hell, there are still things I don't quite pick up on once a week. It's the way he drops or adds in r's! And the fact he sometimes says nonsense just to mess with me doesn't help much either. XD