Hi May Thank you for your reply, what you've said exactly proves my point, I would never say "you have" sounding like "your've", I say it sounding like yoo've same as you, and I have never been away from the Eastern States of Australia. Maureen has though she is much travelled thanks to her skills in the lawn bowls world. She has agreed in that she has not detected any noticeable difference in accent all over Australia including Tasmania. Hey it seems that one the natives is getting restless again, perhaps we should drop this thread before we get into trouble, what we are discussing now is not probably strictly to do with Hampshire Life exactly, but it is resulting from our English ancestry of which we are justly proud. We thank Chris and Caroline for allowing us the indulgence. We have thoroughly enjoyed the debate. (see we are self regulating). Cheers Maureen & Brian Hobbs Brisbane Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: "mayndave" <mayndave@bigpond.net.au> To: <HAMPSHIRE-LIFE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2003 5:28 PM Subject: [HantsLife] Defending our position re accents > Hi Brian, > > I live in Perth and have an obsession for accents and trying to pin down > where people come from. The only thing that really gives away an Eastern > Stater to me is the way they say the word "you've". Apart from that, the > difference (if any) is so tiny that it more usually can be attributed to the > natural difference of voices themselves; not accents. > > The word mentioned above can best be illustrated from the McCain advert on > telly. The guy says "Ah McCain, your've done it again!" Well, that's how > it sounds to me. He is an Eastern Stater. I would say "Yoo've done it > again". > > Accents in England, more so in years gone by when people didn't travel so > much, just about changed in each *street*. > > (Ducking and waiting for the flack ;-)) > > All the best > May LANCHBURY > > Researching in Hants > BROWN > DAVIDSON > DOUSE/DOWCE etc > HAMILTON > HOLDING/HOLDEN/OLDEN > LIGHT > TUBB > > Researching Everywhere > LANCHBURY/LAINCHBURY/LAUNCHBURY + 58 other spellings of the name > > > > > > > > ==== HAMPSHIRE-LIFE Mailing List ==== > "GENEALOGISTS DO IT IN TREES!" > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >