Hi Brian I was born in Australia and have lived here all my life [58 years] and there is no regional accent that I know of. Sydney people are more sure of them self and Queenlanders speak a little slower. Stephen mayndave wrote: > 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