Post examples of non-Brits who sound British

**Tooting Carmen** · 05-01-2019, 11:01 PM

A couple of Aussie examples:

Anne Haddy RIP and Ian Smith (both in this clip)

**aja675** · 05-06-2019, 01:01 PM

**Tooting Carmen** · 05-06-2019, 02:17 PM

Originally Posted by aja675

She was obviously putting it on. However, listening to her vowel sounds I can still tell she's American.

**Creoda** · 05-06-2019, 03:17 PM

**Tooting Carmen** · 05-06-2019, 03:30 PM

Originally Posted by J. Ketch

Still sounds Aussie but of a more 'refined' variety - you don't have to sound like Paul Hogan or Mark Little to sound clearly Aussie.

**Creoda** · 05-06-2019, 04:18 PM

Originally Posted by Tooting Carmen

Still sounds Aussie but of a more 'refined' variety - you don't have to sound like Paul Hogan or Mark Little to sound clearly Aussie.

Yes, although he doesn't sound like the typical modern refined Australian accent.

Robert Menzies was another like Fraser.

**Tooting Carmen** · 05-06-2019, 04:45 PM

Originally Posted by J. Ketch

Yes, although he doesn't sound like the typical modern refined Australian accent.

Robert Menzies was another like Fraser.

Now he sounds more British.

**Roy** · 05-06-2019, 05:14 PM

Originally Posted by Tooting Carmen

A couple of Aussie examples:

Anne Haddy RIP and Ian Smith (both in this clip)

To be fair most Australians sound kinda British, at least to my unaccustomed ear that is initially not set to spot the difference. My initial response to the Australian accent is often "oh it sounds British". Obviously there are some that sound more British and some who less and I guess this is what you mean.

**Tooting Carmen** · 05-19-2019, 11:43 AM

Originally Posted by Roy

To be fair most Australians sound kinda British, at least to my unaccustomed ear that is initially not set to spot the difference. My initial response to the Australian accent is often "oh it sounds British". Obviously there are some that sound more British and some who less and I guess this is what you mean.

Here are the two opposite ends more-or-less of the Australian accent spectrum:

**Tooting Carmen** · 06-07-2019, 10:47 PM

Originally Posted by Roy

To be fair most Australians sound kinda British, at least to my unaccustomed ear that is initially not set to spot the difference. My initial response to the Australian accent is often "oh it sounds British". Obviously there are some that sound more British and some who less and I guess this is what you mean.

Well many better-educated Aussies do sound quasi-British, in a way that's very rare for Americans for example.