I hate the Americanisation of Australia

For me this particularly relates to our language. How often do we now hear the letter z (zed) pronounced as zee? This is not our language! Yet it has entered through our television programs and we now have a generation of children using this pronunciation. That same generation has no idea about some classic Aussie slang. My other gripe comes through in our league calls. When did the word defence become deeefence?I know that we have far more pressing issues in our lives, but the erosion of our culture and specifically our language really gives me the sh.ts!

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  • We should go there and Australianise America.

    • They don't even know the difference between Australia and Austria.
  • They will after I'm through with them.

    • They'll ask you about Vienna.
  • Im with you sixtiesboy , as you say there are more important things to worry about but fair dinkum !!!!!!!!!!

    When i was a lad we had defence and attack now everything is D and offence .

    Dont get me started on spelling !!!! One that does annoy me alot on here is alot of people type ` center ' whats doing there ???

    Ive also noticed young kids now spelling Mum Mom , seriously !

    Anyway ,  im as dry as a dead Dingo`s donger .................

    • Don't have a cow, man.

      Just chillax and get into the Halloween spirit.

    • The Adventures of Barry McKenzie should be a compulsory HSC text!
  • US dictation. When misspelling becomes rule.

    I remember trying out my teacher and writing "mom" instead of "mum" is an short essay in Year 4. I was marked down and when I queried the fact that I had the teacher's red pen correcting me, she said bluntly ". In Australia we learn and write in English- English not American- English". Fair play Ms Harcombe!!!

  • I tell kids who come to the door on Halloween that it has nothing to do with our culture.
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