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[–] JustARegularNerd@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Never thought I'd see the day that Australian English sticks closer to proper English than British English

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 46 points 1 day ago

mate 'struth eh? One arvo your pissing around with your mates at JB browsing heaps and you might fancy a durry and flat white from HJs but ol' mate Dazza who's a shitcunt and the PM of piss-takes will be like 'bruz let's have a cheeky nandos" and you'll reckon "Mad. Let's fang it"

[–] Illecors@lemmy.cafe 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I thnk that's what they meant, as in, surprised that the British have bastardized English more than the Aussies have

[–] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Many British English dialects are pretty much unintelligible to people who only know standard accents.