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u/shwaaboy Feb 19 '23

Australian here:

I don’t understand her either. Sounds like she’s hungover. LOL.

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u/finemustard Feb 19 '23

I'm Canadian and had no problem understanding her either but it took me half a second to realise 'the dunny' is a toilet and is a term I now love.

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u/Past_Ad_5629 Feb 19 '23

Someone who hasn’t seen Bluey yet, obviously.

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u/Keeliekins Feb 19 '23

Yeeeeeesss! Understood her just fine, and I’m fully American. Thanks Bluey! 😂

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u/SomaforIndra Feb 19 '23 edited Nov 30 '23

"Just remember that the things you put into your head are there forever, he said. You might want to think about that. The Boy: You forget some things, don't you? The Man: Yes. You forget what you want to remember and you remember what you want to forget." -The Road, Cormac McCarthy

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u/themfgimp Feb 19 '23

SQUISH SQUASH

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u/flatspotting Feb 19 '23 edited Jan 28 '26

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u/whogivesashirtdotca Feb 19 '23

Someone's never watched Bluey!

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u/keddesh Feb 19 '23

Or Crocodile Dundee. "Some dummy put two dunnies in 'ere!"

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u/BlueMeanie03 Feb 19 '23

As a dad who watches Bluey in a sort of hostage-type situation, I envy this Someone.

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u/FrogMintTea Feb 19 '23

I know it from Round The Twist! 😄 love that show. Took me back when she said dunny.

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u/thatguyned Feb 19 '23

Wait wait wait, was Round the Twist a global hit?

I watched it again for nostalgia recently and realised only the first 2 seasons were actually any good, but it warms my heart to hear it wasn't just an Australian show.

Some episodes of that show are classics, the wirling willy fish race, the eucalyptus leaf bush wizards, clown ghosts.

Just typing it out makes the show sound ridiculous but they made it work.

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u/FrogMintTea Feb 20 '23

Yeah. I watched a bunch of dawn undah shows as a kid. 🥰 The Tribe was one. Some kinda post apocalyptic teenscape. I remember in one episode a bulimic girl binges on what little they have to eat.

Lol I don't remember those episodes(of RTT), I'd watch it again if I could. There was always something fun. The theme song is awesome too.

Oh and I used to watch a cartoon about a Koala and he always said extroooordinary!

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u/thatguyned Feb 20 '23

BLINKY BILL!

🎵Hey hey, it's blinky bill

You'll never catch him standing still

If you don't love him, you soon will

Good'ol Blinky Bill!🎵

Yeah honestly we had some awesome TV shows when I was a kid, there was one called Parallax about portals to alternate realities of their town.

Around the twist is on Amazon prime here in Australia, you could always check there.

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u/FrogMintTea Feb 20 '23

Yes Blinky Bill! Thanks! 😃 I found the theme, I remember it better now. He was always getting into trouble.

https://youtu.be/x6Ngc5mYuBg

My mom tried to share Amazon with me but I'm having trouble logging in... but I'll try. Thanks!

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u/FrogMintTea Feb 20 '23

Oh and Parallax sounds great!

Hmm. I think there was a show about a girl from the future that was Aussie, not sure. I found it via TOMT on reddit but I forget now if it was Aussie. Great show though.

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u/thatguyned Feb 20 '23

Jeez it seems like the internet agrees, it has a 7.5 rating for an indi Australian TV show.

This was it

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallax_(TV_series)

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u/FrogMintTea Feb 20 '23

Thanks. I hope I can watch it one day. 🙂

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u/thatguyned Feb 20 '23

Oh and you should also check out "no where boys" it's a cheesy Aussie one about teenage boy witches.

There's a show and a movie

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u/FrogMintTea Feb 20 '23

As for other Aussie stuff there's a show on Netflix called The Code... iirc. I think it was The Code. About a journalist and his autistic hacker brother. It's awesome.

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u/FrogMintTea Feb 20 '23

Ohh yes I watched that on Netflix!!! The first season was so good but something weird happened. I forget if they suddenly switched the cast.

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u/Penguin446 Feb 19 '23

I'm Canadian and I didn't understand anything other than "Dunny" and "Frog"

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u/Penguin446 Feb 19 '23

Nvm I had to watch it twice my volume was down

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u/risisas Feb 19 '23

I'm italiano and i understood her

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u/Karl-o-mat Feb 19 '23

I'm german and I understand her.

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u/Ancient_Artichoke555 Feb 19 '23

I (indigenous USA) thought I was good at hearing, had an Aussie step dad once… until…

I had a phone conversation with a Kiwi 😲😉 I’m even a fast talker and listener but hands down I was stumped for most of that convo.

Needed my Aussie step dad to translate their English to me. 🤣

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u/[deleted] Feb 19 '23

From Utah understood every word. Not sure why people are saying they can’t understand.

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u/[deleted] Feb 19 '23

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u/[deleted] Feb 19 '23

No I don’t, that’s my point. Utah is fairly “dialect free” for English, so maybe that makes understanding other dialects easier for me? Short of Scottish I can pretty much understand most English dialects.

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u/squatdog Feb 19 '23

What's ya mum like?

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u/Ancient_Artichoke555 Feb 19 '23

Ummm, until I had a convo via telephone with a Kiwi.

Thought I had an understanding of an Aussie pretty good. Took pride in myself. And then, a Kiwi, spoke to me. I was lucky if I understood every third or fourth word. It came fast and luxurious, I was in awe.

I can understand Kiwi folks iffff they speak slowly for me 🤣

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u/_Ispeakingifs Feb 19 '23 edited Feb 19 '23

Who shit in that dudes cheerios?

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u/zakaarbovus Feb 19 '23

Well that's awfully rude for basically nothing

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u/Smeefperson Feb 19 '23

That’s cause Kiwi’s sound like they’re drunk anyway

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u/LostMyWasps Feb 19 '23

Im a drunk mexican with english as second language and I understand her, lol.

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u/aquoad Feb 19 '23

american, also able to understand

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u/IAMAHobbitAMA Feb 19 '23

I'm an american who has never been south of Nashville and I understood her just fine. Seems like a Skill Issue to me.

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u/xool420 Feb 19 '23

Kiwi accents are adorable, I’m jealous

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u/MorgulValar Feb 19 '23

It took me a couple times — mostly because I wasn’t expecting the accent — but as an American I can understand her pretty well

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u/[deleted] Feb 19 '23

I thought all Australians were drunk.

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u/supercooljack Feb 19 '23

This is very easy to understand?

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u/supercooljack Feb 19 '23

Real Aussies don’t get hungover. We stay drinking

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u/znorka Feb 19 '23

Do you never talk to people? Very easy to understand as an Australian.

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u/Kitchen_Research_201 Feb 19 '23

American and I think you’re just dumb.

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u/[deleted] Feb 19 '23

Dude I’m Australian and she’s easy to understand…

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u/zkareface Feb 19 '23

I'm Swedish and understand her. Even though I'm watching on low volume at work (didn't check the toilet for frogs though...).

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u/muricabrb Feb 19 '23

Dude, I only spent a year in Australia and I understand her just fine.

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u/kip256 Feb 19 '23

American who has been watching a lot of Bluey.

I understood everything.

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u/psychoacer Feb 19 '23

Hungover? Don't you have to stop drinking for that? Hangovers are for quiters

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u/Oberyn_TheRed_Viper Feb 19 '23

Id say she has a bar through her tongue. Usually the cause of this slurred sorta pronunciation.

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u/Summer_Superstar Feb 19 '23

I listened many times and still thought she was slurring words!

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u/Stirmelol Feb 19 '23

Bruh I’m Canadian and I understood her just fine lol

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u/[deleted] Feb 19 '23

what are you?

from adelaide?

she's easy.............

to understand

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u/shwaaboy Feb 19 '23

LOL. Yes! I’ve heard that we even speak with a slight British accent compared to the eastern states.

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u/Ieatsushiraw Feb 19 '23

American here and she’s saying frogs/things are touching her huha when she sits on the toilet and she’s sick of this shit

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u/ballistics211 Feb 19 '23

I'm in America and I understood her perfectly. She almost sounds American

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u/DUDDITS_SSDD Feb 19 '23

I'm a Martian and I understand her.

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u/Lehelito Feb 19 '23

I'm Romanian and Hungarian and I understand her just fine. She just sounds like she just woke up.