maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone to Australia@aussie.zoneEnglish · 22 days agoQuiz: can you pick a Victorian from a Queenslander? How our accents change from state to statetheconversation.comexternal-linkmessage-square16linkfedilinkarrow-up116arrow-down10
arrow-up116arrow-down1external-linkQuiz: can you pick a Victorian from a Queenslander? How our accents change from state to statetheconversation.commaniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone to Australia@aussie.zoneEnglish · 22 days agomessage-square16linkfedilink
minus-squarenoorbeast@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·22 days agoIts language use not just accent, so a Victorian would say a bag, a Queenslander would say a port.
minus-squareFuse Views@infosec.exchangelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·22 days ago@noorbeast Port? Use of “port” to denote a bag, suitcase, or other “carry all”? Only octogenarians use “port” in this manner… @maniacalmanicmania
minus-squareCoolThingAboutMe@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-221 days agoI’m an almost life long QLDer and ‘a port’ to me would mean a fortified wine… Or where the boats come in
Its language use not just accent, so a Victorian would say a bag, a Queenslander would say a port.
@noorbeast
Port? Use of “port” to denote a bag, suitcase, or other “carry all”?
Only octogenarians use “port” in this manner…
@maniacalmanicmania
I’m an almost life long QLDer and ‘a port’ to me would mean a fortified wine…
Or where the boats come in