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>>On Mon, 17 Sep 2018 19:45:10 +0100, "Ophelia" >
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>>>>On Sun, 16 Sep 2018 20:47:50 +0100, "Ophelia" >
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>>>>>Is your wife Dutch too?
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>>>>No, but she doesn't have the Australian accent.
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>>>> Ok May I be so bold as to ask from whence she hails?
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>>>She's from Sydney.
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>>>Posh Australian? You know, sounds posher than the average Aussie? ;p

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>>Not particularly posh, but she speaks clean English. It varies a lot
>>how Australian Australians sound. This is Ocker, the strongest accent,
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>>LOL I know. What I meant by 'posh' Australian, I meant with no strong
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>LOL not really. I still have a Yorkshire accent although not very strong
>now People can't always guess where I am from)
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I don't know how strong my Dutch accent is in English. My wife says
it's very light, but I think she's just used to it. In Dutch I sound
normal, not posh.

I'm not sure about the Yorkshire accent. Is it where they leave out
the T in "but"?

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Some of them do, yes <g> Having said that, not only Yorkshire folk do that