barryqwalsh
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“Our forefathers regularly got drunk together and through their frequent interactions unknowingly added an alcoholic slur to our national speech patterns… Aussie-speak developed in the early days of colonial settlement from a cocktail of English, Irish, Aboriginal and German – before another mystery influence was slipped into the mix.”
G'day mate: 'Lazy' Australian accent caused by 'alcoholic slur' of heavy-drinking early settlers'