Yeah we need to resolve that first. Aunts are cool and take you to a theme park on summer break, whereas aunts don’t let you sit on the good furniture and the only candy they have are those lozenges with the wrapper that looks like a strawberry
Comment on Does the way you say 'France' rhyme with 'pants' or 'aunts'? How the Australian accent is changing
crossmr@kbin.social 9 months ago
I think it depends a lot on how you say 'aunts'
GentlemanLoser@ttrpg.network 9 months ago
Sup3rlativ3@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I think we need to address your use of the word candy first. It’s lollies m8, fite me
GentlemanLoser@ttrpg.network 9 months ago
I’m American who wandered in, sorry
Sup3rlativ3@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I’ll give you a pass just this once cobber, just don’t shoot 🔫
tiredofsametab@kbin.social 9 months ago
As a General American speaker, all three of those are the same vowel for me, but I don't think that's true in a lot of the world (and also not in at least part of the US).
dgriffith@aussie.zone 9 months ago
For me it’s “AHnt” for Aunt, “frANce” for France, and “pANts” for pants.
Zagorath@aussie.zone 9 months ago
I don’t think any Australians pronounce it like “ant”.
eatham@aussie.zone 9 months ago
I do
Salvo@aussie.zone 9 months ago
The correct Australian way to say ‘Aunt’ is how you would refer to Aunty Jack.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Aunty_Jack_Show
Although I am sure that a lot of the right-wing neo-regressive nut jobs that have popped up in Australia over the last few years would love to refer to her as “anti-Jack” because of the transgender nature of the show.