Sjoerd on Nostr: the aussie accent has this intonation where the end of the sentence is often ...

the aussie accent has this intonation where the end of the sentence is often pronounced at a higher pitch

in British English, a higher pitch at the end of the sentence often indicates scepticism or worse

so when I first arrived here and in the shops my “thank you” was answered by a “that’s alright”, with “right” in a higher tone, to my UK-trained ear that sounded like “that was definitely not alright, which should have been obvious to you” 😅 (I’m used to it now)

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