Forget About Having a ‘G’Day, Mite’

Hold on to your memories of Crocodile Dundee and Steve Irwin—recent research shows that the familiar Australian accent will soon disappear as “the nation shakes loose its colonial roots and moves towards a standard national pronunciation.” According to Australian lexicographer Bruce Moore, words like “mate” will no longer be pronounced “mite” as typical characteristics of Australian speech disappear.

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