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Really enjoyed it but the Australian habit of...

posted 13 years ago by Ate_Arms
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having an upwards inflection in their voice at the end of each sentence gets fkin irritating.

"so we went down to the water"

"and there was this ghost"

It was only a minor irritation but I noticed it more here than other Aussie films, I watched "The Reef" recently and didnt notice it being so prevalent in that.

Creepy movie though, I knew about the camera footage beforehand (just that it was creepy, not actually what was on it) so that lessened the impact a bit as I guessed what she was going to see (wish I hadnt known about it, would have been icing on the cake)

Couldnt sleep last night after watching it (unrelated, possibly) and started thinking about the movie which wasnt a particularly good idea. Kept staring off into corners in the dark. My kind of horror movie, ghost story or whatever you want to call it

[–] John_Dee_007 13 years ago

Haha. As an Australian that lacks a recognizable Aussie accent from spending too much time abroad, I can sympathize. The upwards inflection at the end of sentences became very apparent to me when I moved back to Oz. Conversations would make me twitch and internally question the logic of why people put emphasis on the last word of a sentence, even when it's not the point of their story.

Indeed a good little film. Thoroughly enjoyed it.

EDSKRPHW

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

Why do we get so much shit for this when loads of other countries do it so much more?

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

Californians have the same habit.

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

Yes and many European types.