Australia Quote by P. J. O'Rourke

“Hey, any idea why Australians speak something that sounds deceptively like English but isn’t? I mean, I’m trying to figure out why I can’t…

— Elle Lothlorien

I think that young Australians ought to be taking language education much more seriously. I mean, you know, every day I'm meeting people with…

— Quentin Bryce

The Australian accent is sort of like going down a step in smartness, you could say, because you guys pronounce things as they're spelled.…

— Callan McAuliffe

There's a part of me that's very stereotypically Australian, with the lingo, or for lack of a better way of putting it, the way…

— Patty Mills

I'm not too fond of the typical Australian activities or culture. I'm not into surfing - that's what I'm trying to say.

— Jens Lekman

We live our lives by the water and if you don't know how to swim in Australia, it's like not knowing how to cross…

— Eric Bana

There are certain situations, when you're in America, when people understand you better without an Australian accent.

— Nikita Dutta

Jamie Keehn, our second Australian punter. Again, you have to learn the language. You just can't speak to those guys. You have to know…

— Les Miles

I can hardly understand the Australian accent.

— Joey Santiago

I talk about being Australian a lot.

— Poppy Montgomery

Because in Australia we're so inundated with American culture, television, this that and the other, everyone in Australia can do an American accent. It's…

— Guy Pearce

I'm not too fond of the typical Australian activities or culture. I'm not into surfing.

— Jens Lekman