In Reply to: Terry posted by Marc_uk on Thursday, 6. January 2005 at 19:30 Bali Time:
and trust my follow up clarifies things. My assumption was that Lolita in the subtopic below was indirectly (diplomatically) stating that the guy was not Australian. An important point as it would eliminate a considerable number of men otherwise meeting the instantly recognizable aspect of her description.
Right now my daughter is watching an Elton John DVD concert and when he talks I can't distinguish his accent from Australian either. This is often the case with people from the south of England ...at least for me but I've been away from Australia for going on 30 years.