Osterreich

Submitted by the Grand Infidel of Kaffiristan (Australia), Dec 6, 2010 at 01:53

Myth writes re: Austrian German:

"...The way of talking differs very much of what I am used to from Germany, after all it is the same language."

I'm getting way off topic here but you're definitely right. The Austrian accent is definitely more animated and musical and colourful than your vanilla flavoured German you'd hear in Hamburg for example. I think they pronounce their vowels more distinctly and somehow put a 'bounce' n their speech. I think if Inspector Rex was filmed in Berlin rather than Vienna it would lose some of its appeal! :- )

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