A TikTok of an Australian trying to pronounce the word ‘no’ went viral – and annoyed a lot of Australians
Australian actress, model and gamer Hylia Fawkes has a strong accent, and there’s absolutely nothing wrong with that. It did, however, allow social media content creator @cherdleys to produce this clip in which he tries to help her say ‘no’ in a more conventional way.
Spoiler alert – it didn’t work.
@cherdleys How to teach an Australian to say “no” (@Hylia Fawkes ♬ original sound – Cherdleys
Hylia couldn’t see the problem.
“BUT I DID SAY NO.”
TikTok users weren’t convinced.
Actually if she was really one of us she’d say “yeah….nah”.
BigDogDT
Why does NO have three syllables in Australia?
ThreeSheets
WHY IS SHE SPEAKING CURSIVE?
Dovah
The funny clip turned up on Twitter/X, where it baffled some people.
I’m sorry Australians but why is the word “No” so hard for you to pronounce? pic.twitter.com/Q5FlMlMKsy
— Chrystal Williams (Taylor’s Version)️ ️⚧️ (@ChrystalWRox) August 24, 2024
There were one or two miffed Australians in the mix.
1.
She's so precious. I would die for her nauwreighs
— Athena ️⚧️ (@DeliciousAthena) August 24, 2024
2.
Yeah well at least we can say leisure & buoy without sounding like numpties
— Elizabeth Sprivulis (@ejspriv) August 24, 2024
3.
thats because australians are not real https://t.co/tA0jZ6rfKg
— Carlowss Φ (@710_Los) August 25, 2024
4.
She said it fine you literally hear N O
— Williby45 (@williby45) August 24, 2024
5.
Just realised that Australians say “no” how we say “now” in the north west of Ireland. https://t.co/dnLzSG0n8n
— Gareth McL (@GMLmusic) August 24, 2024
6.
This is how we speak mate !!!!! https://t.co/1DpNxSREPD
— Darren Gilmore (@darrengilmore6) August 25, 2024
7.
see with us Canadians, every once in a while we get clocked for saying “about” funny but generally we can pass fairly comfortably. normal accent. very demure. very mindful. this on the other hand… https://t.co/wGC0ObK4pj
— valerie cherish (@hyperflesh) August 24, 2024
8.
Australian way of saying no pic.twitter.com/lFEE9gCT5B
— Osiris KalkiRa (@osiriskalkira) August 24, 2024
9.
Wait til you hear a Canadian say “sorry”, which also happens to be their favorite word.
— Ryan Daut (@rcdaut) August 24, 2024
10.
I’ve tried and it’s actually really difficult to pronounce no any other way
— van00sa (@van00sa) August 24, 2024
11.
They don’t knauwreigh
— KD (@notkdk3) August 24, 2024
Once again, Hylia defended her pronunciation.
I tried okay
— Hylia (@HyliaFawkes) August 24, 2024
phipsy had a comeback for any Brits laughing at Australia.
“Teach the British to say water.”
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