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<p class=”mol-para-with-font”>Despite being a former English cricketer, Australians have welcomed Andrew ‘Freddie’ Flintoff as an honorary citizen. </p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>And as he prepares for another season hosting Australian Ninja Warrior, the 42-year-old has revealed the one thing he still doesn’t understand about Aussies.</p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>Andrew told that while he was a big fan of the country, he could never quite understand one detail about the local accent.</p><div class=”artSplitter mol-img-group” style=”style”> <div class=”mol-img”> <div class=”image-wrap”>
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</noscript> </div> <p class=”imageCaption”>Quirk: As he prepares for another season hosting Australian Ninja Warrior, English cricketer Andrew ‘Freddie’ Flintoff has revealed the one thing he still doesn’t understand about Aussies</p></div><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>’One thing that makes me smile every time is when an Aussie finishes a sentence and their voice goes up at the end of it,’ he said<div><div data-track-module=”am-related_carousel^related_carousel” data-track-selector=”.rotator-panels a:not([class*=external])” data-dm-rotator-rotate=”false” data-track-pos=”static” data-preferred-shared-network-enabled=”” data-dm-rotator-auto-init=”” id=”p-18″ class=”related-carousel with-fb-or-tw tvshowbiz” data-dm-rotator-active-class=”active” data-dm-rotator-page-count=”1.0″ data-dm-social-article-auto-init=”” data-dm-rotator-page-size=”1″> <div class=”rotator bdrcc”> <div class=”rotator-title”> <h2>RELATED ARTICLES</h2> <ul class=”rotator-pages link-xocc”> <li class=”rotator-prev”>Previous
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</div></div> </div><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>Andrew was referring to the phenomenon known as ‘upspeak’ or ‘uptalk’.</p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>Many Australians have a habit of ending a sentence with a rising inflection, making a statement sound like a question.</p><div class=”artSplitter mol-img-group” style=”style”> <div class=”mol-img”> <div class=”image-wrap”>
</noscript> </div> <p class=”imageCaption”>Uptalk: ‘One thing that makes me smile every time is when an Aussie finishes a sentence and their voice goes up at the end of it,’ he told Woman’s Day. ‘It never fails to make me smile!'</p></div><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>This manner of speaking isn’t unique to Australia, however, and in fact became common in Britain in the 1980s and 릴게임 ’90s.</p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>This was because many Brits copied the way the characters spoke on Australian soaps like Home and Away and Neighbours.</p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>Andrew admitted the soaps had a huge impact on his country when he was growing up.</p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>’The funny thing is, as a kid, Neighbours and Home and Away were so big at home and everybody watched them. Everyone wanted to go to Australia and meet an Aussie,’ he said. </p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>’You’d watch it and think you knew them because you’ve seen Joe Mangel and you think I’ll probably fit right in – it’s interesting.’ </p><div class=”artSplitter mol-img-group” style=”style”> <div class=”mol-img”> <div class=”image-wrap”>
</noscript> </div> <p class=”imageCaption”>Making a comeback: Andrew is set to return to screens this weekend as co-host of Australian Ninja Warrior, alongside Ben Fordham (right) and 스위피 게임 Rebecca Maddern (centre)</p></div><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>Andrew is set to return to screens this weekend as co-host of Australian Ninja Warrior, alongside Ben Fordham and Rebecca Maddern.</p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>In a shock twist, this season will see the Ninjas compete head to head for the first time as they try to defeat a game-changing new obstacle: The Power Tower. </p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”><span class=”mol-style-bold”>Australian Ninja Warrior starts Sunday at 7:30pm on Channel Nine</span></p><div class=”moduleFull mol-video”><div><div itemprop=”video” itemscope=”itemscope” website content=”Australian Ninja Warrior reveals new game changing obstacle” itemprop=”name” /><meta content=”PT01M30S” itemprop=”duration” /><meta website itemprop=”thumbnailUrl” /><meta website itemprop=”contentURL” /><meta content=”2020-06-24T05:15:25+0100″ itemprop=”uploadDate” /><meta content=”576″ itemprop=”height” /><meta content=”1024″ itemprop=”width” /><meta content=”Australian Ninja Warrior reveals SHOCK new twist for its new season as they introduce a game-changing obstacles” itemprop=”description” /><div class=”item”> <div class=”vjs-video-container vjs-fixed vjs-span-two-col tvshowbiz” id=”v-3238571080057798012″> <video controls=”” class=”video-js vjs-default-skin” website Ninja Warrior reveals new game changing website Ninja Warrior reveals SHOCK new twist for its new season as they introduce a game-changing website preload=”none”> <source website type=”video/mp4″></source> </video> </div> </div> </div></div></div><div class=”artSplitter mol-img-group” style=”style”> <div class=”mol-img”> <div class=”image-wrap”>
</noscript> </div> <p class=”imageCaption”>Tougher challenge: In a shock twist, this season will see the Ninjas compete head to head for the first time as they try to defeat a game-changing new obstacle: The Power Tower</p></div><br /></div>
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