I’m Australian and went on a business trip last month to the UK and to the USA.

In the UK I didn’t see Bluey anywhere, but in the USA I saw Bluey stuff everywhere. Every hotel room at some point flipping channels Disney Jr seemed to have Bluey on all the time. I saw kids wearing Bluey merch when out and about. I saw Bluey merch in stores. Even on a flight, the kids in front of me were watching Bluey on the inflight entertainment.

At one hotel I had to go down the hallway to get some ice, and was wearing my Bandit PJ t-shirt. Another guy in his 30s came out of the elevator and was like “OMG I love your shirt! We all love Bluey!”

So my question is, will the next generation of American squibs all have an Australian accent?

  • hugejew@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
    10·
    1 year ago

    USA dad here. My five year-old daughter hasn’t adopted the accent but many of the terms have become staples of her vernacular. Not ashamed to say some of Bandit’s have become part of mine. Things like dunny or boot, which aren’t American terms usually. Show is a true gem.

    • Bahalex@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      Bush wee is quite popular in our house… rather, out of our house. Helps we a boy. We’ve also stumbled upon other families playing octopus at the playground, Bluey is quite popular, also judging by the sheer amount of merch at many stores.

  • linearchaos@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    1 year ago

    5yo, no accent, but he does say dunny now on occasion.

    Between Anne Reardon, Oliver (Drain Addict) and bluey I fear I might pick up some myself soon.

    Blawwwked Draaaiinn…

  • teraflopsweat@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    My niece absolutely did have an Australian accent at one point (for some words at least). Bluey is super popular around here and it does make some impact on vocabulary too

  • TheRealKuni@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    I’ve been trying to perfect my Aussie “no.” “Naheuough.”

    Or rather, I was trying until my wife correcting it every single time by saying what sure sounded like exactly what I had said drove me insane enough to stop trying.

    Otherwise I have seriously improved my Aussie accent. It’s nowhere near perfect (one of the hardest accents to do in English, IMO), but it’s better than it was before Bluey.