If any, which differences have you noticed in the Australian accent, other than 'General', 'Cultivated' and 'Broad'?
I am from Melbourne, and from what I have read on the internet, I have a mixed accent.
I pronounce these words as described:
Castle: Carsel
Demand: Them-manned
Pants: I am not sure how to describe this. I do not pronounce it as 'Parnts'
Grant: Grant (Same as 'pants')
Dance: Dants
Clasp: Clarsp
Graph: Grarph
Taco: Tah-co
Salad: Sal-ad.
Apparantly, people from Victoria sometimes say:
Malbourne instead of Melbourne
Belcony instead of Balcony
Salary instead of Celery, and vice-versa
As a hypothetical sentence: 'Hi, this is Halen. Halen, walcome to Malbourne'.
I have thought about it, and I do think 'Malbourne' and 'Melbourne' sound the same; You need to force the 'E' to become an 'E', which feels un-natural. This is the only thing that I will agree to. Being from Victoria makes it harder to hear any accent that we supposedly have.
I have been to Tasmania, New South Wales and southern Queensland. (Gold Coast, Brisbane and Beerwah areas).
In Tasmania, I noticed that the way people spoke was more 'country Australian'. I read somewhere that somebody else who has been there agreed with me, but could also hear something in close resemblance to a New Zealand accent.
In New South Wales, I found it hard to distinguish an 'accent', as most people I heard speaking were immigrants and had an accent from their homeland. Though I did notice that people spoke faster.
In Queensland, I noticed that the way people spoke reminded me of low-budget ads in regional parts of Victoria. Slightly slow. And maybe more of a 'broad' accent when compared to anywhere else I have been. For example, listening to the radio, I thought that the news was an ad, and that there would be laughter afterwards, like on a comedy show.
Regional words I so far know of are:
For a piece of potato which has been battered, fried and salted - Potato Cake in Victoria and Tasmania; Potato Scallop in New South Wales and Queensland; and Potato Fritter in South Australia and Western Australia.
For a bathing suit - Bathers in Victoria; Cossie in New South Wales; and Togs in Queensland.
Sandwich Meat - Strassburg, shortened to Stras, in Victoria; Devon elsewhere.
If anybody else has heard any other differences to the Australian accent, or any regional words, I would like to know!
I am from Melbourne, and from what I have read on the internet, I have a mixed accent.
I pronounce these words as described:
Castle: Carsel
Demand: Them-manned
Pants: I am not sure how to describe this. I do not pronounce it as 'Parnts'
Grant: Grant (Same as 'pants')
Dance: Dants
Clasp: Clarsp
Graph: Grarph
Taco: Tah-co
Salad: Sal-ad.
Apparantly, people from Victoria sometimes say:
Malbourne instead of Melbourne
Belcony instead of Balcony
Salary instead of Celery, and vice-versa
As a hypothetical sentence: 'Hi, this is Halen. Halen, walcome to Malbourne'.
I have thought about it, and I do think 'Malbourne' and 'Melbourne' sound the same; You need to force the 'E' to become an 'E', which feels un-natural. This is the only thing that I will agree to. Being from Victoria makes it harder to hear any accent that we supposedly have.
I have been to Tasmania, New South Wales and southern Queensland. (Gold Coast, Brisbane and Beerwah areas).
In Tasmania, I noticed that the way people spoke was more 'country Australian'. I read somewhere that somebody else who has been there agreed with me, but could also hear something in close resemblance to a New Zealand accent.
In New South Wales, I found it hard to distinguish an 'accent', as most people I heard speaking were immigrants and had an accent from their homeland. Though I did notice that people spoke faster.
In Queensland, I noticed that the way people spoke reminded me of low-budget ads in regional parts of Victoria. Slightly slow. And maybe more of a 'broad' accent when compared to anywhere else I have been. For example, listening to the radio, I thought that the news was an ad, and that there would be laughter afterwards, like on a comedy show.
Regional words I so far know of are:
For a piece of potato which has been battered, fried and salted - Potato Cake in Victoria and Tasmania; Potato Scallop in New South Wales and Queensland; and Potato Fritter in South Australia and Western Australia.
For a bathing suit - Bathers in Victoria; Cossie in New South Wales; and Togs in Queensland.
Sandwich Meat - Strassburg, shortened to Stras, in Victoria; Devon elsewhere.
If anybody else has heard any other differences to the Australian accent, or any regional words, I would like to know!