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How much regional diversity of accents is there in Australia? (self.ama)

submitted 1 year ago by Balthazar to c/[email protected]

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I've always considered the Australian accent to be fairly homogeneous across regions, but certainly there isn't the extreme diversity that the UK and America have. How much diversity is there, and what are the various characteristics? How long would it take you to tell a Cockroach from a Cane Toad when you meet him in the street?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You can spot a WAssie by how they pronounce words ending in L sounds.

It disappears. There’s still a vowel sound but it’s more like a soft W. Mi’w’k instead of milk.

No idea why, but when I moved to the east coast people thought I was Irish. So maybe there is a bit of an accent, from the north at least.