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Australian English (AuE) is a non-rhotic variety of English spoken by most native-born Australians. Phonologically, it is one of the most regionally homogeneous language varieties in the world. Australian English is notable for vowel length contrasts which are absent from many English dialects.
Examples of people with this accent include Steve Irwin, Paul Hogan and former prime ministers Julia Gillard, [4] [5] Bob Hawke and John Howard. [6] In Australia, this dialect is sometimes called Strine /ˈstɹɑɪn/ (or "Strayan" /ˈstɹæɪən/, a shortening of the word Australian), and a speaker of the dialect may be referred to as an Ocker. [7]
Australian English is uniformly non-rhotic; that is, the /ɹ/ sound does not appear at the end of a syllable or immediately before a consonant. [8] As with many non-rhotic dialects, linking /ɹ/ can occur when a word that has a final r in the spelling comes before another word that starts with a vowel.
The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) can be used to represent sound correspondences among various accents and dialects of the English language. These charts give a diaphoneme for each sound, followed by its realization in different dialects. The symbols for the diaphonemes are given in bold, followed by their most common phonetic values.
South Australian English is the variety of English spoken in the Australian state of South Australia. As with the other regional varieties within Australian English, these have distinctive vocabularies. To a lesser degree, there are also some differences in phonology (pronunciation).
Australians have a distinctive drawl that one communications expert has attributed, at least in part, to alcohol consumption. Dean Frenkel, a lecturer at Victoria University in Australia, recently ...
The International Dialects of English Archive (IDEA) is a free, online archive of primary-source dialect and accent recordings of the English language. The archive was founded by Paul Meier in 1998 at the University of Kansas and includes hundreds of recordings of English speakers throughout the world.
Carpenter, 24, attempted her best Australian accent during the closing moments of her performance at the Monday, February 26, Eras Tour show in Sydney. After performing a handful of songs ...