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Here's my take on the REAL difference between Australian English versus British English!
Meet vloggers ‪@ThoseTwoBrits1‬ who are British but live in Australia!
In today's episode, I breakdown the differences in pronunciation between Australian English and British English.
For example, there is a difference when saying the R sound if it's at the end of a sentence versus saying the R sound before a vowel sound.
One thing that Joel and Lia says here is that Australian English pronunciation somehow comes between British English and American English.
I'm very skeptical of that one.
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[@ChasePhifer-hj3wl]

Concerning the -or and -ar ending pronunciations. 😋 m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/e36Uioybm7iggck&pp=ygUTTG93ZXIgZGVja3Mgc2Vuc29ycw%3D%3D

[@MyNipplesArePointy]

Yeeees thank you. I've commented before that learning what's different instead of just learning what's right is extremely helpful so thank you for doing this again.

[@auldfouter8661]

Joel I think grew up in Hampshire ( south coast of England ) Lia has Greek heritage but I'm not sure how far back - she grew up in the Midlands I think. The thing about Joel's accent though is that he's been to drama school AND does voiceovers professionally.

[@brontewcat]

That’s interesting- because his accent does seem to be quite neutral. I imagine drama school will do that.

[@NoirL.A.]

i'm yankee but i've traveled a fair bit in my time and the alveolar flap is actually found everywhere english is spoken. it may be more common in some countries / areas than others but it is fairly common i've even heard 'rp' speakers use it.

[@ihno2]

The uptalk thing reminded me of Frank Zappa's 'Valley Girl'.

[@AussieEnglishPodcast]

Haha

[@juanalberto9731]

OMG Pete I didn’t have the foggiest idea about what were the main sounds at the end of words spelled with -er, I always thought they both in the middle and the end of a sentence were pronounced with a shua, rather than with a /u/

[@AussieEnglishPodcast]

Hehe that's RP pronunciation, but in Aus it'll be the that 'a' vowel sound if they're at the end of a sentence.

[@ketdakat7427]

intervocalic alveolar flap -- welp that's a mouthful another awesome lesson, thank you!

[@AussieEnglishPodcast]

Hahaha yep. T-flap for the win

[@FionaEm]

I've always felt that our general Aussie accent is midway between Cockney and RP. I find this fascinating, given that ppl came here from all over the British Isles from 1788. I feel like we should have more of a lilt or the occasional rhotic r. And yes, Joel has a better fake Aussie accent than Lia. As for uptalking, I agree that Aussie women - especially young women - tend to do it more than men. I think it's because they're trying to appease/get along with ppl. Now that I'm in my 50s and less likely to give a toss about appeasing ppl, I reckon my uptalking has subsided!

[@AussieEnglishPodcast]

Hahaha so true. It is a 'younger' phenomenon I think. I actually spoke with a 30s-something African American woman yesterday and she was using uptalk like crazy. So, it's not just us!

[@investindoaolongoprazo8659]

Americans use it a lot, especially girls, sometimes it's a bit annoying but from my perspective I didn't notice it with aussie.

[@NoirL.A.]

@@AussieEnglishPodcast i'm american but i also speak spanish and some ppl. in that language use it too so it's not unique to english but for some reason more females than males.

[@jethro502]

the rising tone at the end of a sentence is easier to deal with than vocal fry... which is becoming common in Australia

[@alexlysakowski329]

Mate, I grew up in East London and Nairobi, I've been mistaken for an Aussie many times, I found understanding Aussies easier than say Northern English

[@Roifromfinland]

Hello, Pete, I hope you are doing well. I'm just commenting to ask something I'm interested in about High Rising Terminal (Australian Question Intonation). Is that a feature of a certain specific demographic group (at least in Australia, since I know this feature also exists in the States) ? Has it anything to do with sociocultural background/education or you can just randomly find it along Australia regardless of region or social class? Which group of people do you think features this characteristic the most? Great videos by the way. Regards.

[@lennymac5915]

I don't consider myself an English genius, but I've always said water, butter as do my adult children and I constantly correct my grandchildren. When did we stop pronouncing words incorrectly.

[@ej54321]

is there a history behind the shortening of words. i just noticed that they do that a lot.

[@rongpirson5250]

one of the biggest differences to my ears between standard british and standard australian is that british speakers have a "light l" where it sounds a bit higher in the mouth in some words, where as australians only have the "dark l"

[@TheManFromUNCLEIllya]

I think Aussie accents are different all around Australia. For example, Queenslanders sound heaps different to Sandgropers… to my ear. But then I’m an Aussie so I can hear subtle nuances.

[@krystalames1618]

I enjoyed this this was fun listening to the different Legos language 💛

[@MarkCisneros]

It dawned on me that learning a language is an endless process think about it there is always something new to learn, Even native English-speakers have new thinfs to learn, Think about it you'll never stop till you die, I myself in my native language learn new words Words I didn't know in my native language(Spanish) are Soslayar Safisma Mokita I learned them recently

[@jacelpobre]

I love Aussie English more than British English cos I’m married to an Australian😂 but yeah I’m in love with aussie english cos I live here too❤

[@properbritishenglish]

Haha nice video! British accents can be mad, especially if you are from the North of the UK like me haha

[@brontewcat]

I don’t think I pronounce water with a ‘d’ sound. I am pretty sure I say water with a t, but it’s fairly soft. when I am tired it is or not speaking clearly then I think almost it is almost a d sound.

[@bradsdrumcovers]

I have NEVER said, "bisso"! Would never even think of saying it!!

[@aletheia161]

Yes, closer to UK English. Not that long ago Australians even used rhyming slang.

[@kerrydoutch5104]

The rising intonation thing ...... isnt everyone everywhere. And is more pronounced in some places more than others. Most people I know just end their sentences or conversations "normally". I think we are sing songy and people from overseas have told me. And I luv luv luv our slang and shortened words. And no one I know says bizzo.

[@ceebee23]

as an older guy ... the rising intonation thing is relatively new .... it seems to have begun noticeably in the 1980s.

[@Appleoneworld-uc3ej]

Mate this is what i asked 2 months ago 😀❤pretty well pete well done👌👍❤

[@AussieEnglishPodcast]

Haha ask and you will receive.... eventually... :D

[@nathanjohnwade2289]

Similarities between Australian and UK English is more noticeable in the written form than the spoken form.

[@freeenglishgrammarproject5615]

You're great, mate.

[@AussieEnglishPodcast]

Thanks, mate!

[@zombieitezombieite1627]

The up-talk in American English is definitely mostly a Southern California young woman thing. And similarly to what you said about Aussies, Americans get sick of it, too!

[@AussieEnglishPodcast]

Yeah, it grates on the ears for sure. I just said in another comment above that I had a meeting with a woman yesterday from the US who was a 30s-something African American woman and she was doing uptalk like crazy. I should've asked if she was from the west coast.

[@davidhines68]

Aussie use the flapped 't' in one situation where we in the US do not. Americans and Aussies both use in numbers like 'thirty' and 'forty', but I've never heard an American use it in 'thirteen' or 'fourteen', whereas I have heard Aussies do this. Sounds almost like 'thir-deen', but not quite a 'd'.

[@afdanbima61]

Thanks

[@AussieEnglishPodcast]

Cheers, Afdan! Do you want more lessons like this?

[@inoz4946]

so useful. Ta

[@malcolmcurthoys5273]

Mate this channel has messed up my mind now when I'm listening to us Aussies speak I'm deciphering it..I was on news on 3different channels after stopping a woman stabbing a guy and listening to myself on the t.v. and online I'm like OMG Malcolm what have ya DONE LOL..have a good one mate all best 2022😀😎💯👍

[@jwc5004]

In my case, Aussie accent sounds clearer than American and British at first time in life. Because I couldn't catch and hear the conversation due to American 'r' sound. And British accent sounds like 'stiff tongue'. For this reason, I prefer Australian accent. Really Aussie accent is better than two accent I mentioned. 😊😊

[@dantemadden1533]

You Bloody Legend🤝🤙, good onya, cheers from Aus

[@erick_papi]

The challenge would be something like "Pase esta tarde al super a comprar unos camarones pa'la parrillada" 😆 Too easy, right?

[@okanakol4590]

16:19 😂😂

[@Avigail044]

LOL when you did the American accent, that is actually a southern accent, and you’d find that more in places like Texas, Louisiana, and the states near those. I’m in America in Colorado and we typically have a more relaxed “r”, but it can get confusing at times-no worries mate!😂😉

[@ajj1981]

Well done.very nice❤️❤️❤️👍👍👍💪💪💪

[@creativechik]

One of my classmates at school was Australian. She was pretty nasally with her talking.

[@MrDukey85]

In Britain you can literally travel 10 miles and they will have a differant accent

[@erick_papi]

Yeeeh, even in Mexico, kids (mainly shelias) tend to speak, rising the tone, while they're speaking, specially when over-petted by daddy!

[@erick_papi]

Yeh, in spanish!

[@billytoohey8887]

I think 'up speak' occurs most when the speaker is seeking approval.

[@auldfouter8661]

Funny that the strong Irish immigration to Australia doesn't seem to have left a mark in the dialect, eg rhoticity. I've seen claims that the Irish influenced the Jamaican accent and grammar. Also funny to hear Pete say He's not noticed much sing songiness in Australia - while sing songing like anything !

[@alexander070]

never heard of ingrish in australia lol

[@xyz-pf1yz]

American, Canadian, British, Australian. in terms of closeness between these variations of English.

[@AussieEnglishPodcast]

Yeah, it's an interesting debate.

[@flightsimdev9021]

Learned is more American, UK and Australia use, Learnt.

[@ultraredd]

Joel has a linguistics degree

[@julesmarwell8023]

English is AS SHE IS SPOKE

[@timmartindale75]

"Breddish Inglesh" is a term invented by Americans to legitimise their corruption of English. Nobody says, "French French" or "German German". There is standard English, then there are the dialects of English, like American English, New Zealand English, Australian English and so on.

[@SomeoneOnlyWeKnow.]

I'm British and I don't care who came up with the term but it's perfectly fine. English has spread all over the world, and as such it's useful to refer to the location even if it's the language's origin. Also I assume by _Standard English_ you mean British RP English? Because dialects of English are not only found in other countries but throughout Britain itself. British English is an umbrella for all those many dialects, refering to them all as _standard_ doesn't really make sense.

[@Np37470]

I don't think it sounds sing-songy. It's very different to Welsh

[@Boxttell11]

As a queenslander, i would argue your accent is a bit off too lol

[@mickgatz214]

Put anuther shrimp on the barbie 'mate'. 😂

[@Marvellous328]

I guess they took Aussie English from younger Australians, I’ve seen young people here using more American vocabularies and intonation, so maybe younger Australians have a stronger connection to North American English.

[@billytoohey8887]

She sounds more south west to me.

[@brontewcat]

I am glad I am not the only one who finds uptalking annoying. It also does seem to be women, particularly young women, who do it (speaking as a middle (muddled) age woman.

[@yasanthibagya4623]

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[@auldfouter8661]

Man that's a disappointing dialect map from a Scottish point of view. Despite showing such English variants as Mackem and Pitmatic , it completely ignores the Galloway Irish accent widespread in Wigtownshire, the distinctive Borders accent over in SE Scotland and the Doric one in NE Scotland.

[@conormurphy4089]

American English also comes from British English🤨

[@AussieEnglishPodcast]

Very true... Just less recently is what I meant, I guess.

[@lobos320]

I have read that the accent of American English comes from the 16th, 17th and 18th century accents from Britain. And the British accents have changed more so than American since then. So Americans sound more like the British from back then.

[@woof5082]

Pwrsonially i think they sounded more new zealand than aussie

[@peterbreis5407]

Joel speaks Received Gay. btw There is that strange 4th category of Australian accent which is "Australian Wog".

[@bensbrain]

Brother, I'm loving your channel. Your Aussie accent is impeccable, but your General American needs work! :) at 10:59 you commit the classic non-Rhotic blunder (when imitating Rhotics) of adding an R where none exists! "sawr" instead of "saw." I hope you've watched Geoff Lindsay's funny video about this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fp-oen6Xq8agodU . Here's my actual question: re: The long "o" sound in Aussie English. In your "simple tip" video, you say the word "Coma" using an "o" dipthong that, to me, sounds slightly more like oɪ̯ than ɘʊ. Other Aussies exaggerate this much more. To my American Ears, the average Aussie saying "home" sounds to me like "hoim." What's going on there?

[@Luci11.11]

Just want to say, I'm a British person, dating an Australian guy. This couple is talking out their ass. My guy doesn't sound like how they're saying Australians sound. Idk who they've been talking to but no Australian I've encountered or seen on KZbin sounds "sing songy" wtf

[@montsouthern]

We used to sound more british but unfortunately with so much American content on our TV, younger generations (millennial and Gen z) are sounding more and more American.

[@ehehehehe2815]

Not trynna be rood but as an Aussie the american accent is cringy imo hahaha

[@AussieEnglishPodcast]

You mean my piss poor attempt at the accent or the American accent in general? haha

[@santodiablo_pma]

Australia should change its flag. It is outdated

[@AussieEnglishPodcast]

To what?

[@santodiablo_pma]

@@AussieEnglishPodcast something that stands for Australia, as Canada did it many years ago

[@AussieEnglishPodcast]

60 years ago... Yes. I'm not sure it would make any difference or matter that much. I think what would be better is focussing on taking care of the various groups, education, etc. rather than worrying about the flag.