The 20 Australian English Vowels | Learn Australian English | Aussie Pronunciation

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[@jasonreyarana4034]

I'm very interested in Australian's 'O'. I really can not explain but it's different from the other accents and I find it cool.

[@-wil2013]

Hello. It's similar to the British "oh".

[@harmonyfuntime1082]

@@-wil2013 not really, o in British is pronounced ‘oh/ow’ but Australian pronouns it as ‘or’ almost like in the word oreo

[@-wil2013]

@@harmonyfuntime1082 British accent, the “oh” sound starts by the schwa, then rounded at the end.

[@Bc232klm]

That's literally why I came to this video! I was trying an Aussie accent and could not get the Os down at all!

[@jordanp.s.2259]

If you’re American, try putting your mouth in the position you’d put it in to say “ew” and then say “ah, oo” smooshed together. But you have to keep your tongue in the spot you’d put it for “ew”.

[@davidanderson5310]

3:12 #16 is the vowel that (as a Canadian) is the most wonderful and mysterious to me. I just can't get my mouth (or my brain) around those sounds!

[@craigallyn]

There's the beginning of an "r" sound at the very end of it. Very challenging!

[@daphni1048]

I know right? I sound stupid when I try to say ot

[@AeroCraftAviation]

@@craigallyn But not a rhodic r. It is the lips approaching a sound between "üüü" and "eee" , while the tongue lightly touches the upper teach on either side, in a position similar to the Chinese "r' or "jzjz" sound, as in "rén" or "ran hào na".

[@-wil2013]

Yes, it’s also my favourite vowel in British and Australian accent

[@kayge3272]

Same!!!

[@adairjoseartes3645]

I love to learn pronunciation with phonetic symbols. I know the ones that refer to American and British English. The Australian phonetics is new for me. Thanks for sharing it!

[@pronounceaussieenglish4704]

Adair, you may have learnt the old IPA symbols Mitchell-Delbridge do these look familiar? clas.mq.edu.au/speech/phonetics/transcription/phonemic_transcription/phonemic_transcription_md.html I was taught these at uni too but more recently the Harrison-Cox symbols (in this video) are now used as they more closely represent the sounds of English 👍

[@ahmadhasan8355]

@@pronounceaussieenglish4704 Thanks a ton for the link.

[@walterlv01]

Very informative - it is funny how an Oz accent sounds so different yet it really all just comes down to vowel pronunciation for the most part. There is some slang and the like but mostly it's the way vowels are pronounced.

[@davidwh2653]

that's what all accents are lol

[@isabellewarren535]

@@davidwh2653 the Kiwi / NZ vowels be wildin

[@TheInsignificant]

This is just so awesome. But each sound is worth making a separate video on each. It's a bit too fast for me to catch it in all its glory in one go. Please do make separate videos with more repeats of each sound. Any day, just watching you is just so soothing, you have such a bright appearance. Keep up the good work and looking forward to all the videos you make on politics etc , a wealth of info , history , language to learn.

[@brandomichaelson4094]

Fabulous. Thanks for the upload. Even with training, that #16 is a bit tricky. It's also my favorite.

[@luzdalin1299]

thanks a lot mate! I've been 40 years in Oz and my children tell me I still keep my Peruvian accent, so I decided to follow you to get that lovely Aussie accent

[@federicorizzi3739]

legend Pete !!!!! lot of love from an Italian linguistic student

[@shinhyelee6503]

Thank you so much for this quality video. I will practice again and again!

[@daniel_8181]

I may need to repeat this forever! :)

[@shekibaalizadah1837]

I' would like to learn the accent Australian English language. since that time I found you're channel I'm so excited to learn more .be success.

[@felipeantunes3635]

That's incredible useful. Thank you so much!

[@gameaddict3671]

Oh i sound a lot more australian than i thought im from finland so these are some easier than normal english

[@Lexiiah]

uh , u might have mistaken ur grammar..

[@gameaddict3671]

I don't even remember what that means i mean what the comment means

[@argyrendehringterimksaccu174]

@@gameaddict3671 danish be like: -by langfocus or Nativlang for got which one

[@papi_dummy]

hahahahahah I'm watching this to learn the ʉ vowel which is in finnish swedish, which I want to learn

[@kaizeebobis7938]

I work in a call center for Australia and this is a good practice video

[@cloudssoup7024]

Hi! I would have loved to see this on an IPA vowel chart! There are so many variations on the internet I was having trouble matching your pronunciations to the exact points on the chart

[@zulkiflijamil4033]

The hot sun is above our head. Hello Pete, your channel is valuable and useful. Among the words from this particular lesson I like pronouncing and keep trying are towel and now. Yes Bravo, mate. 🏆🥇🏆🥇🏆🥇🏆🥇🏆🥇⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐🇦🇺

[@ranidu_lakshan]

Love the videos dude thanks😇😇😇

[@JNinthemix]

this really helps a lot!

[@maeine1]

Thank you for Awesome Video.! so Helpful to learn Aussie English!!

[@mmg6197]

Thanks

[@MarceloLaraM]

Very useful thank you

[@hopeisontheway3458]

Hey Pete. I've noticed that when translating the word using the vowel your representing, it appears to finish using the MD symbolic transcription and it can be confusing. This is particularly noted in the video that you do to complete the words with the consonants and vowel sounds. Could I suggest perhaps that you do another video as well using the Harrington/Cox/Evans transcription and explain the difference? As I'm studying to become a speechy it would be great to see a vid with these transcriptions as well. That would be helpful.

[@AussieEnglishPodcast]

Hey mate, I thought the ones I've used were the HCE versions. I got them from here - australianlinguistics.com/speech-sounds/vowels-au-english/ Let me know if I've made a mistake somewhere at a specific time and I'll check it. I'd love to do a video like that in the future but will have to definitely become more familiar with linguistics before I dive in haha

[@jennifergerminianicardozo666]

I'm grateful for your class. Your class are amazing! Where can I look up a australian phoneme of a specific word?

[@davidesdaile4546]

An excellent resource. My migrant English class crack up when they hear there are 20 vowels. It's good to have a model on the cultivated side of general because I'm on the broad side. Thanks mate.

[@silvanaakel6862]

Excellent!! Thanks for sharing

[@noirberries]

hii would it be possible to explain the lips, teeth, tongue position of these vowels? I can pronounce them in American accent, but i don't know what you do to make them just slightly different sounding

[@andrewjgrimm]

This video is fantastic!

[@2007excalibur2007]

3:24 for BOIII

[@louie.dances]

U did so good!!!

[@docholl93]

Lmao phonology & phonetics geek here XD I remember in one of your videos you said you perceived yourself as a more Cultivated Australian English-like speaker. Well I analysed your vowels withe Praat and well, you are an interesting mixture of Cultivated and General, yet I would say you are more on the General side XD (also glad to see someone uses HCE instead of MD).

[@docholl93]

I'm just into it XD hummm..... /e/ resulted quite close to [ɛ], so kinda lower, just like /ɔ/ which is somewhat closer to [ɒ]. Your /æɪ/ is noticeably closer to [ɛɪ], I mean... many Australian speaker have a way stronger "g'die mite" inflection XD... same for /ɑe/, the first element doesn't is not articulated so way back into the mouth, and your /eː/ is definitely a full diphthong [eǝ] while speakers on the General/General-Broad side tend to produce it as a full monophthong together with /ɪǝ/ as [ɪː]. Still, all the other vowels sounds very General Australian, like /ɜː/ and /æ/ would be waaay lower for a Cultivated Australian English speaker (you also have a common feature typical of Australian English, meaning the mad-lad split: your /æ/in "mad" is long [æː]). And are you from Adelaide?

[@docholl93]

I was asking because your /ǝʉ/ had some Adelaide-like features XD

[@pronounceaussieenglish4704]

I have not seen the Praat and Well ax, although never looked for a tool for this purpose! would be interested for you to analyse my accent! (I reckon general)) I have a few videos up (no pressure though just curious!)

[@deadgavin4218]

his u vowel doesnt sound central or front to me, its supposed to be nearly halfway between y and ü, is he not speaking in that kimd of accent or am i just not hearing it?(its hard to think so when its supposed to be so front though) if he isnt where can i hear that kind of austrelian u?

[@aliona.lubimova]

Awesome, thank you!

[@ynaffit95]

Omg really useful. Thank you 😊

[@gaylebentley758]

If you are an Aussie then you did perfect… If you are not then you did amazing!!

[@Tonnesoflostthoughts]

Hi! Can you do a comparison betwee Aussie English and British Received Pronunciation?

[@nKLsblahvlahblah]

If I get a beard like yours, will my pronunciation improve? :)

[@nKLsblahvlahblah]

Today I shaved, so my accent is now very latino, but I ain't got mustache, tho.

[@itsamario]

I got a dick bigger than him but whether my english is improving or not remains a question

[@qianpiscessay4728]

If it works, what can I do? I am a girl.

[@MarkEmperor]

Wit it help too if I shave my hair? 🤣

[@geoschwa]

For number 4, I don't think the vowel sound for mad and cat are the same, do you? If they were the same, mad would sound like the start of Madison, but it doesn't, does it?

[@marsu3840]

nice content i donated to your patreon.

[@juliamccoey7496]

Okay so I'm an Australian and I think there are two vowel sounds that he's got under one sound, that is 4. I think the 'a' in 'Mad' is different to the 'a' in 'Cat' or 'Clap'. There's a long one and a short one. 'Mad' has a longer 'a'. 'Cat' and 'Clap' have a shorter 'a'. For another example, 'Anne' has a long 'a', 'An' has a short a. Anne and An sound different to me; I say them differently. Same as can (can I do it?) and can (can of beans), the first has a short 'a', and the second has a longer 'a'. It's exactly the same sound, just drawn out a little longer in time. My inner metronome has an extra beat when I say or think the longer 'a'. For reference, I'm from Melbourne, inner East suburbs. Also fun fact, caught and court sound identical in Australian English, (number 8 in the video) even though they're quite different in US or Irish etc. Another fun fact, 18 and 19 are the same as each other in New Zealand English. They say Bear and Beer the same, and fair and fear. In Australian English, they're different.

[@Almahra94]

LEGEND THANK YOU

[@matthewdavies7711]

The understanding of these seem to be mainly for use related to Hansard; the merits for theatre are clear. Giving a written account rather than primarily verbal detailing.

[@nedhamadache9470]

You are the best!!!!

[@AussieEnglishPodcast]

:D cheers, Ned! Hope you liked the video!

[@pssilva3973]

(2:14) /ʉ/? What vowel is it? Is it a king of German vowel? Such as /ü/?

[@orestes1984]

These are phonetic scripts they're not actually English letters.

[@ashtarbalynestjar8000]

It’s halfway between the German "u" and "ü" vowels

[@pssilva3973]

@@ashtarbalynestjar8000 Thanx ( = thanks) for commenting. I checked it on a Phonemic Chart.

[@Skuffy777]

Nice videos. I find the vowel sounds easy enough - I'm from London - but I don't always know when I read words like 'bath' or 'France', whether it has a short 'a' or a long one. As you probably know, English accents vary a lot and being from London and the south east, I'd use a long 'a' in those words whereas people from the North of England would use a short one as in 'hat'.

[@jacobfischer3016]

I know its late but I think the general rule for the long vs short ‘a’ sounds in the aussie accent is this: if the a is followed by the letters m or n, it makes sort of an ‘air’ sound (silent r). words like: stand or command. If the a is followed by the letters s, th or f, it makes a long ‘ah’ sound. words like: ask, bath or shaft. And if the a is followed by any other letter it makes a short ‘a’ sound. words like: act, apple, add. There are some exceptions, e.g. the words ‘has’ and ‘sass’ use the short ‘a’ sound instead of the long ‘ah’ sound.

[@Skuffy777]

@@jacobfischer3016 Very interesting. Thank you!

[@juliamccoey7496]

@@Skuffy777 I know this is old, but also, some Australian states do it differently. In South Australia (the state), they say dance and grant with a long sound, rhyming with mark. in Victoria, we say dance and grant with a short sound rhyming with stand.

[@llddau]

​​@@jacobfischer3016 stand and command each have a totally different sound to their "a" though. Generally there are no or almost no rules like the ones youve described.

[@jacobfischer3016]

@@llddau where abouts are you from? Like someone just mentioned if you’re from South Australia then the rules are a bit different. But for where I’m from and for the majority of Australian accents, those rules apply.

[@edwardsanchez5350]

Brilliant!

[@grandslapper]

I'm interested in number 14. There's a tendency to pronounce "I" like "oi". It sounds like a Dublin thing, and it's also common in Northeast USA (NJ, NY, Massachusetts). What's that thing called?

[@MissyFaye]

what about the o in hole role?

[@MissyFaye]

it always confuses me when there's an L after the O sound

[@-wil2013]

It's the same as in American English.

[@christinavalverde2844]

So, I used to lived in Aus for a bit for over 5 years and could never get it down pat the Aussie accent. But, of course, to Americans, I don't fully have an American accent anymore. Anywho, your videos have been the most informative I've ever seen. I was recently there earlier this year for 2 months in Geelong and Melbourne, but I still couldn't do the word "no." Do you have a video that shows exactly how to pronounce it? Ta!

[@Fredarman]

Hey that's awesome mate! Cheers!

[@sanjayghatani2842]

Great video.

[@TheMrjurandirjunior]

Amazing!

[@devintheguru]

This was really nice and thorough, and was paced at a good speed. I love videos like this, but as a linguistic nerd, there are quite a number of mistakes in this video, so I'd encourage people to focus more on the pronunciation than the phonetic representation, so they don't learn it incorrectly. There were some where your pronunciation didn't match the phonetic transcription at all, like for /e:/ in hair; you're pronouncing it as a diphthong /e:a./, and there were others where the phonetic transcription was not accurate, like cure should be /kjuɚ/, and newer should be /njuɚ/ because that's how you pronounced it, even though /nuɚ/ is also correct. I don't know where you got the phonetics for lie/hide/climb from, because the pronunciation is the same as American and British English, and the phonetic transcription for that vowel is /aɪ/. Also, from an educational perspective, I think it's beneficial to straighten out your accent and keep it consistent so that people don't sound like they just picked up how to say things from watching movies. If you're gonna be general, stay general, or if you're gonna go general with a cultivated lean, then everything should be general with a cultivated lean. I'm also looking at this from the perspective of an American learning the Australian accent. If I were completely new and fresh to the Aussie accent, I'd want to hear examples of just one accent to start with. Your accent shifted between slightly broad to somewhat cultivated, and your pronunciation also shifted drastically between the vowel by itself and the vowel within words in a couple cases. Overall though, this video covered a wide range of words, and did a great job in giving people exposure to all the different vowels, and will help them get a better grasp of Australian phonology in general with a cultivated flavor.

[@dua99919]

Working on an assignment, can you tell me some links with more accurate phonetic transcription of Australian accent. And differences between RP pronunciation and Australian pronunciation.

[@dua99919]

@devinsussexgravethevoicesmith

[@abigorton2422]

yes! Just what I was thinking - thank you - I'm a phonetics newbie so was a bit confused by his discrepancies.

[@devintheguru]

@@dua99919 oh, my bad. I didn't get a notification from KZbin about your reply. I know it's been a while already, but I'll reply anyhow. Wiktionary will sometimes have phonetics for Aussie pronunciation, though I would recommend that you try searching for an Australian dictionary. Those should have the phonetic transcription that's standard in Australia. I haven't looked for an Aussie dictionary yet, since I'm pretty familiar with the phonetics already, but for example, when I'm curious about a word for British pronunciation, I'll look at the Oxford online dictionary. There're probably some online resources for Australian phonetics or like an Australian version of Dictionary.com.

[@devintheguru]

@@abigorton2422 You're welcome! Linguistics is awesome, but there are just some things that you can't really capture with a phonetic transcription. There are new additions, like R-colored vowels, which the broad accent does for O's and U's, however a transcription can't tell you how it actually sounds, since there are various degrees of R-coloring. I heard a variety when I was learning German, some have a clean /ö/ sound, and other times it has a distinct R coloring. While transcriptions are helpful in capturing the pronunciation, I recommend developing your hearing acuity, and you can also make notes using your own style of transcription. I've made various systems of accent marks to help me think about differences in the spelling of a word and the actual phonetics when spoken.

[@PretzelWA]

My friend says I'm saying Closet wrong. Apparently I say it Claws-Et and she says its like Cl-oz-it. Any help would be appreciated on understanding the pronunciation :) I assume my way is maybe american and hers australia but I can't seem to tell the difference or understand how to make the movements with my mouth to say it

[@buddhabasyal9624]

thanks sir

[@Ecryn5211]

How do you pronounce years in this accent?

[@FanetikStudio]

Hi friends, hi Aussie English, please where could we find a free Australian English dictionary with its phonetic key? Thank you so much, greetings from Ecuador.

[@YouVsTheSea]

It would be great if you could explain how to produce some sounds like the one in ‘boat’ I think that’s a really Aussie sound, you can tell someone is Australian just by the way they pronounce ‘no’ lol

[@-wil2013]

Hello. It's close to the "euil" in French.

[@carrieli302]

Hi Pete, how to pronunciation ʉː and əʉ?

[@phuongdungpham7259]

Thanks Aussie English. 😍😍😍

[@sakshisrivastava2203]

Can u make some Australian English accent speech video please ...

[@teacheralemelo]

Wohooooooooooooooooooooooooo excellent , marvellous :)

[@johnschatz946]

That was fun

[@bbbrich3787]

Hello this video is so helpful, thank u ! I wonder how to pronounce ‘aw’ Law caw Are these belong to broad Coat these type of sounds ? As Japanese, oh sound and Those I mentioned above are very confusing. I’ve been living in Perth for 2-3yrs, no one says hair as in hair. They say he-eh. Same thing care as in k-eh. Where sounds like whe-eh

[@Mellyouttaphase]

Aaaaand thank you. I have a test on phonetics on Monday and because I am Aussie I find it so confusing 😂

[@strez011]

I still have issues with my vowel sounds, sounding a bit American Iv been told it's the a sound any tips lived here 17 yrs lol

[@douglasmarinho3653]

Me too

[@pabitrakhadka1099]

@@douglasmarinho3653 me 14

[@johnschatz946]

I would love to speak English with a cultivated Australian accent . Can you help?

[@prim16]

Sorry, a correction, you pronounced /e/ as /ɛ/. For example, your transcription of head was /hed/, which would imply that head is pronounced as "hayed". It should have been /hɛd/

[@sabtechnology3924]

Sir you are awesome

[@daphnenugent1615]

I've noticed that many australians pronounce words like "book", "cook", etc where the vowel pronunciation is closer to the 'oo' sound in "boot". Likewise, they pronounce "lid" and "kid", etc. more like "leed" and "keed". But I haven't seen a reference to this in any youtube video about aussie accents. Can you comment on this?

[@erichamilton3373]

I agree...I would argue that vowel #2 doesn't really exist in Australian as it's just a short version of vowel #1...so "it" has the same vowel as "eat" just shorter, so not actually a different vowel. In American English the teo are clearly different vowels not just distinguished by length. In fact both can be long or short. Notice "pig" vs "pick" in AmE...one long and one short but the same vowel.

[@호이-c8k]

1:13 1:13 1:21 1:21 1:57 1:57 2:05 2:05

[@ChristopherGalpin]

You pronounce the a in mad differently from the one in cat and clap. It's not only longer, it's closer to /ɛ:/. Also, you write vowel 19 as a long monophthong /e:/, but pronounce it as a diphtong /eə/.

[@uckien838]

Hey, I feel that many of the Australian vowels are at the same as German vowels. Do you feel it?

[@James-gv8dr]

I was great if you could pronounce them in groups. most of them heard similar to me

[@andersonlee404]

wjats the difference between 9 and 10, foot and boot ??

[@madmaster8304]

Nine is a closed-back vowel and ten is a mid-closed vowel. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Australian_English_vowel_chart.svg

[@fatimaabdullaitf8323]

this is fun

[@Travelcraz]

great knwlge.

[@penguinmaster7]

this is gonna work wonders for my gummigoo impression

[@c4melbo0m44]

me: speaking normally with my own accent friends: 3:23

[@abbeybevan1293]

How is the Australian English word bed pronounced

[@pronounceaussieenglish4704]

Abbey Bevan you pronounce bed with a short vowel sound as in ‘egg’

[@gfx2006]

Do Australians pronounce words like "chance", "dance" and "answer" more like the Americans instead of the Brits? i.e. ch-ans vs ch-ahns, d-ans vs d-ahns, and an-ser vs ahn-ser. I find it interesting because you guys do say "can't" and "aunt" more the British way. It's a bit confusing as there doesn't seem to be a consistent pattern...

[@marshamailander3227]

gfx2006 American

[@elizabell-white7127]

it depends where you are. In adelaide it's more likely you'll here ahnser, chahns, dahns, plahnt etc. compare to regional places or other states. I'm from Melbourne and most people here will say anser, chans, dans, plant, although we tend to say cahsl (castle) not casl. Interestingly there is a city in Victoria called castlemaine. People from NSW will call it cahsl-main, while people from vic will call it casle-main (with a short ae). This is despite Victorians saying cahstle for the noun.

[@orestes1984]

It depends. South Australia uses a British pronunciation. All other states use an American style pronunciation. You can tell a person is from South Australia almost instantly because of this.

[@orestes1984]

There is really only three types of Australian accents: Broad... Think of Steve Irwin although not that excessive. This is like the equivalent of a "southern drawl" and generally the type of accent associated with people from the countryside/bush (whatever you want to call it). The general accent... Kind of comparative to the American "broadcast" quality accent... This is the accent that the majority of Australians speak with and the one this guy in this demonstration is using. In the same sense that the "broadcast" accent is the main accent Americans speak in. Then there is the cultivated accent... Think of someone who has been to a finishing school, or Cate Blanchet. This is the proper "formal" Australian accent that used to be used to sound "proper" for broadcast/radio. Not many people speak it and its slowly dying out. It sounds more like a British accent. Some words in the South Australian accent use the cultivated pronunciation such as your examples... Chance, plant, dance... They all use the cultivated Australian a sound... which is more of an Ahhrr than an an American A.

[@diezdarbo5633]

Aussies are Americanised Brits

[@Ozsvensk]

Just a small correction. “Mad” has a long vowel: /mæ:d/

[@AussieEnglishPodcast]

Well spotted. Going to do a video on this in future as I think it's not included in most IPA transcriptions in English let alone Australian English.

[@elbuensamaritano4050]

Fuck yeah I'mma practice erryday thanks heaps brotherboy

[@douglasmarinho3653]

The most difficult is definitely the "o" sound 😢

[@BEBESSSSSS]

nice = noice

[@tajmartin-simpson3780]

I like the idea of this video, but I wonder what phonemics youre using. Doesn't look like IPA.

[@ahabrawgaming1289]

Auatralians also pronounce E as "ey" like they don't say "Veegan" but "Veygan"

[@redchook5050]

I think that 13 and 14 are actually diphthongs. Like "tiger", "taiga" (both of which sound identical. "Tigers live in the Siberian Taiga." Also I suspect your pronunciation of "tour" is a bit Adelaide-ish. I have always heard it sound more like (but not identical to) "tore".

[@elizabell-white7127]

i live in melbourne and most people here would say too-ah. tore sounds very british and odd to my ears, but i havent heard anyone from adelaide say it so i'm not sure about them

[@musicAdelaide]

I'm from Adelaide and think we say "tour" like Melbournites - too-ah, as you said. I'm curious about the slight difference between "tour" and the other two words mentioned for #20 "newer" and "cure"... to me they have a sort of y inflection like nyoo-ah, kyoo-ah, but I'd never say tour like tyoo-ah (it sounds like a character from that 12th man cricket comedy tape back in the 80s or 90s to my ears...) So shouldn't they have a slightly different IPA spelling to reflect this difference? I'm super new to this IPA thing and this is only my second video to get my head around it...

[@reryaa]

How come good and big sound different though

[@madmaster8304]

Because they are different words? If you're talking about the vowels, they have different ones. /gʊd/ good bɪg/ big

[@carreralcc]

Ta,mate.

[@paupau6485]

Thænk yio

[@schadenfreude000]

"Mad" doesn't rhyme with "cat". While cat has the vowel /AE/, mad has the vowel /AE:/ (the longer version). And you're missing the long form of "o". In most varieties of English, "got" and "God" rhyme, but not in Aussie English because for us "God" has a long vowel, which counts as a separate vowel.

[@Yotopioto]

Don't worry about it. The long /æ:/ and the short /æ/ are still part of the same phoneme, meaning they don't create differences in meaning. This means you can't count then as separate vowels. Same goes for the 'got'/'God'. The lengthening of the /æ/ before /d/ is a phonological effect, not a phonemic one, similar to how we tap the /t/ in 'water'. You wouldn't call the tapped /t/ a separate consonant, because we still perceive it as part of the phoneme /t/ or /d/, and sinilarly we wouldn't call that lengthened /æ/ a separate vowel, because it is part of the same vowel phoneme as /æ/. We still have 20 vowels, or more accurately 20 vowel PHONEMES.

[@pronounceaussieenglish4704]

Yotopioto exactly!

[@skyworm8006]

@@Yotopioto Old post sorry but this (maybe) isn't true. Minimal pairs just means that the sounds are very clearly distinct if they're not homophones. I don't know that much about linguistics but as far as I understand it minimal pairs are not the sole, absolute factor in deciding all phonemes. What defines them is the speaker's distinction, minimal pairs just happens to make that fairly obvious and easy to verify empirically. It doesn't mean if no minimal pairs exist then the sounds are not distinct. If you're Australian, try listening to an RP or whatever speaker say a word that has /æ:/ in AusEng. They will say it with /æ/ and that's how you will hear it as clear as you hear words that use /æ/ in AusEng, very much distinguished from /æ:/ and quite jarring. I don't think this applies to your other examples though, which are agreeably not phonemes. That said when you start doing this you might make the notion of phonemes a bit useless in their unverifiability. [kʰ] and [k] are said to not be different phonemes but if you teach a speaker about them they can recognise them as distinct. However in lacking minimal pairs they may not be able to say them at will, at least not without significant training (best done through learning a language where they are distinct). I just tried saying kit with [k] rather than [kʰ] and I couldn't do it, but I can recognise them as distinct somewhat consistently (I could not before). It's like how Japanese can sometimes recognise /r/ and /l/ distinctly in English due to all the English they're exposed to through media but can't consistently (or at all) say them without really becoming fluent in the language (and many that moreorless are still can't do it 100%). They have to remember when to use /l/ or /r/ for each word without naturally knowing and being able to say them entirely at will. Eventually it may click with a lot of practice. As far as I know /æ/ and /æ:/ do not have minimal pairs in my speech (though they may in others), yet I can recognise and say them very distinctly without training. To the point where it's even a marker of other accents. As I believe almost all if not all Australians can.

[@まぐろツナ缶-i4g]

I wonder how Aussi accent and Kiwi accent are different...

[@golra03]

hi

[@destiny6112]

Me vuelvo locaaaaaaaa

[@yoflo3002]

I've been living in WA for a little bit over 10 years now and people still tell me I have an accent. Think I'll fork out $97 for your course. Ouch!

[@yoflo3002]

@@AussieEnglishPodcast I appreciate it, $97 is a bit of a sting but I guess you have a family to support. Have a good one!

[@brunogasparsc]

Wow, "bird" and "coke" vowels pronunciation are so different from american English!

[@brunogasparsc]

I'm brazilian actually. I've been learning English watching Friends, then I realized I'll have to relearn English watching Tim Minchin videos. :-)

[@tonyliu4670]

They basically sound the same with British Vowels. Am i right?

[@juliamccoey7496]

Wait, where is the oo in cool, pool etc? It's not number 9. because that would be pull. And it's not 10 unless you're from Woop Woop. Like, it's not pronounced 'puel' like in blue unless your name is Beryl.

[@zardlucky8557]

Australian read /ei/ as /ai/ trust me :)

[@JohnHallett5846isaPrick]

Explain why none of them can pronounce Hostel