Australian English

That's a Knife! Crocodile Dundee

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great diphthongs!

Posted by Kara Becker on November 3, 2021

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Australian English

My Life is Murder Cat Interview

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Australian newscaster interviews people involved in making the Australian TV show "My Life is Murder" about the cat they work with on set.

Posted by Gwen Tait on October 31, 2021

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Australian English

Dialect Coach: Australia vs. New Zealand

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Use the KIT vowel in the phrase Fish and Chips!

Posted by Kara Becker on September 24, 2021

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Australian English;
New Zealand English

Australian English

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Looking at the different Australian accent varieties. Also shows some popular language myths about why the Australian accent sounds the way it does, and shows a bunch of people pronouncing the same line.

Posted by Miles Baker on November 7, 2017

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Australian English;
Variation;
Accent

Philippine English vs. Australian English

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"Philippine English vs. Australian English" is a funny YouTube video by a Filipino husband and his Australian wife illustrating the differences between the two different dialects of English. By comparing different words and terms between the two dialects, the differences are sometimes profound, incomprehensible, and often very funny!

G'day mate: 'Lazy' Australian accent caused by "alcoholic slur' of heavy-drinking early settlers

A newspaper article reporting on an opinion piece written by a communications professor at Melbourne's Victoria University suggesting that the Australian accent resulted from the slurring of speech of early (drunk) settlers. [Published on 10-27-2015]

Posted by Kara Becker on November 2, 2015

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Ideology;
Australian English;
Stigma

Australian Youth Representative 2013

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An example of a young speaker of Australian English that might be considered "general," (on a continuum from broad - general - cultivated)

Posted by Kara Becker on November 11, 2014

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Australian English;
Youth

Australian Zoo Tour with Steve Irwin

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Steve Irwin's Australian English is considered "broad."

Posted by Kara Becker on November 11, 2014

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Australian English;
Socioeconomic Status

Why do rappers have fake accents?

An interview with David Crystal on the speaking and rapping of Iggy Azalea, a white Australian woman who adopts AAE features in her hip hop style.

Posted by Kara Becker on September 29, 2014

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Australian English;
African American Language;
Hip Hop

Commercial: Kiwi and Aussie kids

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A 2008 Mitre 10 commercial with two Kiwi kids (one Maori, one Pakeha) and one Aussie kid talking about home improvement.