Australian accent
Outback speech pattern
The distinctive way English is spoken in Australia, characterized by vowel shifts, rising intonation at the end of statements, and a relatively flat tonal quality.
The accent varies from broad to cultivated, with broader varieties featuring more pronounced features: Her Australian accent got thicker after a few drinks.
Often associated with informal speech patterns and distinctive slang.
- AussieInformal term for Australian
- twangSharp vibrating sound
- nasalOf the nose
- drawlUnhurried, elongated speech pattern
- outbackRemote interior wilderness
crikey · mate · no worries · too easy · fair dinkum · slang · Crocodile Dundee · flat · vowels · bogan · down under · koala · strewth · she'll be right · surf · beach · laid-back · informal
- accentsTexas drawl, Texas twang, intonation, twang, Cajun
Australian accentBritish accent
UK speech pattern
Queen's English · BBC English · Oxford English · New York accent · Canadian accent
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