2006-08-02 16:06:43 · 7 answers · asked by video_girl_ai2003 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
It's very difficult to explain without a demonstration... A Standard British dialect is spoken with very round, clear, clean vowels, and the speech is physically focused at the front of the month, directly behind the teeth.
An Australian dialect is focused towards the back of the mouth, giving it a slightly "gutteral" sound. The vowels are very drawn out, and alternate between being very tall-sounding and being very flat and nasal-y.
Told you it was hard to explain...
2006-08-04 12:00:04 · answer #1 · answered by Julie B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Like most countries there is significant variation in the accent within the country. In Australia the laconic north queensland drawl is quite distinct (perhaps as much as the texan drawl is for other americans).
In Britain there are so many accents, most of them unintelligible to those who have not deleoped the 'ear' for it. When I lived there my biggest bugbear was that most UK call centres were in scotland and if you ever called any custoemr service centre, you couldn't understand a word!!
2006-08-02 16:50:35 · answer #2 · answered by aap36rob 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's funny Cecil, but maybe you're right. I notice Aussies speak more a cockney sound without the proper "H"s like "'ow ya dow'ng, mate?" They may be a bit more loose comin' from down south in the mouth!
2006-08-02 16:16:04 · answer #3 · answered by Cordelia 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Aussie is just lazy english, but not to the point of american english.
2006-08-02 16:11:14 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why not ask something easy like new zealand fush and chups?
2006-08-02 16:15:01 · answer #5 · answered by ByeBuyamericanPi 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
flipping the toungue a lil differently bout this much >___<
2006-08-02 16:10:54 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Aussies say "here" whereas Brits say "here."
2006-08-02 16:11:27 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋