how do you tell the difference between a british and an australian accent?

Question

i asked this on the american page and got the lousiest of answers, so maybe you britons can help me out.

Answer 1

Australians can't talk to anyone without using the word 'tucker'' which means food, but they pronounce it as 'tecka'. They don't think that they pronounce it like that ....but they do. As with everyone else they talk about themselves a lot....so they say the word 'Australian' a lot....but it sounds like they are saying 'strine.' Basically the australians are talking out of one side of their mouth. The british have quite a few different accents but they would tend to say 'Australian' like 'Horse-tray-lee-yun.'

Answer 2

i'm British, and in my adventure even with the reality that many Australians do sound especially Australian.There are some which i wager ought to come from a particular portion of Australia, who do sound merely about British, their Australian accent; in reality truly shows at the same time as they pronounce particular words. If i have been to take heed to them communicate, i does no longer keep in mind that they were Australian for confident, really than British; in the experience that they did not say a lot. or maybe an outstanding Australian accent, is a lot in direction of a British accent than an American one. Its comprehensible why some American human beings cant differentiate between both, interior an analogous way that maximum British human beings; cant truly tell the adaptation between American and Canadian accents.

Answer 3

Strictly speaking there is no such thing as british accent as such. BUT we have dialects and regional differences. Well-to-do people speak with what we call a 'posh' ( sometimes known as 'la-de-da') accent which comes from the old colonial shipping lines where the upper class passengers choice was (port out, starboard home). which meant they had the best views going out and the best views coming home. get it? P.O.S.H! This accent is usually associated with the cream of society and the top people who have been educated at the very best schools and colleges money can buy. However, there is at the moment and for some years now a general dumbing down of this type of accent. Other reginal accents ie 'the typical inner london accent' is course in structure with vowel sounds incorrectly pronounced and the ends of words 'clipped'. The London east-end accent is an abomination of english and is looked down on by well educated people who speak 'properly' The Birmingham accent has a kind of singsong note with a funny nasal tone. Then you get the broad scottish accent which is more like foreign language to southerners who find it difficult to understand. There are umpteen regional accents numbering in hundreds, all of which are fascinating to listen to. If you listen to BBC world service, all the presenters on this, speak with a standard british accent which is how it should be spoken if you are a purist.
The Austrailian accent is difficult to describe but no person in the U.K. speaks like an 'ausie' This accent is easy to 'take off ' and I can do an almost perfect rendition of it. The accent has a more lively tone to it and has a kind of happy note with a touch of sarcasm in it. Definitely very different to any U.K.dialect or accent. If you are american why dont you come over here and have a listen. Then take a trip down under.....(ok cobber?AUS)
(cor blimey mate! East end UK)

Answer 4

There is no mistaking the difference, I would say the Australian accent is very strong.
I can't believe the cheek of the guy who said "Come down to London, where The Queen"s proper English is spoken".
What people regard as "proper " varies from person to person. I think that comment was actually quite rude. I have been in England on a number of occasions and most of the time I couldn't make out a word that was being said. If this guy's English was so proper, you would have thought he would have at least written "Queen" with a capital letter. You're not as "proper" as you think sunshine!

Answer 5

There are some obvious differences in pronuciation. It's diificult to tell the difference between the words 'butter' and 'batter' when Aussies say them. So it is with most words that contain the vowel 'u'. Of course there are Brits who do that too.. The other vowel that will help decide is 'a' as in 'father' where Aussies make it sound like 'faather' ; again you'll find Brits who do that but not the 'u' sound as well.
There are lots of uniquely Australian words that you could use to identify the accent.

Answer 6

I'm an American, but I am also a professional actress who has had to perform these different accents (English of various classes and Aussie) in front of folks from both of those countries. I've also toured with folks from both countries. One of the biggest problems I've come across in making the differentiation is the 'short-a' sound (act, cat, that, etc.) The English have a slightly rounder sound and the Australasians a flatter one. There's also a difference in the rhythm of speech, but that's awfully hard to write down.

Answer 7

The UK has many accents, as do the Aussies. A basic difference is that Aussies tend to make every statement sound like a question. They go up at the end of the sentence.
I apologise to the people of Adelaide and Perth, who don't tend to do this.

Answer 8

one of the main differences is the ausralian rising inflection... at the end of a statement they will sometimes if not always use a rising tone this makes it sound like a question and can be confusing to non native english speakers...

e.g I go to university?... if said like a question is what a lot of aussies do

Answer 9

The Australian accent has a sort of twang to it that the british one doesnt

Answer 10

I've noticed that some Aussies use American vocabulary but British pronunciation.