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Howdy chaps baby boomer gen American here. I have a pretty good ear for accents and dialects so I enjoy your videos immensely. Something that occurred to me while watching that might be helpful to other viewers is a bit of the history behind each accent. Using Australia as an example a little bit about original Australian settlers and where they were from. If that's clear as mud I'm sorry it's very late at night and not my sharpest time. You guys are knowledgeable and very entertaining keep up the great work.
Could you please teach me how to pronounce the letter "oe"? Like in soe much, moest nice or the sports moede is soe different than the driving moede!!! Pleeeeeease!!!!
Funny story from an American: I had an IT job and had to call the support center in the middle of the night (here) and was speaking to a man in Adelaide AU. I couldn't understand anything he said and had to ask him to repeat himself several times. So funny and awkward! I finally said "I know we are both speaking English but something is getting lost in the translation!" and we both laughed about it. Later in the early morning hours when I called back the offsite support had switched time zones so I got a man in London UK. I could understand him much better and told him about speaking with the Aussie and he said "yeah, I can't understand them either!" Best international calling I have ever done!
It was an HP call center and it was probably 25 years ago (or so) because no one has giant HP3000 computers anymore. The disk drives were the size of washing machines!
I'm Australian and I find it difficult to understand us at times. I always speak clearly as I'm used to dealing with foreigners. So my speaking is simple language in most conversation and I try my best not to mumble
I'm an Aussie mum, my step daughter is American she's 8 (just turned 8) she loves the accent 😂 she's starting to talking like an aussie so cute 😍 She adorable when she says "water" 😍😂 my hubby was laughing. I was teaching her how to abbreviate too so cute! She already writes "I love you mum" not with a "o"
Kirah West Whenever I try to do an Australian accent, people say I sound like a Kiwi. What's the difference? Hate to be ignorant but they both sound the same to me.
dunno lol You're not ignorant! We do sound very similar! It's so hard to describe the difference 😂 But we can definitely hear the difference. Try searching for a video that has a Kiwi and an Aussie having a conversation
This was a really interesting video. Just an interesting fact for the "shrimp on the Barbie" line. Australians never really use the word shrimp, we call them prawns. It's always puzzled me why that's become such a famous stereotype
In the 1980s the Paul Hogan tourism advertisements in the USA carried the line "put another shrimp on the barbie" because our American cousins did not know what a prawn was. No genuine aussie would ever say shrimp.
Sorry to interrupt u alls, im not an english speaker, not american, british also not even australian but i thought shrimps and prawns are slightly different types of sea creatures, not differed by accents is that right?
American here, when I visited Australia I could pretty much recognize the difference between the British and Australian accents once I got used to it. To me New Zealanders sounded pretty much the same as Aussies though, although Aussies can recognize the difference. Kind of like how an American can recognize a Canadian accent, but to a Brit or Aussie the difference might be to small to recognize.
Predator784 I'm an aussie and I can kinda pick out a Canadian accent, especially when I hear a Canadian say about, to me it sounds like abaoot. You are right, Kiwi's sound almost the same besides some little quirks that NZ'lders have with a couple vowels, kinda like i and e are switched around
It especially depends on the state's typical accent. Some are obviously different from a Canadian accent and others are indistinguishable. As a Canadian it's funny because I wonder what my accent must sound like to someone else, even though I feel like I am speaking "normally". :)
new Zealanders and aussies r completely different u never hear kiwi talk before thats why u get confused when u do u, kiwis have a short e sound when people hear them talk they think there aussie because the outside world is expecting aussie accent to be stereotypical Steve Irwin and kiwis kinda sound stereotypical Steve Irwin because its a thick kiwi accent that comes across as aussie but isnt
I'm such an accent snob who doesn't understand how people think Aussie accents are British :/ Also, as somebody who loves learning accents this was v educational. xx
I'm an Aussie living in London, currently learning a Southern English accent and I wish there were more of these videos. I've figured out most of these by watching general tutorials but this one would have been really useful to watch before I started. I don't know what it is but I've found very few non-Australians who can really nail an Aussie accent, generally people tend to go too nasally, we are a bit nasally but people overdo it. Or they emphasise the e's too much and end up sounding like a Kiwi. Yours are both good! You just sound a bit like you're from the country somewhere. When you were saying "Water" and "Butter" though, it was spot on!
And yeah we have an upwards inflection (how it was described to me) at the end of our sentences, going down at the end was a difficult one to get used to.
The western side of Australia, like Perth, sounds more British. While the eastern side of Australia, like Canberra, Sydney, and Melbourne, are more what people make out the Australian accent to be
Josh Kirkaldy I might add that South Australians in particular Adelaide sounds British. I know a few who when they go overseas are mistaken for British. Many Adelaidians tend to enunciate vowels in words.
I always know if someone is from the eastern states, especially NSW, if they say 'hear' and 'beer' like heeee and beeee (I don't know how else to write it because it sounds so wrong to me aha) as opposed to 'he-ya' and 'be-ya'. And people from Melbourne seem to pronounce their short 'e's with a little more 'a' in them, so they'll kind of say "Malbourne"
I'm from Tas and was mistaken for being British a lot in America. I also find Melbourne and Sydney accents different from each other. It's funny though because I find the Australian states accents a lot more similar to each other than different British accents despite the fact that Australians are a lot further away from each other than the British are from each other.
The strangest thing as an Australian is that when you unexpectedly encounter an Aussie accent it can take a few moments to figure it out! First your brain registers it as “not American”, then tries to push it into a British accent box and when it doesn’t fit there you realise... ohhhh this is what I sound like 😂🤦🏻♀️ I am studying linguists at uni now and really enjoying. I would love a video where Joel discusses his experience more!
This is for people that are not Australian: Hey buddy. Do you want to come to my house this afternoon for a barbecue? Don’t forget to get some Mac Donald’s from the service station
The High Rising Terminal (what you called "Australian rising intonation") is really only a characteristic of one of the three Australian accents. There are three general accents in Australia - "broad", "general" and "cultivated", and these vaguely correspond to rural/city areas and education level. The HRT is most associated with the "broad" accent, but even then it is regional, you are less likely to hear it in southern states like Victoria and Tasmania than you are in Queensland.
Guys this video is incredible!! Thank you for focusing on the tongue movements instead of just words so that it can be more easily translated for the rest of the language. Really good explanations!!
Beautifully enough..you truly nailed this ! Me as an Australian, I truly feel what you said about the elongating vowels, sing-songy like speaking, and final raised tone. I kind of receive the feedback or comment of being able to speak well publicly and I even care and train myself for that. I always care about three points kind of unintentionally as well. Take for example rain and reign..you can see why we say tougher (a's)..so we clearly differentiate between vowels. And it struck me to know about singing since I've played alot with myself singing sentences such as: I believe (
American here, I visited Australia and me and my Aussie friends were cooking out one day, I asked them if we could throw some shrimp on the barbie, they laughed and said the phrase was just a tourist gimmick. Likely it was made popular by Paul Hogan when he did those Australian vacation commercials back in the 1980's. But if you would like some nice king size prawns try Doyles on the other side of Sydney Harbor.
I'm Australian, and you have no idea how funny this sounds for me. Especially when I'm told I have a mild Australian accent, but some of my friends have such a strong one it's not funny XD
Hahaha same, when I was travelling around Europe my mate and I met a British girl and she had to get me to translate what my friend was saying because apparently her accent was too strong whereas mine is mild.
"Bizzo" is uncommon; sometimes used instead of "things" when you can't immediately think of a name of an object. Never heard it being used as short for "business".
Yeah like he said it’s like half American, half British. The American and British accents are the most different which is wierd because the British used to sound like Americans at one point
@@zaytime4156 um not now def not we americans now sound more frenchish and irish in a kind of way. but yes we did sound like british becuz most normal folk sounded like british and probs the aristocratic ones sounded more like irish and british like a mid atlantic accent. we changed our accent wen other euros showed up.
I'm here because of a British girl who has been coming to school in America for a while who is starting to sound Australian. It's actually kind of sad because she says she's trying to preserve her accent but it still is degrading.
Almost only foreigners watch Neighbours - I only know one Australian who does, everybody else is sick of it. Also, I've never heard "bizzo", but "beeswax" is slang for "business" if you're in the younger generation.
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Hi from Montpellier in France, For a foreigner, at the begining, it's particularly difficult to hear differencies between english and australian accents. And then, we note some little things... A few months agi, i didn't understand australian native speakers at all. Though, i unterstood perfectly well english RP. Nowadays, it's a little easier for me but not yet simple ! It's worse with american from south US. Don't give up ! Listen, listen and listen one more time ! 😊
Back in '87, I was in a youth hostel in the LA area, and that evening in the common room, there was a group of people, amazingly enough, from all of the English speaking countries except for Canada: USA, England, Ireland, Scotland, Australia, and New Zealand. I was amazed at how different the accents are.
I'm English but found it funny while I was in the United States on Holiday/Vacation I got confused for an Australian at least by four different people :D
Non Stop I went to Italy, France, Germany, and UK last year. No one could pick that I was Australian--they all thought I was a Londoner (except the Londoners themselves, they instantly knew I was Aussie) Although to be fair, I can't blame them because we were pushed to speak the Queen's English at school here and ignore Americanisms. My accent isn't very strong either (watched BBC and Monty Python on repeat as a kid)
OMG I just rewatched the "butter" part a couple times until I understood it myself, and this is an amazing explanation! I had to go through it a couple times but goodness you guys are so right!
If you like to watch some Australian shows to get an idea of our accent, I think "Please like me" is a good one. I think you guys are pretty spot on already. I love all your videos!
Great video and good job on the accent - coming from an Australian! I found it hilarious that you think the word "servo" sounds posh because to us, it's the very opposite :'D Also I've never heard anyone say "bizzo" before but Aussies do just make up their own abbreviations sometimes :) Well done!
I love hearing all of the accents of native English speakers. It really is such a beautiful diversity and shows the rich history and culture of the British people
Americans have a lot of different accents within our country. I feel the further north you go especially north east in New England you will find they have their own dialect and you can almost always tell when someone is from new England just the same as you can tell the difference between an Australian and someone from UK. But listen to someone from the Midwest and Canada it is hard to tell the difference. Then listen to someone from the southern states (leave out florida it is a different state when you think of southern USA) they have a deff accent. Texas has a version of English all its own. One thing when you think of America and English is that it is such a BIG country and the different regions could very well be several different countries and are as different as England and Australia. I am from Ohio and I have relatives in Washington state and Florida and their lives are so different then ours from climate to culture to things said and accents to foods eaten. Try to remember that when you think USA
Hey guys👋 I'm a Japanese guy who has been learning American for more than 30 years, trying to switch to British ending up finding hard to make it. Australian accent, the middle of American and British, sounds goodvto me👍 Thanks for sharing:)
Wow! You guys slip into the different accents really well, I found this video very enlightening. Still not sure I can tell the difference in the real world, but this really answered some questions I had between the two dialects.
Thank you sooooo much for this video! I am Australian and have been trying improve my British Accent but all the videos on youtube are for an American to British accent. I have found it so hard to pin point the differences between Aus and RP in a meaningful way. I'd love more videos like this, they are lacking on youtube!
Great video, Bizzo is used in Australia quite a bit, most words are shortened as we are lazy speakers. It does depend on the person obviously. I do not shorten words myself, however for example tradies shorten everything lol. Bizzo is usually used in the context of none of your "bizzo" (business) not in a business sense, if that makes sense. All depends on probably age and if you have a tendency to shorten words. Accents also vary in Australia not so much by States /Territories although there are slight variations, it usually comes down to what type of education you have. Obviously that also can vary. Australian accents definitely do not differ in the way UK accents do. I am Australian however most of my family are Geordies and from Yorkshire. I love the Geordie accent however when I first heard it by going to school there, I couldn't understand a word my teachers said lol. Joel most people are terrible at the Aussie accent, however yours is on point. One thing though, please do not say shrimp, and "throw a shrimp on the Barbie" no-one says that saying, we Aussies cringe when people say that. We also never say shrimp, as we call them prawns. Thanks again for a fun video.
Your Aussie accents have made me want to rewatch Kath & Kim (as an Australian). You guys should watch it; it's one of those shows that's so bad it's actually funny.
"Kath and Kim" is where the notion comes from that all Aussies use a rising intonation at the end of every sentence. That show is full of this trait. You need to be aware however that "Kath and Kim" is meant to be a satire of certain aspects of Australian suburban life, especially that of Bogans, and like all successful satire overemphasises some traits. In real life it is much less common. Kath and Kim will say "budder", too.
"Kath and Kim" is full of the rising intonation at the end of almost every sentence. Keep in mind, however, that "Kath and Kim" is a satire on Aussie Suburbia, especially of Bogans, and a part of the show's success is the over--emphasis of certain traits, of which the rising intonation is one. In reality, the rising intonation at the end of sentences is much less common than seen in "Kath and Kim".
Red Chook i doubt that they would know what bogan means as well so you forgot to inform them of that word and so you don't have to the word BOGAN means a real dirty person,missing teeth ,dresses like a bum thats a bogan just a real drop kick and they kind of have a their own accent as well but its not officially known as a accent lol .... in saying that u wouldn't know who they were if u didn't know all that because we call eachother bogans or to try to offend someone thats badly dressed ....
I’ve noticed that there were similarities and differences between the Australian English and British English! This was a really great video in knowing the distinction of the two and the similarities.
Please do another video like this! I’m Australian and I love hearing foreigners’ perspectives on our accents, especially comparing it to British accents!
I work with lots of Aussies and I agree with Joel that listening to them speak is very soothing and does tends to hold my attention longer because they speak so clearly and beautifully. I also love that they abbraviate alot, and very often those abbreviations end in vowels... "ie" "y" "o" "a" ... for example Brekkie, Prezzie, Footy, Choccy biccy, Bottle-o, Servo, Ambo, Arvo, Cuppa, Macca, etc.
I'm Mexican and for me, there's a BIG difference between American, Australian and English accent, all sound very different, but are beautiful in their own way, I've been learning english with American accent all my life but I look forward to have Australian or British, those sounds so cute and unique...
I loved this video so much! I was fun to learn the actual terms for the differences in speech, and also hear the examples of them. I'm an American raised in a bilingual & multi-dialect English/Spanish family with several relatives from Trinidad as well (they have amazing accents!!) and I have always been fascinated by accents because of my family.
Respectfully, I'm was in Australia, ALL my family are from England, at least for the past 1000 years. BBC English seems to have been the trend. Growing up in Australia, New Sealand and London, returning to Australia, people have always said I have an odd accent. Little wonder. Certainly, there are large accent differences in UK, even languages. In a corporate environment, it is very different to regional towns. New Zealand and the A'strayian accents vary a lot. Neither are they pleasant to listen to. BBC News is such a relief :)
One characteristic of Australian English that I was expecting you to cover is how they pronounce "o" (i.e. when they say "No"). It's nothing like the "o" you hear anywhere in the U.S., and I don't think it's like any "o" heard in the U.K.--though I've never been there. For you, Joel, the sound is /əʉ/ ... form one linguist to another. (I love when you two do videos about accents, etc.!)
I'm Australian and I remember a comically weird accent mix up once where an American guy thought I had a slight South African accent, a once off, we had a good laugh about it
Seriously as an Australian when I hear south Africans I normally think they're aussie or British, sometimes even kiwi coz they sound aussie but a bit weird lol
I am from Indonesian, and I speak British English. Most people here thought that I speak Aussie accent, since Indonesia is very close to Australia and so many Indonesians have ever been there rather than to Britain.
It's funny with the elongated vowel, its like every time we go over seas BOOM! elongated vowel kicks into high gear but as soon as we get back into Australia we just talk really fast. I'm from Perth in WA so it's probably a bit different with other states, especially Queensland.
Youssef Al Makdissi I can’t even understand British. They say pouuuuunds. And we basically say pounds. If British people say brother, they would say BRUTTHERR
Australian here, Grew up in NSW with an Aussie accent. During high school my accent changed to be more American and then it changed to be more Singaporean cause of my friends. Your environment definitely influences the way you speak
Mate, actually really appreciate the informed nature of this video, unlike other accent videos by big channels where it's a load of rubbish. Props guys
I came here to see if I can finally tell the difference because I love watching some british shows on UA-cam, but then I just watched instant hotels (Australia) on Netflix and to me they sound the same! What really got me was, one of the contestants said he liked the hosts accent.... And I'm like you both sound the same to me 🤔🤔🤔 (I wonder if there really was a difference like how southern states talk different then up north)
I just love the Aussie accent. I worked in Telstra for two years and half and I have never ever disliked the accent. Every bits and pieces of it were...phenomenal.
To sum up the Australian accent... It's basically a british guy asking you lots of questions regardless if a question is being asked. "It's a good weather today eh?" "I went to the pub yesterday?" "I really like the movie Frozen?" "I spoke to mum about the car?" "I think it's a piece of shit?"
I love your video guys!!!! You're so amazing!!! Lia your hair is so beautiful And I want to know the hair dye's brand .I am from Brazil and I love the posh English accent!!
@joel & lia Very well explained, thank you, but I feel like I'm missing something - apart from the elongated vowel, aren't some vowel sounds changed? They sound different to me, but I cannot quite put my finger on it
@Eva Bruned My best friend is Aussie and some of the vowel differences are something similar to almost flipping the short i and short e sounds (the short e also has a bit of an ā in it, as in the “ei” in the word “eight” the words “never” & “letter” (to an American, at least) sound like “NIH/Nay-vuh” and “LIDD/LAID-uh”. The word “sit” can sound similar to “seat”. “Girl” can sound like a gill/gale mix. Ō as in the word “no” can sound like a now/nay mix like “nay-oh” but as one syllable (which sounds very similar to the way the word “now” is pronounced in the Deep Southern US, except that one is pronounced as two syllables with elongated vowels.) There are a lot of variations and nuances between people you speak with depending on location, education, age/generation, etc. drunk/sober. lol Like most languages, I suppose.
Lia said to Joel speak with australian accent because he watches 'neighbours' and then, they started to discuss why he doesn't watch it anymore and that both of them watch 'love island'. And then she goes "so that is us trying the australian accent " .I was like WTF, i didn't even realize that they had changed the accent. hahahaha I'm Brazilian, and i was trying to understand the difference between the accents because i think that both are really beautiful. And in theory I got it, but when you started the dialogue I got kinda lost. anyway, great video guys!
Dear Joel and Lisa. Thanks for your explanations. My grand kids are in Sydney, and that your video clip reminds me of them. Cheers Mate. I am from Yangon, Myanmar. 2 August 2019.
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Howdy chaps baby boomer gen American here. I have a pretty good ear for accents and dialects so I enjoy your videos immensely. Something that occurred to me while watching that might be helpful to other viewers is a bit of the history behind each accent. Using Australia as an example a little bit about original Australian settlers and where they were from. If that's clear as mud I'm sorry it's very late at night and not my sharpest time. You guys are knowledgeable and very entertaining keep up the great work.
Dibida
Could you please teach me how to pronounce the letter "oe"? Like in soe much, moest nice or the sports moede is soe different than the driving moede!!! Pleeeeeease!!!!
Sorry fb is forbidden now, but I will try then come to another country..
The more you repeat a word, the more it makes me wonder if it's actually a word 😂
haha! Yeah we get that too!
Luis Trevino 😂😂
yess😂😂
yep. it’s a phenomenon called semantic satiation
Luis Trevino lol me too
English: Did you come here yesterday?
Australian: No , sir. I came here to die(today)
LoL
Im dying bruh.. 😂
It isn’t that funny guys...
Haha as an Aussie I found this funny!
高长恭 it took me literally a minute to understand the joke 😂
Funny story from an American: I had an IT job and had to call the support center in the middle of the night (here) and was speaking to a man in Adelaide AU. I couldn't understand anything he said and had to ask him to repeat himself several times. So funny and awkward! I finally said "I know we are both speaking English but something is getting lost in the translation!" and we both laughed about it. Later in the early morning hours when I called back the offsite support had switched time zones so I got a man in London UK. I could understand him much better and told him about speaking with the Aussie and he said "yeah, I can't understand them either!" Best international calling I have ever done!
Maybe the guy in Adelaide was not Australian. Could have been an overseas student picking up some extra pay in their spare time.
Was it DXC technology?
It was an HP call center and it was probably 25 years ago (or so) because no one has giant HP3000 computers anymore. The disk drives were the size of washing machines!
Susan Pohlers
People from Adelaide have a cultivated Australian accent.
I'm Australian and I find it difficult to understand us at times. I always speak clearly as I'm used to dealing with foreigners. So my speaking is simple language in most conversation and I try my best not to mumble
Joel's Aussie accent on point...well done...👍🇦🇺
Thank you Felicity!
New Zealand u mean
I'm an Aussie mum, my step daughter is American she's 8 (just turned 8) she loves the accent 😂 she's starting to talking like an aussie so cute 😍
She adorable when she says "water" 😍😂 my hubby was laughing. I was teaching her how to abbreviate too so cute! She already writes "I love you mum" not with a "o"
Let me see my daughter. She's my child too and you hid it from me!
Water: wo-der vs woh-da 😋
Water = worder
Trigger Xt shut up Aussie New Zealand is better
You're so lucky to have such loving step daughter all the best with your life😊
As an Australian, I loved watching this! Joel you did sound like a Kiwi at some points but overall you guys were really great! 😄
Kirah West Whenever I try to do an Australian accent, people say I sound like a Kiwi. What's the difference? Hate to be ignorant but they both sound the same to me.
dunno lol You're not ignorant! We do sound very similar! It's so hard to describe the difference 😂 But we can definitely hear the difference. Try searching for a video that has a Kiwi and an Aussie having a conversation
dunno lol Their vowels are all mixed up. I sounds like E, E sounds like I, etc.
Kirah West Okay, thank you both! I'll research it now.
That's good to know! Thank you!!
i'm here because chan and felix...
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Me too
same sksksjs
Seriously same
omg sis me too Australian accent sounds much less annoying than british
I was here for learning purposes but i think this one will count too
This was a really interesting video. Just an interesting fact for the "shrimp on the Barbie" line. Australians never really use the word shrimp, we call them prawns. It's always puzzled me why that's become such a famous stereotype
Thanks Liz! Yeah, a lot of people have said that - it's clearly an incorrect stereotype!
In the 1980s the Paul Hogan tourism advertisements in the USA carried the line "put another shrimp on the barbie" because our American cousins did not know what a prawn was. No genuine aussie would ever say shrimp.
Sorry to interrupt u alls, im not an english speaker, not american, british also not even australian but i thought shrimps and prawns are slightly different types of sea creatures, not differed by accents is that right?
+John Peel You are 100% correct
No, they are the same creature (or group of creatures), American and Australian terms for the same creature.
American here, when I visited Australia I could pretty much recognize the difference between the British and Australian accents once I got used to it. To me New Zealanders sounded pretty much the same as Aussies though, although Aussies can recognize the difference. Kind of like how an American can recognize a Canadian accent, but to a Brit or Aussie the difference might be to small to recognize.
Predator784
I'm an aussie and I can kinda pick out a Canadian accent, especially when I hear a Canadian say about, to me it sounds like abaoot. You are right, Kiwi's sound almost the same besides some little quirks that NZ'lders have with a couple vowels, kinda like i and e are switched around
Yes, even if the Canadian does not say “ehh” or “don cha know” I can tell if someone is Canadian even if there’s a small twinge of an accent.
It especially depends on the state's typical accent. Some are obviously different from a Canadian accent and others are indistinguishable. As a Canadian it's funny because I wonder what my accent must sound like to someone else, even though I feel like I am speaking "normally". :)
The difference u hear right off the bat u don’t need to be in the country to tell watch Aussies talk then watch a Brit person talk
new Zealanders and aussies r completely different u never hear kiwi talk before thats why u get confused when u do u, kiwis have a short e sound when people hear them talk they think there aussie because the outside world is expecting aussie accent to be stereotypical Steve Irwin and kiwis kinda sound stereotypical Steve Irwin because its a thick kiwi accent that comes across as aussie but isnt
Joel's got a mad Aussie accent 👌
Thanks mate!
I'm such an accent snob who doesn't understand how people think Aussie accents are British :/ Also, as somebody who loves learning accents this was v educational. xx
That's because you're so wise, educated, talented... everything!
HonestlyKaren 💯
As a non-native English speaker I tend to confuse the two but I'm trying to learn!! You've got to appreciate that at least. :D But I get that.
LOL What's an accent snob?
Endorphika Morphika Yeah wtf..it isn't that deep 😂
I’m from America and they sound exactly the same to me lol
I'm from Australia and I'm the same way with American and Canadian accents, Only certain words I can tell the difference with.
Jayne Warren haha really ? I can’t tell the difference either
Hahaha good, Now i dont feel so bad ;)
ItsKen X 😑😑😑
Kid Jess 😂😂what?
I'm an Aussie living in London, currently learning a Southern English accent and I wish there were more of these videos. I've figured out most of these by watching general tutorials but this one would have been really useful to watch before I started.
I don't know what it is but I've found very few non-Australians who can really nail an Aussie accent, generally people tend to go too nasally, we are a bit nasally but people overdo it. Or they emphasise the e's too much and end up sounding like a Kiwi. Yours are both good! You just sound a bit like you're from the country somewhere. When you were saying "Water" and "Butter" though, it was spot on!
And yeah we have an upwards inflection (how it was described to me) at the end of our sentences, going down at the end was a difficult one to get used to.
Hey Alex! Thanks for watching and commenting - so glad you find our videos useful!
Alex Ross
The western side of Australia, like Perth, sounds more British. While the eastern side of Australia, like Canberra, Sydney, and Melbourne, are more what people make out the Australian accent to be
Ah okay, that's interesting! Didn't know that!
Josh Kirkaldy I might add that South Australians in particular Adelaide sounds British. I know a few who when they go overseas are mistaken for British. Many Adelaidians tend to enunciate vowels in words.
I always know if someone is from the eastern states, especially NSW, if they say 'hear' and 'beer' like heeee and beeee (I don't know how else to write it because it sounds so wrong to me aha) as opposed to 'he-ya' and 'be-ya'. And people from Melbourne seem to pronounce their short 'e's with a little more 'a' in them, so they'll kind of say "Malbourne"
I'm from Tas and was mistaken for being British a lot in America. I also find Melbourne and Sydney accents different from each other. It's funny though because I find the Australian states accents a lot more similar to each other than different British accents despite the fact that Australians are a lot further away from each other than the British are from each other.
Wrong. I live in Melbourne and speak to people in Perth all the time and they sound exactly the same for the most part.
The strangest thing as an Australian is that when you unexpectedly encounter an Aussie accent it can take a few moments to figure it out! First your brain registers it as “not American”, then tries to push it into a British accent box and when it doesn’t fit there you realise... ohhhh this is what I sound like 😂🤦🏻♀️
I am studying linguists at uni now and really enjoying. I would love a video where Joel discusses his experience more!
We say prawn not shrimp thank you very much!
Only the real Aussie can understand:
Hey mate you wanna come to my joint this arvo for a barbie? Don’t forget to get some maccas from the servo !
This is for people that are not Australian:
Hey buddy. Do you want to come to my house this afternoon for a barbecue? Don’t forget to get some Mac Donald’s from the service station
I’m not Australian and I knew it exactly Lol
Well Coz I learned different slangs
I actually understood it 😂
The fuck's a servo got maccas for?
Lerong Lin british would understand too
The High Rising Terminal (what you called "Australian rising intonation") is really only a characteristic of one of the three Australian accents.
There are three general accents in Australia - "broad", "general" and "cultivated", and these vaguely correspond to rural/city areas and education level.
The HRT is most associated with the "broad" accent, but even then it is regional, you are less likely to hear it in southern states like Victoria and Tasmania than you are in Queensland.
Guys this video is incredible!! Thank you for focusing on the tongue movements instead of just words so that it can be more easily translated for the rest of the language. Really good explanations!!
Beautifully enough..you truly nailed this ! Me as an Australian, I truly feel what you said about the elongating vowels, sing-songy like speaking, and final raised tone. I kind of receive the feedback or comment of being able to speak well publicly and I even care and train myself for that. I always care about three points kind of unintentionally as well. Take for example rain and reign..you can see why we say tougher (a's)..so we clearly differentiate between vowels. And it struck me to know about singing since I've played alot with myself singing sentences such as: I believe (
American here, I visited Australia and me and my Aussie friends were cooking out one day, I asked them if we could throw some shrimp on the barbie, they laughed and said the phrase was just a tourist gimmick. Likely it was made popular by Paul Hogan when he did those Australian vacation commercials back in the 1980's. But if you would like some nice king size prawns try Doyles on the other side of Sydney Harbor.
I'm Australian, and you have no idea how funny this sounds for me. Especially when I'm told I have a mild Australian accent, but some of my friends have such a strong one it's not funny XD
Hahaha same, when I was travelling around Europe my mate and I met a British girl and she had to get me to translate what my friend was saying because apparently her accent was too strong whereas mine is mild.
haha, thanks guys! Yeah it probably sounds weird to actual Australians, but hopefully some non-aussies will find it useful :)
I'm Australian, loved watching this video! I've never heard anyone use the word 'bizzo'
"Bizzo" is uncommon; sometimes used instead of "things" when you can't immediately think of a name of an object. Never heard it being used as short for "business".
Sorry, that response was meant for KatieSmiley.
Thanks Katie! Yeah I'd never heard it before either and seems like most Australians commenting on this video haven't either!
I am from WA and I know this term, may be it is depends on what state you are in
KatieSmiley do you use the word "bruv?"
As an American I will say British and Australian accents sound very different!
That's good to hear!
Ariana Pearson me too
Yes I agree (I'm french and I have an accent between Irish and french)
Yeah like he said it’s like half American, half British. The American and British accents are the most different which is wierd because the British used to sound like Americans at one point
@@zaytime4156 um not now def not we americans now sound more frenchish and irish in a kind of way. but yes we did sound like british becuz most normal folk sounded like british and probs the aristocratic ones sounded more like irish and british like a mid atlantic accent. we changed our accent wen other euros showed up.
I always loved the way Australians say “No” or “know”. And when British people say “water”.
OMG Lia's accent is literally the one I love the most, sooo british and beautiful 😍
I'm here because of a British girl who has been coming to school in America for a while who is starting to sound Australian.
It's actually kind of sad because she says she's trying to preserve her accent but it still is degrading.
Almost only foreigners watch Neighbours - I only know one Australian who does, everybody else is sick of it. Also, I've never heard "bizzo", but "beeswax" is slang for "business" if you're in the younger generation.
Yeah I've noticed that too! None of my Aussie friends like Neighbours - in fact they hate it!
Yes. "Mind your own beeswax!".
Is "beeswax" slang for the Britsh? I know it's slang here in the states lol
We would only use beeswax as slang in the phrase "none of your beeswax" for 'business'.
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For Arabic ears .. I’ve noticed no difference 😂 sorry
I am Indian and they sounded identical to me too 😄
يبه فيه فرق مره شدعوه
Same same😂
Hi from Montpellier in France,
For a foreigner, at the begining, it's particularly difficult to hear differencies between english and australian accents. And then, we note some little things...
A few months agi, i didn't understand australian native speakers at all. Though, i unterstood perfectly well english RP.
Nowadays, it's a little easier for me but not yet simple ! It's worse with american from south US.
Don't give up !
Listen, listen and listen one more time !
😊
From mexican ears too!!
9:09 shirimp on the barbie *PRAWN
Back in '87, I was in a youth hostel in the LA area, and that evening in the common room, there was a group of people, amazingly enough, from all of the English speaking countries except for Canada: USA, England, Ireland, Scotland, Australia, and New Zealand. I was amazed at how different the accents are.
I’m American and neeeeded this. I can get really mixed up between the two accents sometimes. So thank you!!
I'm English but found it funny while I was in the United States on Holiday/Vacation I got confused for an Australian at least by four different people :D
Both accents seem almost the same to non-natives, specially to non-English speaking listeners.
Non Stop
I went to Italy, France, Germany, and UK last year. No one could pick that I was Australian--they all thought I was a Londoner (except the Londoners themselves, they instantly knew I was Aussie) Although to be fair, I can't blame them because we were pushed to speak the Queen's English at school here and ignore Americanisms. My accent isn't very strong either (watched BBC and Monty Python on repeat as a kid)
I am from Australia and I absolutely love British accents
Thx for making this vid
OMG I just rewatched the "butter" part a couple times until I understood it myself, and this is an amazing explanation!
I had to go through it a couple times but goodness you guys are so right!
If you like to watch some Australian shows to get an idea of our accent, I think "Please like me" is a good one. I think you guys are pretty spot on already. I love all your videos!
One of the best videos on our accent I’ve seen. People are always so exaggerated but you guys got it pretty right.
Great video and good job on the accent - coming from an Australian! I found it hilarious that you think the word "servo" sounds posh because to us, it's the very opposite :'D Also I've never heard anyone say "bizzo" before but Aussies do just make up their own abbreviations sometimes :) Well done!
I love hearing all of the accents of native English speakers. It really is such a beautiful diversity and shows the rich history and culture of the British people
Americans have a lot of different accents within our country. I feel the further north you go especially north east in New England you will find they have their own dialect and you can almost always tell when someone is from new England just the same as you can tell the difference between an Australian and someone from UK. But listen to someone from the Midwest and Canada it is hard to tell the difference. Then listen to someone from the southern states (leave out florida it is a different state when you think of southern USA) they have a deff accent. Texas has a version of English all its own. One thing when you think of America and English is that it is such a BIG country and the different regions could very well be several different countries and are as different as England and Australia. I am from Ohio and I have relatives in Washington state and Florida and their lives are so different then ours from climate to culture to things said and accents to foods eaten. Try to remember that when you think USA
Hey guys👋
I'm a Japanese guy who has been learning American for more than 30 years, trying to switch to British ending up finding hard to make it. Australian accent, the middle of American and British, sounds goodvto me👍
Thanks for sharing:)
Australian accent sounds so charming
Wow! You guys slip into the different accents really well, I found this video very enlightening. Still not sure I can tell the difference in the real world, but this really answered some questions I had between the two dialects.
Watching this 'cause of Rosé Park. I feel weird. 😆
Same I love her Aussie accent omg
me too
Thank you sooooo much for this video! I am Australian and have been trying improve my British Accent but all the videos on youtube are for an American to British accent. I have found it so hard to pin point the differences between Aus and RP in a meaningful way.
I'd love more videos like this, they are lacking on youtube!
Ah that's great to hear Yvette! We are definitely going to do more AUS vs BRIT content!
I LOVE this video. Just put it into my favorite videos playlist. Need more like this.
To me (an American) the Australian kinda sounds like a Californian version of a British person.
Or maybe that's just his shirt lmao
That outro! I didn't even get frustrated with the accent. I haven't heard anyone do our accent so long before without stuffing it up. Nice job!
I prefer Australian accent, I am spanish
Great video, Bizzo is used in Australia quite a bit, most words are shortened as we are lazy speakers. It does depend on the person obviously. I do not shorten words myself, however for example tradies shorten everything lol. Bizzo is usually used in the context of none of your "bizzo" (business) not in a business sense, if that makes sense. All depends on probably age and if you have a tendency to shorten words. Accents also vary in Australia not so much by States /Territories although there are slight variations, it usually comes down to what type of education you have. Obviously that also can vary. Australian accents definitely do not differ in the way UK accents do. I am Australian however most of my family are Geordies and from Yorkshire. I love the Geordie accent however when I first heard it by going to school there, I couldn't understand a word my teachers said lol. Joel most people are terrible at the Aussie accent, however yours is on point. One thing though, please do not say shrimp, and "throw a shrimp on the Barbie" no-one says that saying, we Aussies cringe when people say that. We also never say shrimp, as we call them prawns. Thanks again for a fun video.
Your Aussie accents have made me want to rewatch Kath & Kim (as an Australian). You guys should watch it; it's one of those shows that's so bad it's actually funny.
haha, Kath & Kim were quite big in the UK too! Will have to watch - haven't heard of them for years!
"Kath and Kim" is where the notion comes from that all Aussies use a rising intonation at the end of every sentence. That show is full of this trait. You need to be aware however that "Kath and Kim" is meant to be a satire of certain aspects of Australian suburban life, especially that of Bogans, and like all successful satire overemphasises some traits. In real life it is much less common.
Kath and Kim will say "budder", too.
"Kath and Kim" is full of the rising intonation at the end of almost every sentence. Keep in mind, however, that "Kath and Kim" is a satire on Aussie Suburbia, especially of Bogans, and a part of the show's success is the over--emphasis of certain traits, of which the rising intonation is one. In reality, the rising intonation at the end of sentences is much less common than seen in "Kath and Kim".
Sorry for the repetition but the first posting simply disappeared and I thought it had been lost.
Red Chook i doubt that they would know what bogan means as well so you forgot to inform them of that word and so you don't have to the word BOGAN means a real dirty person,missing teeth ,dresses like a bum thats a bogan just a real drop kick and they kind of have a their own accent as well but its not officially known as a accent lol .... in saying that u wouldn't know who they were if u didn't know all that because we call eachother bogans or to try to offend someone thats badly dressed ....
I’ve noticed that there were similarities and differences between the Australian English and British English! This was a really great video in knowing the distinction of the two and the similarities.
Good job! I liked the linguistic explanations. Very helpful. Keep it up! Cheers! 👍💗😘🇬🇧
That you! Glad you found it useful!
Please do another video like this! I’m Australian and I love hearing foreigners’ perspectives on our accents, especially comparing it to British accents!
Okay sure, we will definitely try another one!
What a good-looking couple! Nice video. Greetings from Brazil.
Thanks Paulo! We're just friends though. Glad you found us on here. Hope you're well!
Because of the show WENTWORTH, i fell in love with the australian accent 😂
Hi I'm italian and I watched this video because i love british accent! 😍
I work with lots of Aussies and I agree with Joel that listening to them speak is very soothing and does tends to hold my attention longer because they speak so clearly and beautifully. I also love that they abbraviate alot, and very often those abbreviations end in vowels... "ie" "y" "o" "a" ... for example Brekkie, Prezzie, Footy, Choccy biccy, Bottle-o, Servo, Ambo, Arvo, Cuppa, Macca, etc.
I'm Mexican and for me, there's a BIG difference between American, Australian and English accent, all sound very different, but are beautiful in their own way, I've been learning english with American accent all my life but I look forward to have Australian or British, those sounds so cute and unique...
Because au uk and nz r actual accents North America sounds the same to me American at the end of the day
I loved this video so much! I was fun to learn the actual terms for the differences in speech, and also hear the examples of them. I'm an American raised in a bilingual & multi-dialect English/Spanish family with several relatives from Trinidad as well (they have amazing accents!!) and I have always been fascinated by accents because of my family.
9:08 that Bangchan and Felix conversation appeared in my head
Yeah 😂
Same
Same mate X3
Respectfully, I'm was in Australia, ALL my family are from England, at least for the past 1000 years. BBC English seems to have been the trend. Growing up in Australia, New Sealand and London, returning to Australia, people have always said I have an odd accent. Little wonder. Certainly, there are large accent differences in UK, even languages. In a corporate environment, it is very different to regional towns. New Zealand and the A'strayian accents vary a lot. Neither are they pleasant to listen to. BBC News is such a relief :)
such a good vid!! and they are so nice to us (i'm australian) and their aussie accents are so good xxxx
When you come to criticize how wrong they are but they actually get it 100% on point.
omg your aussie accents are on point 👏👏🙌🏻🙌🏻
Thank you!
Joel & Lia your welcome 😊😊 compliment coming from an australian
Means a lot then!
Hi
One characteristic of Australian English that I was expecting you to cover is how they pronounce "o" (i.e. when they say "No"). It's nothing like the "o" you hear anywhere in the U.S., and I don't think it's like any "o" heard in the U.K.--though I've never been there. For you, Joel, the sound is /əʉ/ ... form one linguist to another. (I love when you two do videos about accents, etc.!)
I'm Australian and I remember a comically weird accent mix up once where an American guy thought I had a slight South African accent, a once off, we had a good laugh about it
haha, surprised you haven't had that confusion more often to be honest!
Seriously as an Australian when I hear south Africans I normally think they're aussie or British, sometimes even kiwi coz they sound aussie but a bit weird lol
I've been mistaken for South African or British.
Just came across you guyses channel couple days ago and am currently binge watching all your videos. You guys deserve so much more subs!!
Thank you! So glad you found us!
Water sounded like Vada of South India😂😂
However yOu did not explain how the "Down Unders" are able to walk upside down so well.
You guys did a pretty good job of this actually 😄 from an australian
I have just seen this video and I'm not a native speaker, so it's hard for me to distinguish accents, but it has been really useful, thank you!
Love this video, learned so much! Now every time I'll hear an Australian speaking I'll try to notice the flaps 😄
Thank you! Glad you found it useful! haha, keep an eye out for the flaps!
Our flaps are big down under dont you worry ...
I am from Indonesian, and I speak British English. Most people here thought that I speak Aussie accent, since Indonesia is very close to Australia and so many Indonesians have ever been there rather than to Britain.
This was great! Please, do another video and perhaps some phrases and idioms typical for Australian English.
Okay, will add it to our list! Thanks for watching!
It's funny with the elongated vowel, its like every time we go over seas BOOM! elongated vowel kicks into high gear but as soon as we get back into Australia we just talk really fast. I'm from Perth in WA so it's probably a bit different with other states, especially Queensland.
The British accent is awesome
Youssef Al Makdissi I can’t even understand British. They say pouuuuunds. And we basically say pounds. If British people say brother, they would say BRUTTHERR
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Australian here, Grew up in NSW with an Aussie accent. During high school my accent changed to be more American and then it changed to be more Singaporean cause of my friends. Your environment definitely influences the way you speak
I’m Italian, and to me British and Australian sound exactly the same, while American is completely different ahahha
Mate, actually really appreciate the informed nature of this video, unlike other accent videos by big channels where it's a load of rubbish. Props guys
Also bloody hell, i couldnt even tell Joel was a brit when he put on the aus accent. Come to Sydney you'd fit right in
Oh my god ur Aussie accents r great I'm Aussie myself
haha thanks!
my school: learn british english
me: *LEARNS AUSTRALIAN ACCENT
I came here to see if I can finally tell the difference because I love watching some british shows on UA-cam, but then I just watched instant hotels (Australia) on Netflix and to me they sound the same!
What really got me was, one of the contestants said he liked the hosts accent.... And I'm like you both sound the same to me 🤔🤔🤔 (I wonder if there really was a difference like how southern states talk different then up north)
I just love the Aussie accent. I worked in Telstra for two years and half and I have never ever disliked the accent. Every bits and pieces of it were...phenomenal.
To sum up the Australian accent... It's basically a british guy asking you lots of questions regardless if a question is being asked.
"It's a good weather today eh?"
"I went to the pub yesterday?"
"I really like the movie Frozen?"
"I spoke to mum about the car?"
"I think it's a piece of shit?"
I’m an Aussie and this is accurate 👏👏👏 well done!!
I love your video guys!!!! You're so amazing!!! Lia your hair is so beautiful And I want to know the hair dye's brand .I am from Brazil and I love the posh English accent!!
Thank you Giovanna! You're amazing, thanks for watching! Will ask Lia to tell you her hair colour!
Looks natural.
OMG Lia's accent is literally the one I love the most, sooo british and beautiful . Thanks for sharing
Thanks this was helpful! Also is Joel a model lol? He actually looks like this American vlogger I watch on the channel Mark and Ethan :)
Glad you found it helpful! No I'm not! Haha but thanks for the lovely compliment! 😂
:D You're welcome!!
@joel & lia Very well explained, thank you, but I feel like I'm missing something - apart from the elongated vowel, aren't some vowel sounds changed? They sound different to me, but I cannot quite put my finger on it
@Eva Bruned
My best friend is Aussie and some of the vowel differences are something similar to almost flipping the short i and short e sounds (the short e also has a bit of an ā in it, as in the “ei” in the word “eight” the words “never” & “letter” (to an American, at least) sound like “NIH/Nay-vuh” and “LIDD/LAID-uh”.
The word “sit” can sound similar to “seat”.
“Girl” can sound like a gill/gale mix.
Ō as in the word “no” can sound like a now/nay mix like “nay-oh” but as one syllable (which sounds very similar to the way the word “now” is pronounced in the Deep Southern US, except that one is pronounced as two syllables with elongated vowels.)
There are a lot of variations and nuances between people you speak with depending on location, education, age/generation, etc. drunk/sober. lol
Like most languages, I suppose.
It’s hard to tell a difference between the accents lol.
Lia said to Joel speak with australian accent because he watches 'neighbours' and then, they started to discuss why he doesn't watch it anymore and that both of them watch 'love island'.
And then she goes "so that is us trying the australian accent " .I was like WTF, i didn't even realize that they had changed the accent. hahahaha
I'm Brazilian, and i was trying to understand the difference between the accents because i think that both are really beautiful. And in theory I got it, but when you started the dialogue I got kinda lost.
anyway, great video guys!
Do another aussie accent please.
ain't this one enough for ya???
Ouch, behave...
wholesome nut But why does Off deserve to be fucked? It's very weird for you to tell a random person to have sex with Off, very odd XP
Dear Joel and Lisa. Thanks for your explanations. My grand kids are in Sydney, and that your video clip reminds me of them. Cheers Mate. I am from Yangon, Myanmar. 2 August 2019.
Your Aussie accents are on point! Love it, guys! Great video
Can't say I've ever heard bizzo but arvo and barbie are defs used all the time
Thank you! That means a lot! And yeah, it's clearly not a very well used word!
That said, as an Australian with quite a broad accent, I was very impressed with this vid! Keep it up mateys :-)
I'm seeing that because I love Aussie accent for Felix and Chan uwu
g'day mate. 🍻
That was fun! How about this one, totally American for people over 50: " None of your beeswax! " I love language and dialects!