1. Aussie pronunciation
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2. HISTORY:
-Australian English (AuE, en-AU) is the standard English variant in Australia as it is the first language of the majority of the population.
-Australian English began to diverge from British English after the founding of the Colony of New South Wales in 1788 and was recognised as being different from British English by 1820.
- closely related to Cockney accent.

3. Comparison in BrE and AuE vowels and diphthongs

4. If you want to sound Australian you must know these facts:
- the accent itself requires using your tongue, cheeks and lips to almost ‘’chew’’ the words as you say them
- Australians tend to lengthen their vowels
-Aussie accent is a rough, messy, casual and animated style
- must sound like:
‘’whole sentence is one whole word’’
- keep intonation: steady, quick and soft;

5. For easier categorisation, linguists tend to point to three main formal categories of Australian accent ‘speaking styles’ –
-Broad Australian – a longer drawl
(Speakers: conservationist Steve Irwin, Prime Minister Julia Gillard)
-General Australian – the most common Aussie accent
(Speakers: actor Hugh Jackman, swimmer Ian Thorpe)
-Cultivated/Received Pronunciation – more formal, ‘British’ sounding
(Speakers: actor Cate Blanchett, Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser)

6. Try not to move your tongue so much.
The whole sentence just flows out calmly and coolly.

7. Turn your hard A sound into an "aye"
Turn your hard A sound into an "aye". The hard A in "way" or "mate" almost sounds like an "eye" sound.
Way → w-aye
Date → d-aye-t
Way /‘weɪ/
Date/‘deɪt/

8. Soften a soft A into an "eh" sound.
Hat → H-eht.
That → Th-eht.
Cat → C-eht.
Hat /‘hæt/
That /‘ðæt/
Cat /‘kæt/

9. Drop the R sound from the end of words and replace it with an "ah."
Water /ˈwɔːta/
Actor /ˈækta/
Polar /‘pəʊla/
Treasure /ˈtrɛʒa/
Favour /ˈfeɪva/
Area /ˈeərɪa/
Centre /ˈsɛnta/
Words that end in:
-er; -re;
–or; -ar; /a/ instead of schwa /ə/
-a; -ure;
-our; -ur;
Amateur /ˈæməʧa/ BrE /ˈæmətə/

10. Curb the T from the end of words.
Or mute the T.
-nt preceeded by ‘‘n‘‘;
-Auxilliaries and modals
that are negated;
Bent- /‘bɛn/
Can‘t - /kɑːn/
Sholdn‘t- /‘ʃʊdn/
The knife is pretty blunt.
/ðə ‘nɔɪfz ˈprɪti ‘blʌn/

11. Cut off the G from any "-ing" ending word.
‚‘‘-ing‘‘ /-ɪŋ/ in BrE 
 AuE‘‘-ɪn‘‘ or ‘‘-ən‘‘
Being
Saying
Thinking
Making …

12. Adjust your pronunciation of "i" to sound more like the i in "oil."
write /’rɔɪt/ ---- /’raɪt/
live /’lɔɪv/ ---- /’laɪv/
spite /’spɔɪt/----/’spaɪt/
might /’mɔɪt/----/’maɪt/
Think /´’θɔɪŋk/----/’θɪŋk/

13. Hello mum.
Stop crying. Oh. There is my darling sister, too.
/hɛˈləʊ ‘mɔʊm. ‘stɔʊp ˈkraɪɪn. əʊ. ðə z maɪ ˈdɑːlɪn ˈsɪstah tuː/

14. Aussie intrusive ‘‘r‘‘
The tuna_r_is mine. /ðə ˈtuːnər ɪz ‘maɪn/
I saw_r_it yesterday. /aɪ sɔː r ɪt ˈjɛstədeɪ/
This picture? I draw_r_it.
/ðɪs ˈpɪkʧə? aɪ drɔː r ɪt/

15. To ease their language they always shorten their words with the suffix
-ie.
Present=
=Pressie
Mosquito=
= Mozzie
Breakfast=
=Brekkie