Can Australians tell which region each other are from by their accents?

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Ozmaniac

Australians have different accents but they're not regional.

I've lived here all my life and have never been able to pick where any other Australian comes from by their accent. The differences depend largely on their level of education and the way they were brought up. We have 'upper class' Australian (people from anywhere who fancy themselves to be refined), 'standard' Australian (that's most of us) and 'okker' Australian e.g. Paul Hogan, Steve Irwin (some country people, but some from cities too).

And Xanthe, I'm from Brisbane and agree with Iskandar's words on pronunciation. Castle and dance with the 'a' as in 'ark'.

And Jade, I have NEVER heard anyone with any intelligence or education end a sentence with 'but', but then again, I don't move in bogan circles.

EDIT:

Yes, though I didn't accuse anyone of being a bogan, it's undesirable to be accused of being one. I read somewhere that British 'chavs' are similar but don't know how true that is.

Vairaâ˜…

Yes we have our Queenslanders, our Victorians, Our sydneysiders, Our West Aussies, Our Darwin Mob and our Taswegiens! or Tasmanians.

Most speak the same but the blokes out in the scrub are our fair dink Aussies with the true blue accent.

More to the point, some can some can't.

London NW3

Mainly is the answer is no,as people from other areas have moved to another place so it's mixed up.Small towns do have regional accents but it's a lot less pronounced than England

loving30

yes there IS a difference, it's just very subtle and cannot really be compared to the regional accent changes in britain.

west is slightly different to east. i live in the west and my parents live in the north-east of australia and i travel back and forth a bit.

you can tell someone from nsw / victoria / qld cause they say pool like "pooooooowo" instead of "puull" like WA. same with the word school.

there are regional differences in actual words used as well, such as togs (bathers), poppers (box drinks) and the queenslander use a really bizarre word for suitcase or bag which i can't remember now.

I CAN tell the difference and i know when someone is from the eastern states, but only cause i get exposed to it a couple of times of year.

a bogan is a bit similar to a chav / chava. kind of like uneducated, drinks, smokes, doesn't mind breeding and has nasty bleached hair and bad make-up. if you are a man bogan, you can sometimes end up with plenty of money though - by getting a well paid labouring job. (these are the worst types - try typing in hotted up ss commodore ute into google)

alphameega

Some can,some can't.

justcostello

not usually - TV watching had wiped out most regional-specific accents. Sometimes you get the odd pronunciation or turn of phrase that tells you where someone is from, but it is nothing like the UK's differing accents.

kat

some can and some can't. I live in South Austraila and my accent is definitely different to people who live on the East coast, people who live in the country also tend to have stronger accents than people from the city.

Xanthe â™«

Yes and no - there aren't big differences but there are a few things... like that a lot of queenslanders say Castle (as in the 'a' of asp) instead of Castle (as in the 'a' of arc). And south australians say dance (as in the 'a' of arc) instead of dance (as in the 'a' of pants). Also, the more occa accents tend to be from the inner / more country towns of Australia. But it is not easy to tell the differences as it is so mixed up!

Vicky T Viking

I don't know but in Manjimup you can tell a mans age by the length of his beard and study the colours in it to trace his family tree

amazeme

I find alot of people from Melbourne have quite a strong aussie accent and twang which I find real annoying.

Also herd WA and QLD sound very familar...

Iskandar

not really, maybe there would be a difference between the upper class city folk and the lower class city folk but that's it. We all talk the same.

Xanthe, you know nothing. Don't generalise about the different ways of talking. I am in Brisbane and I don't say castle as in asp, I say castle as in ark. I also don't say dance as in pants. It's not just south Australians that say dance as in ark.

jim

i dont think so,never in my whole life have i been able to tell witch state some one was from just by the way they talk,an as for this whole castle an dance thing,its just what your mum an dad tought you,no right or wrong,

ABCDiamond Britzinoz.com

I can't tell the difference, and I have been here for about 20 years now.

When comparing the regional accents in UK and America to Australia there is NO comparison.

UK and American can be very distinct in the regional accents, but Australian States in general are no different to each other.

jade=)

ummm well we can tell if someone's a bogun which should mean they're from the country (like the stereotypical australian)
and people from queensland say but at the end of the sentence

shane.hayman

well, there all technicoly british so...yeah, english.

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