Is an Australian accent really an accent?

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The Lesbomatic, smokin' hot!

Of course it is; it is the sound of sexiness, baby.

*smooches*

Mel

Have you ever spoken to an Australian?

'People say', who are these people? Your imaginary friends?

EVERYONE has an accent.

cuddles_gb

There's no such thing as Direct English, and the Aussie accent is definitely an accent - as the language did not start there!

Plus I'm pretty sure they do miss letters, and emphasise certain sounds.

Elliot

There are a few different Australian accents, and all of them really are accents.

silvertabbies

I think it is an accent. I can't think of anywhere where they now speak direct english - except perhaps posh BBC radio broadcasting announcers.

BanjoBoy

struth mate are ya kidding me ya flamin gallah?

aveey 'morely its just the way we speak' - brilliant!

Aussie

Both the Btitish & Americans speak english......do they sound the same...?

Yes , we have an accent & it certainly is different to that spoken in other english speaking countries...it is even different to that spoken across the ditch in New Zealand !

We also have our own peculiar vocabulary ...slang.Have a look at this !
http://www.koalanet.com.au/australian-slang.html

Ozmaniac

Of course we have an accent. When I'm overseas, I can pick an Aussie the moment they open their mouth and I've never yet been mistaken. It has nothing to do with what they say (i.e. slang) ; only how they say it (i.e. accent). If we didn't have an accent, it wouldn't be possible to do that.

Chicken pie?

of course we have an accent just like everyone else.
when people say that there are different australia accents that just means we talk differnetly like people in usa all speak different. and it's not so much where in that country u are from it's who you grew up around and the way they talk. for instance my mum is from the us and i grew up listening to her talk everyday of my life and now i say some words just like her, but does that mean i have my own different accent? i don't think so i just have my own way of saying words. not a whole new accent.
hope i helped =P

Dan

What do you mean by "direct" English? That has nothing to do with one's accent. I think you mean "dialect". Yes it is true. Different areas speak slightly differently using different words. This is in every language. Same language but just slightly different words/pronunciation.

An accent are the sounds when they speak which makes them distinct from one another.

We Australians have our own accent and can be grouped into 3 categories:

1. Broad
This is the 'typical' Aussie accent you will mainly hear in country areas. It is similar to ducks croaking. An example is Steve Irwin.

2. General
The majority of people have this accent and fall under this category. It sounds 'everyday' to us. TV and radio personalities speak like this.

3. Cultivated
This accent sounds like the 'upper' class type and is picked up by elocution classes. It is heavily linked to the British accent.

My English class has watched a documentary on the Australian accent the other day. Very interesting.

Dangerous

Um yes it is and it's almost a dialect.

Roy

Australia has no single national accent aye bruz I am from the North aye.
Nah mate I think I am from Vic, ciao belloa.
No, i'm sorry, I am from South Australia my fine friend. I speak proper Germish.
And WA.. well, never been there.
Tassie.. I am special and unique island and thank goodness I am seperate from those Yancs and wogs.
"I said do you speaka my language.. and he just smiled and gave me a vegemite sandwich"

taehan

aside from australian accent, white australians are great, because they protected aborigine sacrificially from japs, attempting to extinguished them during wwâ…¡. white people in australia have always been very generous and merciful to the native people, whereas japs have been evil to people all over the world. those bastards should be wiped out as soon as possible! that's the universal desire.

__A_YAHOO_USER__

it is an accent because they use other words. they say things like aye and i have never seen an american who wasnt trying to be a poser and walk around and say lets go for a ride aye?

aveey.[x].

LOL.
i thought i was the only one who thought like that.
i guess it would be an accent but morely its just the way we speak..?
it depends on what you think i guess..
now this is confusing me but yer. let's just say we're too special to have an accent coz we speak more proper hahaa.

Sassy

Ok I live in Australia and I think people who live in America sound weird and funny so I guess you would say compared to your accent we do.

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