Is there a large, noticable difference between the Sydney & Melbourne, Australian accent/dialect?

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Milly

I don't think that there is a general accent difference between Melb and Syd, but there are a few words that are pronounced differently.
e.g The word castle.
In Melb pronounced ka-sell, in Syd car-sell.

Then there's the word eggplant.
In Melb pronouced egg-plant, in Syd aub-er-gine.

And zucchini.
In Melb pronounced zoo-kini, in Syd cour-gette.

Ahh, those crazy Sydney-siders... lol... I laugh 'cos I love

ABCDiamond Britzinoz.com

A large, noticable difference between the Sydney & Melbourne accent ?

Not really.
Most Australians in these areas will sound about the same. People reckon my accent is different though, but then again I am English, not Australian :)

Stupidity Leak

In my experience there is.
My brother and I were born and raised in Sydney, we moved to Queensland, after being in Sydney for around 20 years. A couple of months later my brother moved to Melbourne, and, picked up an almost English sounding accent.

ll_jenny_ll here

Melbourne and Sydney people are probably closer that say Melbourne and Sth Australian or western australian.

I am not aware of the difference.. as In my ear can't pick it .. I grew up in NSW and now live in Victoria.

GeorgiaSnack

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Spiraling

None at all.

Although otherparts of Australia have certain words that aren't used in other States.

tuppenybitz

No not at all

clucky36

No, the difference is not large in accent and Australians don't have any dialects across the whole country we all speak the same and understand each other fluently

nellephant_1

the australian accent tends to differ fromnorth to south ...melb and sydney are too close together to give good examples of different aussie accents (though there are some differences in slang lexicon) try comparing a melbourne accent with a darwin one... though strangely the tasmanian accent seems to have more affinity with a northern accent than it's nearby southern neighbours...

Greg S

no, there is probably less difference between sydney and melbourne's dialects than there is between the different dialects within sydney and melbourne. both cities have a wide variety of local dialects but apart from the pot vs schooner/middy and the different definitions of scallop there is no marked difference. oh, footy means something different in each city too

mmdjaajl

none at all

duckofdarkness

No, not on the whole.

You will hear some specific localised inflections, like the Melbourne Greek accent seems to be specific to Melbourne and in some areas of Sydney you get a nasal twang that you don't really hear in Melbourne. There's certainly not an over-arching "Sydney accent" or "Melbourne accent" though.

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