Australian English Australian English Aus E Aus

Australian English

Australian English (Aus. E, Aus. Eng, en-AU) is a major variety of the English Language and is used throughout Australia.

Sociocultural variation • Broad Australian English is recognisable and familiar to English speakers around the world. It is prevalent nationwide but is especially common in rural areas. In Australia, this dialect is sometimes called Strine (or "Strayan"), a shortening of the word Australian, and a speaker of the dialect may be referred to as an Ocker. • General. The most common of Australian accents is known as General Australian English. It is especially prominent in urban Australia and is used as a standard language for Australian films, television programs and advertising. • Cultivated Australian English has some similarities to Received Pronunciation. It has become less common, especially within younger generations. Cultivated Australian English has been perceived as indicating high social class or education.

Aboriginal Vocabulary • • • billabong jumbuck corroboree boomerang budgerigar bindieye, calombo boree, banksia, quandong, mallee currawong, galah and kookaburra wallaby and wombat, dingo, kangaroo barramindi

American and British Influence • • • get water from a tap not a faucet ride in elevators as well as lifts cars run on petrol not gas drive on freeways not motorways. caucus (in politics) sedan station wagon truck high school

Differences in Vowels Diphthongs Monophthongs

Examples Received Pronunciation General Australian Example /i: / /əɪ/ see /səɪ/ /ɑ: / /a: / heart /ha: t/ /u: / /əʊ/ school /skəʊl/ /æ/ /e/ bad /bed/ /ʌ/ /a/ cut /kat/ /eɪ/ /æɪ/ say /sæɪ/ /aɪ/ /ɑɪ/ high /hɑɪ/ /aʊ/ /æʊ/ now /næʊ/ /əʊ/ /ʌʊ/ no /nʌʊ/ /ɪə/ /i: / near /ni: / /eə/ /e: / hair /he: /

Differences in Consonants • Linking [r]: car alarm, far out Linking [r]: • Intrusive [r]: drawing - draw-ring, saw it - sore it Intrusive [r] • Epenthetic [r]: no" [nəʉɹ], "hello" [hələʊɹ], "don't" Epenthetic [r]: [dəʊ-ɹnt] and "low" [ləʊɹ] • Intervocalic [t] and [d]: [r] – butter, party, bottle Intervocalic [t] and [d]: • T glottalisation : button, fatten T glottalisation • Coalescence : dune – June, due – Jew; Coalescence :

Australian Vocabulary Australian English Word Standard English amber beer dinkum genuine, true arvo afternoon evo evening barbie barbecue G'day hello barrack cheer lolly sweet (Br. E), candy (Am. E) beaut great nana banana bloke man oil information chook chicken Oz Australia clobber clothes Pom(my) English crook ill sheila woman daks trousers (Br. E), pants (Am. E) snag sausage

Australian English American English British English Bathers bathing-suit swimming-costume bloke guy chap cozzie bathing-suit swimming-costume crook sick ill daks (dacks) pants trousers duchess buffet sideboard durry cigaret(te) fag fairy floss cotton candyfloss fisho fish seller fishmonger footpath sidewalk pavement garbo garbage man dustman garbologist garbage man dustman grog liquor spirits ice block Popsicle ice lolly icy pole Popsicle ice lolly jocks underpants

Australian English American English British English lolly candy sweet mate buddy (bud) fellow (feller, fella) port baggage luggage postie mailman postman Proprietary (Pty) Incorporated (Inc. ) Limited (Ltd) semitrailer tractor-trailer articulated lorry servo gas station petrol station ranch farm strides pants trousers swimmers bathing-suit swimming-costume togs bathing-suit swimming-costume truckie, trucky truck driver lorry driver tuckshop cafeteria canteen underdaks underpants unit apartment flat ute utility truck utility vehicle wag play hookey play truant

Sample text in Australian English • I got up and put on my black daks. They are the most exy piece of my clobber as they’re my Dad’s last Chrissie prezzie. My Dad’s a bonzer bloke and I like him most of all my rellies. That’s cos I’ve got no Mum and my brother’s a bloody bludger and an ignorant ocker. We’ve never been matey with each other and I often get aggro with him. • I had a nana and a sanger for brekkie and then took my ankle biters to the kindie. In the arvo I talked to my nibs about our new Kiwi bizzo partners, and I had a snag and a durry during the smoko. In the evo I dropped in to the shop to buy some tucker and grog for the barbie we’ll have on Sunday. It’s London to a brick that no one will bring anything, we’ve agreed it would be a BYO party though. • I had a chook, some vedgies and amber for tea and then Shazza lobbed in. She looked beaut and in full feather, so she earbashed all night long. In the end I had to walk her to her unit, cos my car had gone cactus. When I was back I felt a bit crook, so I hit the sack right away.