User:AmazingJus/Australian English

Oi yeah mate I speak Australian English, which I'm bloody proud of! It's the predominant variety of English spoken in Australia. I refer to 'broad', I mean it's kinda thick, you know, yeah nah somethin' similar to what good ol' Steve Irwin and Paul Hogan would sound like (except to say that he is pushing with his accent, and mine's not as bogan as 'em aye). I don't even speak that 'broadly' either — it's in between the general and broad variety.

[sɐʉ̯ ˈlet͡s pʊt͡ʔ əˌnɐð.ɐ ˈʃɹɪmp ˈpɹoːn‿ɔn ðə ˈbɐː.bəɪ̯ ˈæːɪ̯]!!

My idiolect

• I usally pronounce either as [ˈɒɪ̯ð.ɐ] but [ˈəɪ̯ð.ɐ] at the end of a sentence.
• I have lengthened [æː] in words such as tag, bag and the unfortunate fag, also in bad, sad and mad. However it is just short [æ] for words tack, back and the vulgarity wank, also in cat, nap, pal and many others.
• Pronunciation of bath, castle and graph have [ɐː], and dance, example and plant have [æ(ː)].
• I pronounce data as [ˈdɐː.tə].
• ordinary, unitary and February [ˈfeb.jʊ.e.ɹi] end in [eɹi]; library, binary and dietary end in [əɹi].
• I'm more fond of pronouncing again as [əˈɡen] instead of [əˈɡæɪ̯n]
• Similary (which ends with [əɹi]!), any word that ends with -ery ends with [əɹi].
• The clusters ⟨tr⟩ and ⟨dr⟩ are pronounced [t͡ʃɹ] and [d͡ʒɹ] respectively.
• The word forehead is definitely pronounced [ˈfoː.(h)ed].
• Final ⟨r⟩ is silent, but I may pronounce the final [ɹ] if another word starting with a vowel just comes after it. In fact I may even add add a [ɹ] bebetween two vowels whether between words or syllables.
• Pronunciation of ⟨t⟩ and ⟨d⟩ is usually realised as [ɾ] between vowels.
• The letter h is [(h)æɪ̯t͡ʃ], with the [h] being pronounced in faster speech.

Aussie names

Many seppos don't know how to properly pronounce these names! 😉

Name	Sepp's pronunciation	Strayacunt!
Wolli Creek	[ˈwʊɫ.i kɹik̚]	[ˈwɔɫ.ɒɪ̯ kɹəɪ̯k̚]
Melbourne	[ˈmɛɫ.bɔ˞n]	[ˈmeɫ.bn̩] or even more local [ˈmæɫ.bn̩]
Feeeeesh and Cheeeeeps	[ˌfɪʃ‿ən‿ˈt͡ʃɪps]	[ˌfəɪ̯ːʃ‿ən‿ˈt͡ʃəɪ̯ːps]

Nah yeah, Melbourne always pisses me off because you Americans do it all the time!

Sample readings

Australia has a variety of animals, including dingoes, kangaroos and emus.
[əˈst͡ʃɹɐɪ̯.jə həz‿ə vəˈɹɒɪ̯.ə.ɾəɪ̯ əv‿ˈæn.ɪ.mɫ̩z | ɪŋˈklʉˑ.ɾɪŋ ˈdɪŋ.ɡɐʉ̯z | kæŋ.ɡəˈɹʉːz‿n̩ ˈəɪ̯.mjʉːz]

Oi bloody hell ya wanker arse piss off!
[ɔɪ̯ ˈblɐd.əɪ̯ ˈheɫ jə ˈwæŋ.kəɹ‿ɐːs ˈpɪs‿ɔf]

Accent Tag

Yeah nah yeah, the Seppos have been doing this 'Accent Tag' kinda shit where ya read out a few words and ya lingo refer to certain things. But I, as a true blue Aussie, will still read it out to ya cunts!! Doesn't matter if I have a mic cunt or not, I bloody write it out for ya!

Aunt, Roof, Route, Wash, Oil, Theater (farking hell we spell it Theatre), Iron, Salmon, Caramel, Fire, Water, Sure, Data, Ruin, Crayon, New Orleans, Pecan, Both, Again, Probably, Spitting image, Alabama, Lawyer, Coupon, Mayonnaise, Syrup, Pajamas (Pyjamas ya dicks), Caught, Naturally, Aluminium, Envelope.

[ɐːnt, ɹʉːf, ɹʉːt, wɔʃ, ɔɪ̯ɫ, ˈθɪ.ə.ɾɐ, ˈɒɪ̯.ən, ˈsɛm.ən, ˈkæɹ.ə.mɫ̩, ˈfɒɪ̯.ɐ, ˈwɔː.ɾɐ, ʃoː, ˈdɐː.ɾɐ, ˈɹʉː.ən, ˈkɹæɪ̯.ɔn, ˌnjʉː ɔːˈləɪ̯nz, ˈpəɪ̯.kn̩, bɐʉ̯θ, əˈɡen]

1. What is it called when you throw toilet paper on a house?

   We don't farking do that in Straya mate. But if we Seppos ever seeing you doing this Halloween shit, we'll just give it some crap like toilet papering.

2. What is the bug that when you touch it, it curls into a ball?

   A woodlouse I guess? Yeah nah, no fancy shit.

3. What is the bubbly carbonated drink called?

   Just soft drink. None of that soda/pop/coke shit you have up there.

4. What do you call gym shoes?

   I call 'em sneakers. But other Strayan cunts can say trainers or runners, from tha Poms.

5. What do you say to address a group of people?

   I say you guys or bonzer as youse. Americans have both of them too I swear.

6. What do you call the kind of spider (or spider-like creature) that has an oval-shaped body and extremely long legs?

   Daddy-long-legs. Youse call it too ay?

7. What do you call your grandparents?

   Grandma and Grandpa. The d is actually silent here and the n assimilates to an m.

8. What do you call the wheeled contraption in which you carry groceries at the supermarket?

   Shopping trolley ay.

9. What do you call it when rain falls while the sun is shining?

   Just like ya call it, sunshower.

10. What is the thing you change the TV channel with?

    Remote or Remote control. These two are sweet as.