1. Charlie Angley

2.  Generally there are three categories of
English spoken in Australia
 Broad-Slang Australian or a more outback
Australian
 General-The English that is used by the
majority of the country
 Cultivated-The more proper, or civilised
English spoken in the inner suburbs and
cities

3.  Commonly seen as a more slang or
casual English by society
 Actually more cultivated
 The reason why South Australian
English is analysed as being more
proper is the ‘a’ sound in the middle
of the words chance, plant and
branch
 In S.A it is pronounced generally
with an ‘ar’ sound
 State words include stobie poll for
as in the power pole that supports
telephone lines and a butcher
relating to a glass of beer, which
was introduced by the early
German migrants in S.A

4.  Victorians tend to speak in a much more
casual way then that of the South Australians
 Insertions and reductions are extremely
common in every day speak in Victoria as
well as the rest of Australia
 What u been up too? Is a more common
phrase in Victoria then anywhere else
 W’s are commonly inserted in words like
doing and going to make them easier to say
 Words like Boston Bunn and footy are words
that are only really used in Victoria

5.  Very similar to that of the Victorian language,
yet there is a sense of a more proper English
towards the inner city of Sydney
 NSW born people generally have a much
higher pitch intonation at the end of each
sentence then the rest of Australia
 Victorian and NSW person’s tend to both say
‘elps’ instead of ‘alps’
 The word ‘swimmers’ is one that is used only
in NSW

6.  Is slightly different to that of the NSW
language
 Queenslanders tend to speak with a
slower, more relaxed tone
 Pause fillers, and repetitions are extremely
common in every day dialect
 Ah, um and ergh are present in most
sentences
 Also input a lot of slang into everyday
conversations
 ‘yeah, ah, going ta have a board’

7.  Is another state with just minor differences
from NSW English
 It has the basic pitch intonation as well as the
reductions and insertions common in English
around Australia
 The Western Australians have included more
indigenous vocabulary in their day to day
language
 These include a boondy for a rock or boulder
and a Noongar for a spear
 Also tend to say derby rather then darby

8.  Again the variation between the states is
little when comparing Tasmanian English
to the other states
 Although Tasmania is not part of the
mainland, the variety of English that is
spoken there is very strong, usually broad
English
 Colloquialisms are extremely common
 Eg, mate, toey and lurk (meaning trick) all
come under this category

9.  Probably the best example of broad English in
Australia with a few variations
 As well as W.A, the Northern Territory imbeds
a lot of Indigenous words into their vocabulary
 Using a wide range of pause fillers, insertions,
reductions and colloquialisms
 N.T is known for its simplicity when it comes to
speaking and they will not complicate their
sentences

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