G'day, guys. My name is Pete and I'm the host of Aussie
English. Welcome to this video. Today, I want to show you the three types
of Australian accent. Let's go. So, if you're learning Australian English
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my new videos. So, quick disclaimer, guys, I am not a linguist. I am simply an English teacher specifically
teaching Australian English and a lot of my students have asked me to put this video together
to show you guys the main kinds of Australian accent. As you may or may not be aware, there is quite
a bit of variation in the Australian accent. Strewth! Now we're not going to cover every single
variant in today's video. I just want to cover the three main kinds. And they are the Cultivated Accent. Hello! I'm Cultivated Pete and I speak Australian
English with a cultivated accent. The General Accent. G'day, guys! I go as I'm General Pete and I speak with
a general Australian accent. How's it going? And the Broad Accent. Yeah, g'day, guys! I'm Broad Pete and I speak Australian English
with a broad Australian accent. Alright, so according to Wikipedia, "The Cultivated Australian accent has in the
past been perceived as indicating high social class or education. It has some similarities to Receive Pronunciation
and the Transatlantic Accent. So, some famous Australians who speak with
a cultivated accent include actors Cate Blanchett and Geoffrey Rush, as well as ex-prime minister
Malcolm Fraser. Let's have a listen. Yes. Well, no, I actually grew up in Melbourne
and then I came to Sydney to go to the National Institute here, and... and then, got catapulted
out and I thought, "Well, I'll give it five years and see what happens.". Johnny Depp's one of the great character actors
of our time, I believe, trapped in the leading man's body. He's got the best of both worlds. He has a brilliantly absurd sense of humour. Most people aren't aware of it, but 1975 was,
I think, the only year since the migration program began when more people left Australia. Yeah, you blokes are just a bunch of posh
c*nts. Well, I never! How unsophisticated! Yeah, I'm going to stay out of this one. Right, now the strongest Australian accent. According to Wikipedia: 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 the speaker of the
dialect may be referred to as an Ocker. Some examples of Australians who speak with
a Broad Australian accent include ex-Prime Minister Julia Gillard, the Crocodile Hunter,
Steve Irwin, and actor Paul Hogan. Let's have a listen. And I do meet women around the world, and
really, the only thing they know about Australia is they might know something about kangaroos,
something about koalas, and about that speech. Do you miss The Outback? Oh, absolutely. First thing, get off the plane, mate, didn't
go home, BOOM! Straight into the bush. Free me swag out, camped under the stars,
and I was healed up. Feels great! Wonderful and weird at the same time. I had the rare and exotic thing of being the
flavour of the month or flavour of the year almost for about a year at all. And then it all... If you have it sort of come out with another
blockbuster, it's all over. You're forgotten. Well, I do believe US "posh c*nts", would
refer to you broadies as 'ocker' or 'bogan', depending on your social proclivities or whether
or not you have a job. Yeah righto! F *ck off, mate! Yeah. I'm going to avoid this one as well. Last but not least, and the most common Australian
accent that you are likely to hear is the General Accent. Okay? So, according to Wikipedia: The General Australian English Accent is the
most common of Australian accents. It is especially prominent in urban Australia
and is used as a standard language for Australian films, television programs, and advertising. So, aside from the average Australian, some
famous Aussies who speak with a General Accent include actors Eric Bana and Hugh Jackman,
as well as Olympic swimmer Ian Thorpe. Let's have a listen. Oh, it was so much fun and I'd sort of forgotten
how much fun he can have and are allowed to have at work. You know, 'cause a lot of the movies I work
on are quite dramatic and sometimes the sets are very very serious. So, to go to work where, you know, laughing
your head off all day long was kind of encouraged and you didn't get into trouble was so novel. Two musicals early on, which shocked me that
I was even up for a musical. You know, and I was an actor, theatre actor
really. And then, I couldn't get seen from films back
in Sydney. This is way back in mid '90s. Look, I notice where the water moves. I notice, you know, how it's around me, and
if, you know, someone's out with their kick, I hear that, and I kind of feel it. It does affect me a little bit. I think we're pretty much just your average
normal Australian to be honest. Also lower-class riffraff. Yeah, these guys are a bunch of wankers too. Way too posh. Alright, guys. I hope you enjoyed that video. That was meant to be a bit of tongue in cheek
satire whilst also being educational and showing you some examples of the three most common
accents that you will see when you come to Australia. There are some other sort of variants that
I will try to cover in the future. Yeah, yeah, no, we do plumbing work also,
yeah? Yeah! And he goes, "Don't be a hero, mate!". We got a good man up here. Also don't forget to hit the subscribe button
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