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Australia's accent only now starting to adopt small changes

Australia has had a largely uniform accent up to now

Australia has had a largely uniform accent up to now Source: SBS

You can travel the breadth of Australia and, if you think about it, find very little variation in the regional English-Australian accent across the country. Why?


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By Maya Jamieson, Jin Sun Lane

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You can travel the breadth of Australia and, if you think about it, find very little variation in the regional English-Australian accent across the country. Why?


Australia may be a continent, but, when it comes to the English-Australian accent, it is largely a standard one across the land.

Now, researchers are looking at that accent and what variations do exist.

And there is actually an increasing multicultural influence on today's Australian accents.


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