Non-rhotic like RP, but the diphthongs have all shifted one step round the mouth: FACE starts from TRAP, PRICE starts from PALM, GOAT starts from STRUT. Listeners who hear 'day' as 'die' and 'die' as 'doy' are hearing exactly that chain shift.
Où: Australia — general variety
Tout ce que le moteur d’orthographe sait transcrire, l’accent sait le déplacer. Ralentissez pour entendre la forme.
The high rising terminal: statements end on a rise, as if checking the listener is still there. Rhythm is relaxed, with long stressed syllables.
Dans l’ordre où la bouche les applique. Chaque avant/après est écoutable — cliquez sur l’API. Le motif est la règle telle que le moteur l’exécute, pour les curieux.
([iɪyʏeɛøœəɐæaɑɒɔoʊuʌɤɵɚɨɯ][ː̃]?)ɹ(?![iɪyʏeɛøœəɐæaɑɒɔoʊuʌɤɵɚɨɯ]| [iɪyʏeɛøœəɐæaɑɒɔoʊuʌɤɵɚɨɯ]) → $1Quand: after a vowel, when no vowel follows
Comment: Do not curl the tongue. Let the vowel end.
Non-rhotic, exactly as London — Australia inherited it from the ships.
| Mot | Référence | Accent | |
|---|---|---|---|
| car | |||
| hard | |||
| water | the flap rule runs too |
([iɪyʏeɛøœəɐæaɑɒɔoʊuʌɤɵɚɨɯ][ː̃]?)t(?=[iɪyʏeɛøœəɐæaɑɒɔoʊuʌɤɵɚɨɯ]) → $1ɾAustralia flaps like America and drops r like England — it took one habit from each.
| Mot | Référence | Accent | |
|---|---|---|---|
| city | |||
| water | |||
| better |
ɛ → eComment: Say 'bed' with the tongue a notch closer to 'bid'.
The whole front-vowel series sits higher than in England.
| Mot | Référence | Accent | |
|---|---|---|---|
| bed | |||
| red |
eɪ → æɪComment: Begin the vowel from 'cat', not from 'bet'.
The start of the diphthong has dropped and fronted, which is why an outsider hears 'day' as 'die'.
| Mot | Référence | Accent | |
|---|---|---|---|
| day | |||
| face | |||
| mate |
aɪ → ɑɪComment: Begin from the doctor's 'ah'.
And this one has moved back to make room, so 'die' sounds like 'doy'.
| Mot | Référence | Accent | |
|---|---|---|---|
| my | |||
| time | |||
| night |
əʊ → ʌʊComment: Begin from the vowel of 'cut' and glide up.
| Mot | Référence | Accent | |
|---|---|---|---|
| go | |||
| home | |||
| no |
iː → ɪiThe long ee starts slightly lower and slides up — a small thing that carries a lot of the accent.
| Mot | Référence | Accent | |
|---|---|---|---|
| see | |||
| tea |
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