Australian Accent Tip: "O" | 21 Accents
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- Here's a Fun Tip for the most fundamental (and often challenging) vowel of the standard Australian Accent: "O"!
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When Aussies say no they pronounce every vowel lol
Naeiou lol
Yep! I was trying to break it down into a precisely time multiple diphthong and it was becoming an obsession! This video makes it so much easier
We don't.
We're very thorough.
in australian accent there is 21 vowel accents so it's myth
My colleagues at work: CAN YOU STOP PRETENDING TO BE AUSTRALIAN IT’S VERY ANNOYING
Me: nauwr
Stella Strange 😂
lmao
I always try to mimic it and fail. This video didn't really help. Your comment spelling it out actually let me be able to say it for the first time.
So glad there's another person saying this all the time like me I'm Not Australian 😂😂😂😱😱 fucking NAAAAAOOOO
Ya Got That Right, I Gotta Get-Up & Turn it Off.... Have a Good One !!!-(DJS)
As an Australian, it's weird to me that people from other countries think that we pronounce 'O' strangely.
It's not strange, just different! It's nothing like any sound we have in American English!
Funny, but about 22 years ago, I had an Ozzy girlfriend who said she didn't speak with an accent but that I spoke with an American accent....also that we Americans didn't speak English but that we spoke "American"....
Cori Ilardi because most of the world has heard and adopted the American English dialect and the way it sounds... so both English and Australian accents are becoming more unique.
It's actually cute, the reason I am trying to pronounce it :p
Pronouncing one letter like to sound like "Öeayji" is not strange at all
australian, born and bred. flawless accent.
I actually thought you were Australian. This is so well done!!
You legitimately have the only fake Australian accent that isn't detectable as fake and I've spent time whenever I hear one in a movie picking it apart but I can find no fault in yours
better aussie accent than ben simmons
Australian here - I would say it's mildly too nasal on some sounds. Not too much, though, and it is probably the best fake Australian accent I've heard (some that are lauded as 'good' are not - Robert Downey Jr's in Natural Born Killers, for example). That being said, I don't know if I'd pick it up if I was speaking to her in the street, or just think she had a nasal voice.
Edit: In another video of hers, where she compares the NZ and Australian accent, I thought the Australian accent was pretty much perfect.
Being very very very very very very I can’t stress very enough how much but very picky,
At 2:10 “I love this word in Australian” was a bit whoopsy and also I swear but she goes from city to a “how ya
going” type of accent.
But other than that you’re right it’s the best accent I’ve heard that’s not authentic.
Australian and British accents are my weakness! I am so in love with those accents!
i would replace British with Kiwi , (nothing against the British one i just prefer the Australian and New Zealand accents more😅) , my English accent is kind of a mix of Australian and Kiwi ngl, i have practiced speaking with those accents (and it was rather easy but thats partially because i've got relatives in Australia and roots in New Zealand😂) so much that i can't really immitate an American accent anymore whenever i try i still sound more Aussie and Kiwi rather than American, but i dont mind since i dont really like the American accent very muchXD
@@kawaiimimi6349Do you know of a TH-cam channel with a teacher from New Zealand?
Wow Amy, your Aussie accent is perfect! I'm a born and bred West Australian and I can't pick even a hint of your native accent. I had to laugh when you used the kiwi/scottish colloquial "wee bit" as we most Aussies don't say that. We'd be more likely to say "just a smidge/smidgen (rhymes with pigeon)".
Thanks for doing these videos, it's great to have someone who actually knows what they're talking about when teaching the Aussie accent as there are so many really bad tutorials out there that sound nothing like us.
Cheers, Shane! Yeah, I had directors who didn't know I wasn't Aussie. ;-) Yep, I noticed the Kiwi "wee bit", left over from my Welly days, when it came out. I kinda Love that phrase, though. Charming. Didn't say "Jandles" though! ;-D
Accents with Amy when you did the Australian accent without sounding nasaly that's simply me when i have a cold.
GamerDares Wins - you are shattering their prejudices and ignorance. They like their myths and misbeliefs. AS we know all English speak with cockney accents and all Americans speak like Yaaaaaaaahoo texans!
Haha. I say "smidge/smidgen." It's rare around here. And I also say "wee bit." xD
Well, Americans don't, but they should.
o o o oer oer oer ro..o r....... ARRRRGHHHHHHHHH
thAlia ayahH There you go, you're on your way to speaking like a pirate.
You have to relax and flatten your tongue.
Actually, your accent without being nasal - is still an Aussie accent. Not everyone speaks nasally :)
Definitely one of the best demonstration and explanation of the Australian accent here on youtube. Thanks.
Raphael Krausz That's what I was gonna say
I think she sounds llike she has a cold when she isn't speaking nasaly.
when she uses a nasal tone here it reminds me of pauline hanson, love this comment
Agree.. her standard aussie is a bit OTT. Like an exaggerated Qld accent. The tones are nearly perfect though. Quite amazing.
Exactly! Just cos we don't talk like Kath and Kim doesn't mean our accent isn't legit. Australia is a big place, there's going to be different versions of the accent like all countries have!
Erw nerw!
ermahgerd...does this meme come from oz then?
Lol
@@jayweh 🤣
This is one of the best put on Aussie accent I've heard. There are certain words that sound a bit off but I don't think I'd even pick it up if I wasn't Australian. I'm just so used to hearing how they're usually said. This was very interesting to watch as an Australian too! I don't need to learn this of course but it's interesting seeing what others need to do to learn to talk this way!
Stop saying good because IM NOT GETTING IT RIGHT
Jake Hess I can't even get the "good" right
Lolol
As an Australian, I'm super impressed, our accent seems to be the only one that people can't get, even actors who have training. You have a gift, girl!
Your pronunciation is frankly, amazing. You would probably have fooled me, and I'm an Aussie. The only thing that may have tipped me off is the way you say "accent." You say "accint," which is most commonly a New Zealander pronunciation. One last thing is that the end of our "o" is more of a "y" sound, than an "r" sound.
Oh my gosh if it is not your comment I wouldn’t learned it! 😍
This accent is the one that really gets me! The vowels are just so unique! I'd really like to polish off my Scottish accent.. I enjoy both of them. Love your videos! You're amazing! :D :)
anybody else trying to do this out loud?
Boris The Soviet Love-Hammer kinda awkward but yes hahaha
I'm Australian, and I like doing that to goof off :)
I never thought about it before but when ever I speak my nose vibrates a little.
yes, mate!
It's pretty hard to speak with an accent without... speaking... isn't it?
I congratulate you for mastering the Aussie accent. For Americans and other countries, the Australian accent is one of the hardest to learn.
The difficulty is only half the problem. The other half is that we don't recognize how poorly we're doing it when we do try.
@davidhines68 I'd say that's true of people trying unsuccessfully to imitate any accent.
Here's the easy way to do it:
Americans, say this... "My bull fine". That's how you say "mobile phone" with an Australian accent. It's kind of weird, you have to think some o's like "oi" with a certain twang.
Also like Russel Crowe said when he was on Fallon's show, talk without moving your upper lip.
I have a lot of fun practicing an Aussie accent!
Woah 030
WretchedDrake um nope we call it a cell phone... sell fff oh ne last 3 are said fast
+WretchedDrake Another is to say "rise up lights" in a normal north american tone, and you have just said razor blades as an aussie.
+WretchedDrake wow i laughed, it does sound like Australians say it that way.
LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL
Others have said the same, but you truthfully do sound native. Even your intonation and pitch are spot on. Great stuff, and thanks for the video.
Your Aussie accent is so good! Big love from Sydney, Australia Amy :) Thank you!
I’m a 43 year old American and have always wanted to know how to do this. Thanks! Sorry I’m so late! ❤
I love the O in the Aussie accent. My friend is an Aussie and I ask him all the time to say no. I love the no word in their accent.
This is really cool. I could not for the life of me pronounce "no" like an Australian (native English speaker from the US). I nailed it after watching two minutes of this and learning that tongue trick. She's good!
so cool to watch this as someone who has an australian accent, I've never thought about all this technical stuff but you really hit the nail on the head Amy!
Been practicing for more than an hour! I'm obsessed! But frustrated at how I can't say the Australian O :(
ikr
+Marisol Zaragoza say "my bull fine" in your normal American accent and you just said "mobile phone" in an Australian accent 😉
Marisol Zaragoza say "whale oil beef hooked" and that's well I'll be fucked.
In an irish accent.
+GamerDares wins - HAHAHAHAHA fuck I don't even know why that's so hilarious but I couldn't stop laughing
totally kuked because it really does sound like an irish man?
One thing us Aussies like doing is shortening our words i.e. afternoon becomes arvo, a petrol station is a servo, a morning tea break is a smoko, etc.
We also use nicknames for some jobs i.e. an electrician is a sparkie, a paramedic is a ambo and a fireman is a firey
My sister, and American born and raised in New York and living in California for the last 50 years shortens everything. It's like prezzie for present. Drives me nuts.
This is so freaking hard! Apparently it's very easy to learn the American accent because of all the movies and tv but it's so hard to immerse yourself in other accents when you're not there
I watch a lot of British TV, and while it's gotten better, there are plenty of bad American accents.
Incredible! You sound EXACTLY like a native speaker.
Very impressive!
This is 99.8% perfect!!! Amazing Australian accent. If I hadn’t known she was performing the accent and been an Australian myself, I wouldn’t have picked it up. In other words - none other than a natural Australian English speaker would pick this up.
the cream on the pavlova! Love! you even change the words you use depending on the accent! it makes it so believable
Found myself trying to copy what she was doing and wondering if I was doing it right.... then remembered I am Australian like an idiot.
That being said, I have a distinct regional accent specifically from Canberra, and even Australians think I'm "British".
When I auditioned for acting school in Sydney the vocal teachers were convinced I had either lived overseas, or had non-Australian parents... that's how distinct it is. I had to explain to them that it is a Canberran accent and I know that from years of people questioning me.
For one of the hardest accents to master for non-native speakers this is super impressive! Only the slightest cues to give away she’s not Australian (though she could definitely pass for one, I definitely know people who speak like this, they’re just usually from north of Melbourne)
Her non-nasal Aussie accent is actually perfect for the Melbournian accent, her more nasal version sounds closer to Pauline Hansen or Kath and Kim which is technically correct but it sounds pretty occa to us Melbournians (our version of the Texan accent or something, very twangy)
To avoid sounding overdone I’d advise Americans/non-Aussies to go for the Melbournian accent if you can, go a little lighter on the ‘oi’s to sound more natural :)
Also we don’t pronounce the ‘L’ in ‘Australia’ but we still make the shape with our tongue to make a soft ‘L’ - not just a ‘Y’ like ‘Straya’ unless we’re being ironically occa, that’s one thing Amy could slightly tweak. Apart from that it’s damn near perfect though! :) x
What's "occa"?
I think I just fell in love with you. This is like you explaining complete MAGIC.
I literally JUST found your channel as I was trying to work on my Aussie accent. Your videos are so amazingly detailed. I love it.
I'm an Aussie (South-Eastern Australia) and your accent sounds perfect. Of course there are subtle differences emerging in different locations. I just wanted to add that when you tried it without being strongly nasal, and you said it wasn't really an Aussie accent, I think it is. There are many of us who aren't as nasal as others. That is one of the subtle differences that has emerged.
I used to do a British accent all the time and whenever I attempted Australian, it was so difficult for me and I’d just switch back to British. But then one day I decided that I would really push myself and take my time learning how to do an Australian accent and I got hooked, now I can’t do British anymore, Australian comes out instead 😂 I don’t know if anyone relates but Amy you’ve helped me a ton
Haha righto! Aussie is super fun 😎 Glad the vids have been helpful! ~ Amy
Hi Amy pondered upon your vid. I'm sitting here as an Australian thinking "I do what with my tongue?" The problem learning the accent is not just the vowels etc it's also the art of running your words into each other. Year seven high school English explains "owmuchapiecos?" Apparently that's how we say "How much does a pie cost?" I would use the accent you've presented in the boardroom but not in daily life. Great vid though. :)
Your work is so masterful. Absolutely incredible insights and explanations
This reminded me of the bit in "Singin' in the Rain": Moses supposes his toeses are roses, but Moses supposes erroneously"! What fun!
I was just saying how i wanted to learn the accent earlier today! It's harder than i thought!
Yeppididdle. ;-)
+Prinz Naryk As an aussie, I can say it is pronounced op-or-chu-ni-ty, or alternately op-uh-chu-ni-ty (aussie english tends to have a very soft non-rhotoric "R" which usually comes out as sounding like uh/ah). You need to be careful however about words in a sentence - as if the next word or syllable starts with a vowel, the R becomes a joining R instead.
The phrase "Colour in" would be pronounced as Ka-luh-rin (sounding like a single word with three syllables).
WOW!!!! You are incredible!!!!!!!!! That's the best Aussie accent I've heard!! I don't think anyone could do better!!
Your Aussie accents are amazing! As your accent shifted, I kept wondering which part of Australia you're from. You even did a perfect South Coast accent, where I'm from - you really had me convinced!
the way you were speaking was the most authentic accent ive ever heard! but actually, its still australian even without the nasal. thats closer to how someone in the city would sound. its kind of how we can tell how well off or educated someone is, the more bogan, the more nasal in their voice. my dad was once asked if he came from another country simply because he enunciates and isnt nasally lmao
I’m not involved in theater arts at all but always find your videos fascinating. It’s also interesting when someone can articulate how a spoken sound is made, what’s happening in mouth. Been listening to an audiobook with Australian narrator and had to google that “Australian O” :) nice to stumble onto your site again.
I'm from mid-eastern America and I'm in Advanced Theatre Arts. We are learning how to do difference accents and we have to show it to the class; how to pronounce words. I can't do an Aussie accent to save my live. But I love your guys' accent. 😍😍
I'm in love with their "O"! No and so are so interesting.
I foresee myself watching this video a few times. That Aussie O always gets me.
;-D
Wow! Amy! Your Aussie accent is just perfect!!, just perfect! Well done
Best accent I've ever heard from a non-Aussie!
I'm so happy I found this video. Because I noticed there is something different about Australian O. Yes you are right. There's this bit of an R sound. So cool!
Pepperoni - Peppe'rew'ni.
Wow, your accent is really impressive Amy, damn near spot on. Keep up the good work! :)
This is really great! She's good at pretty much every accent I've heard her do! As for all of you having a hard time with the Australian "O", keep working at it! It's interesting to me that that pronunciation is hard for some. Cheers from Canberra!
Im a filipino and as a call center agent who have the Aussie account (sorry guys disclosure is prohibited) Amy really helped me to understand more of their accent so that i can understand my customers more of what they're saying. Amy please do upload more of your video, what you do really helps people like us :D
When you do an Aussie accent Amy, you really sound like Carrie Bickmore. She's the main presenter on The Project. Won a gold Logie. Was blonde and her hair is now like yours. And she's from Perth WA.
You are SO good.. ("SO" as in sooauwr)--have ALWAYS loved the "no," "show," "know," etc... And the way my Australian boss pronounces my name (Beth, not Lynn, which is just the name I have on Google)--2 syllables, but I cannot mimick it... Thanks, again, Amy, am practicing my NOs....
I've been watching pretty much the entire season one of Bluey every day and I can't get over how they say "No" and "Two"
This is very accurate of eastern Australia, Sydney in particular I think, but the way I talk is quite different from this! Very similar to the non-nasal version. I think it's because there are so many English born people in the area I live, the most of any area in Australia to my knowledge. Over 50% of residents here were born in the UK and it's resulted in a very subdued accent, in fact when I go travelling overseas I get asked if I'm English or South African more than I get asked if I'm Australian!
Really? I'm from Perth and have Zimbabwean parents and I have never been asked if i'm South African.
Adam Seward What part of Perth are you from? I live in the Joondalup area and when I go south of the river or even to the city I notice people's accent are considerably different. Joondalup has so many english people that it affects our accents.
elephantasmic Bayswater
+Adam Seward Perhaps you mean Rhodesian.
most of the population lives in the east. also NSW has the most people by quite a difference. however sydneysiders speak differently to those that grew up in country NSW. They tend to have the more broad accent. I grew up near Newcastle and speak very much like sydneysiders
This is the most amazing video on the internet I swear to god.
Another thing about Australian accents, or at least where I'm from, although they don't differ that much; We drop the letter 'r' in a lot of stuff.
Melbourne would be pronounced 'Mel-bin' or 'Mel-bun'- although the i/u would be a really short vowel- so you're pretty much saying "Mel-bn".
The word 'colour' I pronounce 'kull-uh'.
We tend to get rid of 'r' sounds on the end or towards the ends of words, especially if there's an 'o' sound near it. Just makes the words flow more freely.
+Mining Forge - There is no "r" sound to begin with. Aussie English is non-rhotic.
totally kuked Out of curiosity, do you know what 'non-rhotic' means?
+Mining Forge - Sure do. What's your point?
totally kuked "There is no "r" sound to begin with. Aussie English is non-rhotic."
... non-rhotic doesn't mean that 'r' sounds aren't pronounced at all.
+Mining Forge - I wasn't clear. When I said there isn't any "r" sound to begin with, I was referring to the instances which you mention, not *all* instances of /r/ (such as initial /r/ on separate syllables, as well as the linking /r/, which definitely *do* exist in Aussie English).
My point is that unlike parts of the UK (which were once rhotic but now non-rhotic by dropping "r" sounds), Australia was never really rhotic, and thus never "dropped /r/ sounds" - they weren't pronounced in the first place.
By saying we *drop* "r" sounds, you're implying that being rhotic in English is technically more correct/standard. Which is ridiculous.
great that's Aussie accent! thank you..
i love her smile
This is the most helpful video!
Spot on. Reminded me of the accent of Kath from Kath & Kim.
Holy shit mate, actually thought you were Australian until you started doing those funny yank "R" sounds
Really good! You seem like you are fully Australian! I had an Italian friend who came to Australia to learn English and she had an Italian accent with most words except for "No' and 'mango' she said them like an Australian. It turned out, her mum was born in Australia (of Italian descent) but her family moved back to Italy when she was 16. So, my friend must have inherited the ability! Cheers!
Ooh this is really helpful.. I'm good with accents but struggled with this part of Australian accent!
Hey Amy, As an American living in Australia, I have been enamored with Australian women telling me "no" just so I could hear that long drawn out accent (not offten enough). People at work tell me I am a long way from an Aussie accent, but I will take this lesson to heart and practice.
The problem with you Americans is you just aren't lazy enough, you don't need to pronounce every single letter of every word name or place.
Totally forgot the R sound in any word unless it starts with an R
Roger becomes RoJA
Beer becomes Bee-ah
Near...Nee-A
Remember we are compensating for no R by making the previous letter before the R longer.
Hope that helps.
+GamerDares Wins - Beer can be pronounced Bee-ah or Bee-h. Same with Near: Nee-ah or Nee-h.
The more rural types tend to say "bee-h" while the city folk say "bee-ah".
I'm french-canadian, speaking a perfect english... But I found a trick of my own to master this "O"...
In french, we have the syllable "EU" wich sounds like "heuh", like in "Europe". In English it sounds more like a "U", the "E" being almost silent.
But in french, this "EU" sound is very common thus very natural in my mouth... unfortunately, there are no english equivalent... So for me, ending the "O" with the "EU" sound is what does the trick for me! So if you are a francophone like me, this might also do the trick!
I laughed quite a lot. When she said "Go Show The Rose Your Nose"
I 'm Australian sitting here strangely practising my own accent....
😅 love it
I had so much fun watching your videos.... I'm squinting now and saying "Nooooooooo" lol
forgot how much I love you :) .... the first time I watched it was for accents .... I still can't do any so I need to watch you more :)
You are great! So detailed I love it ❤
If I didn't read the comments section, I would have thought you were Australian. Good on 'ya!
Once in a while, when I listen to Aussies, I do hear something closer to a very rapidly pronounced "nawi" (or "naweh"), eliminating the dipthong effect because the vowels are compressed into a singular elongated vowel sound. I can't really spell it out accurately phonetically. If you try saying "nawi" (or "naweh") as a single syllable, while compressing (almost puckering) your lips, you can do it.
Grateful I came across with this. So fun! So hard! So perfect! Love love love it!
I typed “australians” and “Australians saying no” was the second suggestion.
Made me feel much better
This woman has a gift
wow you're very good. I even thought you were aussie til I read the comments.
we also tend to raise our voices into a higher pitch at the end of sentences.
Awesome video! I went to outback and i just could not pronounce "big bloke" beer like an aussie...
I am in a play for our church, and need to do an Australian accent. Thank You for these videos. Wondering if You would read and record my lines and send them back to me. How much would you charge for that?
It sounds really iconiccccc
im here for rosé
when she say so important, ,, its so so so cute !!
Oh my god thisbis the most sweetest video I came across i m literslly watching an aystralain series n got a big fsn 9f the o sound its so tough m litrslly doin what u r saying thsnkyou for such a sweet video mam!!!!!❤❤❤😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
Thanks, it's really useful :)
I LUV AUSSIE ACCENT WITH MY HEART AND SOUL ( i'm not aussie)
Do you came here because of Rosé „norr“ too? 😂
Interesting that she doesn't think it's Aussie, but @ 2:43 was a spot on general Australian accent. Where I live that is the norm. We don't all speak with a nasal sound (broad accent).
Great help. If you slow it down it sounds like the a sound, ah then the o sound.
Got a mad cheeky laugh.
Brilliant! Here I was, trying to do it by breaking down the diphthongs.
This really help me
I'm literally trying to pronounce this word cos I LOVE the Aussie accent
I'm aussie and I find it hard to say "o" like an American XD
I've only just stumbled across this woman. But I have to say that she nails the accent in a way that no North American ever has.
Thank you for this. I have struggled on my own for a year giving it a gaewr. Comes eazia if I don’t try saewr haad.😂🤣
Wow! I can hear and see how you're pronouncing the "o" but am having such a hard time with it. Thanks for the great tip! :)
I love how it's not just an accent but a manner of speaking. Full sentences are almost sing-songy.
While I was working retail in nyc, I had a beautiful Australian girl ask me something. Then I heard her say “know”.....it was so beautiful. It was so hard to replicate but then one day I just got it all of a sudden.