I think our upward inflection is a mix of friendliness, wanting to include the other person in the conversation, and seeking their approval. It's endearing, but can get a bit monotonous if someone uses it too much.
@@candicemoll8386 It means mono-pitch (one frequency only) which is why the rising inflection by definition cannot be monotonous. But it can get repetitive. No speech is entirely a mono-tone, but as the tendency increases, the speaker becomes more tiring to listen to. Constant pitch modulation is the name of the game. If you want an example of someone moving toward monotony, you can't do better than Kym Gyngell, in his characterisation of Col'n Carpenter. The fewer times when he does depart from the flattish pitch adds to the emphasis and thus the comedy.
The only TH-camr that I admire the most, your smile, your voice and every time you giggles makes my heart melt, and also the way you teach us about Australian accent. You're the best!
Re Aussie politeness, we also say things like "give us a look" even though you're the only other person present and should be more like "give me a look". I think this is because it sounds more like an invitation to share with 'everyone', rather than an instruction.
English is not my first language, but I'm learning it since kindergarden. And it was so strange, since we were learning words in british, but talking in american (flat,lift etc.). So I had kind of mixed accent. But when I first time heard australian (H2O: just add water) I wanted to learn it. Plus, I really want to live and work in Australia as an actress. But I sound soo stupid talking aussie, it sounds like I'm mixing brit and american.😳
Whoa! 👻 This was the first time I ever commented on someone's channel and getting recognised for whatever I had asked in the previous video. Thank you so much for breaking down this part of the accent down I hope it'll open some new doorways to my learning. Can't be grateful enough. You do value the feedback of your audience and that's just amazing! Candice, you are such a darling. Big love! ♥️
Thank you so much for your comments! I do read them, and I'm always interested in what people would like to learn. I hope this one helps you. Thanks so much for watching and coming back for more! :-)
Thank you. It’s a big help. It is even harder for me sometimes. My mom is Australian and growing up in the US it was difficult for me. I picked up many of her pronunciations and had to relearn the american english. Something that I did pickup was the double 1 or double l while in america they say one one or L L spelling it out.. Do they still do that? I want go back to my roots and learn the correct accent. I am very proud of my Australian heritage. We go back about 8 generations mostly in the Queensland area.. My mom was from Winton. Thank you for a lovely video. Fraser
I really enjoyed this explanation of the accent melody. I remember the first time years ago I heard an Aussie speak I thought how unique the upward lilt was. Aussie accents are just so fun and pleasant to listen to. :D
Oh my god ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ cna u be any sweeter 😭😭😭😍❤❤❤ta dada tu tu tu tututu I was bathing and listening to your video first time n I tht i m watching a video 9f a person who has million subscribers woahhh u so cute and u told the rhythm woww I for now don't have any australian friend I wish i had!!!! I am struggling with the o sound 😭😭😭😭😫😫😫I became a fan of Australia when I watched a series on netflix and I just cant help myself getting in awe of australian accent !!!! Recently I commented to my Texan friend thst she had a certain tune when she talks n she was like no i was like yeahh!!! U do !!! Thankyou for making this video n validating my existence !!!! Abundnat love and happiness to you god knows howmna7 times i m gonna be looping on this video !!!!! Please make a video on the o sound how to get it right 😭😭😭
I love this tutorial! I’ve never really thought about it before, but I’m pretty good with accent melodies. Australian is the Only accent that I can’t hear in my head, so I really appreciate the vowel tips in your other videos!!! I’ve been reading a lot of Australian authors lately and I’m struggling with certain words, which throws off the entire accent in my head, which is why I looked up some tutorials!! Haha!!! Anyway, thanx a ton, also, you’re Really Effing Pretty!!!! ✌🏻✌🏻
My God, I love your lessons! Now I understand my friend Anne’s (a Perth native) accent/inflection! My daughter keeps telling me that I need to perfect an Aussie accent. That’s a tall order, but I’m up for the challenge! 😉 Oh, I’m BOTH [American] Irish and Italian! No offense taken! 🤣🤣
This way to tell some story which didn't finish yet like you ask a question all the time it sounds like we Brazilians will do when we're speaking at the same way
4:03 That video... Thats legit the video I have already been using lol. Cuz Im trying to get sort of an accidental australian accent. Cuz at one point I was watching grian’s hermitcraft videos literally 24/7 for a couple days trying to catch up, and I sort of started sounding like grian, whom is brittish. It took awhile for that to wear off. Literally months. So now Im going to see if I can get that to happen again, only with the australian accent and hear australians speaking. And that video is legit perfect to try this with, as the dude speaking has a very strong australian accent. I watched it 2 or 3 times and it was already effecting my speech.
I’ve never thought about the melody for an accent, been only focused on the vowels mostly. Thanks for such a good tip! I was also hoping for some examples of Aussie melodies to follow given by you. Can u perhaps include some example melodies for us to practice? I really wanna nail the Aussie accent!!
I saw now that you are back to making English videos, there is really a lack of people teaching English with an Australian accent. Thank you, I'll follow.
Yes, I'll continue doing both the tutorial style and also fun slang videos too. I have viewers who visit my channel for different reasons, so I do my best to mix it up sometimes, but always come back to basics. :-) Thanks for watching!
@@candicemoll8386 As a non-native speaker I need to hear content in English, this means it can be any content, including conversation and interview, if you keep in mind that there are many who are not completely fluent and speak with speed and correct tone, for whom learning only this is already perfect. Thanks
I don’t think that upward inflection is part of my speech, I remember the nuns knocking it out of us in school by teaching us how to read aloud and to speak correctly in general conversation. As the teacher says to Kim in the movie of the same name, “We don’t do that at St Xavier’s O’Hara!” News reporters also start many of their sentences with “now”, even when it doesn’t apply!
A good one to start with would be Kath and Kim. This is a comedy with some REALLY exaggerated Aussie accents, so the melody should be obvious. Try the exercise of pausing the show to copy the sounds!
@@candicemoll8386 yes i know this is the one of the best channel for studying Australian accent... thanks... thank you very much to give this much of information about australian accent.... then i will sujest this channel to my all my friends who all are wants to know australia accent
I lived in Sydney for three years. I met australians that instead of saying 'what?' when they didn't understand something I said, they were saying 'hey?'. I find it really cute, specially in women. Is that something common? Great video, by the way. I like how you explain! 🤗
Hi Candice, Is there any difference between the melody used by male and female? Is there any chance you make a video on that? It is a question I've always had. I am a Colombian living in Perth, WA I've been in Australia for about 2 years now. :D Great video.
This is a really great question. I wouldn't have thought that there is a difference between the male and female melody, but with the new millennial influence that might be changing a bit. I'll look into it. Thanks for the suggestion!
Question, I wanted to learn this accent but, while searching, I came along sites where Australians were expressing how much they dislike a "fake aussie accent" so now I'm low-key afraid to even try, would you say is just a bunch who think that way or is it most people who don't like when a non-Aussir tries to learn the accent? Sorry for bringing this up but I'm highly curious 👉👈😣
I think it's difficult for anyone to hear their own accent done badly. BUT! Don't let that discourage you. You have to be bad at an accent before you become 'good' at it. Anyone who can perform different accents perfectly, were 'bad' at it for a time. So practice as much as you can and use it anytime you like! Anyone who has a problem with it can go jump in the lake. And you can tell them that I said so! 😘
That is the same as the Los Angeles/Valley girl upspeak! Interesting. I find the LA one super annoying but not the Aussie one for some reason? Maybe because I associate it with dumb valley girls? After watching this video, I started noticing this melody/inflection in a few other English speaking countries as well. I wonder what its origins are?
The aussie accent is a juxtaposition between cockney and Irish mostly. You can hear that rising inflection with the Irish, just not as extreme as the Australian accent.
I'm Irish Italian and found this offensive! Just playing haha my first Italian accent sounded pretty much the same as Super Mario it was terrible. Thanks for the tips :)
the rising terminal … you don’t hear it as much, if at all, Victoria, SA or Tasmania. …. its a NSW and QLD thing. … which is 13/26 million people. im not sure about NT or WA
i have a question: do Australians get offended if someone is trying to speak with an Australian accent? (not in a funny / mocking way but genuinely trying to speak like). I am just curious because i am afraid to try it and people think i am trying to make fun of them even if i am not.
except for of course with the North Korean news reporters lol they talk like crazy Asian sports announcers lol... I suppose that's a way to describe it
The "Question inflection" is a minority accent from one or 2 suburbs in Sydney. In 1988. And is largely an obtuse overly used urban myth that came out of Channel 9? comedy farce. (Only a handful of Sydney female children EVER used this "accent" .. decades ago. Leave it be!
Please continue with your videos, we need Australian English content, it is so hard to find. Thank you for taking the time.
I'm so glad you're finding them helpful!
I think our upward inflection is a mix of friendliness, wanting to include the other person in the conversation, and seeking their approval. It's endearing, but can get a bit monotonous if someone uses it too much.
Oh it REALLY can get monotonous! Haha!
Wait what do you mean? By monotonous?
@@blackjacktrial Like repetitive. The same thing over and over and over. That's monotonous.
@@candicemoll8386 It means mono-pitch (one frequency only) which is why the rising inflection by definition cannot be monotonous. But it can get repetitive. No speech is entirely a mono-tone, but as the tendency increases, the speaker becomes more tiring to listen to. Constant pitch modulation is the name of the game. If you want an example of someone moving toward monotony, you can't do better than Kym Gyngell, in his characterisation of Col'n Carpenter. The fewer times when he does depart from the flattish pitch adds to the emphasis and thus the comedy.
I'm an Indian and right now I'm in Australia... Your videos are helping me a lot.
The only TH-camr that I admire the most, your smile, your voice and every time you giggles makes my heart melt, and also the way you teach us about Australian accent. You're the best!
Awww thank you so much! I love that people are liking the videos I'm putting out. Thanks for coming back for more!
Thanks Candice. I love using videos like this with my English students.
Felix and Bangchan I'm watching this for you hahahaha
It's so fun to learn Aussie accent and melody with you, you give us genuine smile! I love it🥰
HAHA！the Australian accent also makes me sound happier!
Semangat fulan belajar buat uasnya hihi😁
Re Aussie politeness, we also say things like "give us a look" even though you're the only other person present and should be more like "give me a look". I think this is because it sounds more like an invitation to share with 'everyone', rather than an instruction.
Yeah I'd agree with this. Aussies always looking to be inclusive :p
English is not my first language, but I'm learning it since kindergarden. And it was so strange, since we were learning words in british, but talking in american (flat,lift etc.). So I had kind of mixed accent. But when I first time heard australian (H2O: just add water) I wanted to learn it. Plus, I really want to live and work in Australia as an actress. But I sound soo stupid talking aussie, it sounds like I'm mixing brit and american.😳
Whoa! 👻
This was the first time I ever commented on someone's channel and getting recognised for whatever I had asked in the previous video. Thank you so much for breaking down this part of the accent down I hope it'll open some new doorways to my learning. Can't be grateful enough. You do value the feedback of your audience and that's just amazing! Candice, you are such a darling.
Big love! ♥️
Thank you so much for your comments! I do read them, and I'm always interested in what people would like to learn. I hope this one helps you. Thanks so much for watching and coming back for more! :-)
*getting ready to listen to bangchan and Felix for 2 hours*
AYEEE, MATE, FELLOW STAY😁
Hi mates. Glad to hear u are all learning Aussie accent. Well i have British modern RP accent
I really love this video ! I'm an Italian living in Melba from a few years...and I love this accent!
greetings from Gstaad Switzerland intresting was it
Very useful for non-native English speakers.
You are so bloody fantastic❤
Now, i have finally understood when to use intonation ups and downs in sentence. 🎉
Thank you so much❤
Hi Candice, I love your videos and I love learning about Australian accent, It's an amazing country 🤗
I'm so glad you like them! Australia is a wonderful place :-)
Without a doubt you are the best teacher I ever had for learning a Accent! and I wish 4 your future GooD Luck.... 👌❤🤫👍
Thank you. It’s a big help. It is even harder for me sometimes. My mom is Australian and growing up in the US it was difficult for me. I picked up many of her pronunciations and had to relearn the american english. Something that I did pickup was the double 1 or double l while in america they say one one or L L spelling it out.. Do they still do that?
I want go back to my roots and learn the correct accent. I am very proud of my Australian heritage. We go back about 8 generations mostly in the Queensland area.. My mom was from Winton.
Thank you for a lovely video.
Fraser
I LOVE your channel. Not many people talk about Australian accent as you do! Looking forward to watch more of your videos !
Aw, Thanks so much! 😊 I'm so glad you like them!
I really enjoyed this explanation of the accent melody. I remember the first time years ago I heard an Aussie speak I thought how unique the upward lilt was. Aussie accents are just so fun and pleasant to listen to. :D
You really broke it down. Even into pieces that probably we never knew existed. Also, hahahaha, you linked the hardcore Aussie bloke interview!
I love that Aussie bloke! Hahaha! I had to put him in there :-) Thanks for watching, glad you liked it!
Oh my god ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ cna u be any sweeter 😭😭😭😍❤❤❤ta dada tu tu tu tututu I was bathing and listening to your video first time n I tht i m watching a video 9f a person who has million subscribers woahhh u so cute and u told the rhythm woww I for now don't have any australian friend I wish i had!!!! I am struggling with the o sound 😭😭😭😭😫😫😫I became a fan of Australia when I watched a series on netflix and I just cant help myself getting in awe of australian accent !!!! Recently I commented to my Texan friend thst she had a certain tune when she talks n she was like no i was like yeahh!!! U do !!! Thankyou for making this video n validating my existence !!!! Abundnat love and happiness to you god knows howmna7 times i m gonna be looping on this video !!!!! Please make a video on the o sound how to get it right 😭😭😭
This was a fun and interesting video. Thank you!
I love this tutorial! I’ve never really thought about it before, but I’m pretty good with accent melodies. Australian is the Only accent that I can’t hear in my head, so I really appreciate the vowel tips in your other videos!!! I’ve been reading a lot of Australian authors lately and I’m struggling with certain words, which throws off the entire accent in my head, which is why I looked up some tutorials!! Haha!!! Anyway, thanx a ton, also, you’re Really Effing Pretty!!!! ✌🏻✌🏻
Aww, thanks! Glad it was helpful! Gotta get those character voices right to tell a story! So important! Haha!
Best explanation ever. I am thankful to find this channel and thank you for such helpful tips!! :)
Thanks for this vid! Love your vibes! I'm from Argentina and I'd like to learn aussie accent ;)
Hi Candice! TYSM for bringing up this topic :) I'll check another video to practice aussie accent. Have a good day -XOXO from Indonesia
Thanks a lot for the video Candice! I did find this really helpful. Subscribed, of course :)
My God, I love your lessons! Now I understand my friend Anne’s (a Perth native) accent/inflection! My daughter keeps telling me that I need to perfect an Aussie accent. That’s a tall order, but I’m up for the challenge! 😉
Oh, I’m BOTH [American] Irish and Italian! No offense taken! 🤣🤣
I literally cracked up when you did the Italian accent!
I like your teaching style candice💙
Awsome! Thank you
Maybe you could cover the "voice resonance" next (shape of the back of the mouth) ? Tricky
Good luck :D
Thanks for the suggestion! I'll look into this. :-)
El acento que se utiliza en Bogotá colombia es también como preguntando al final de cada frase
This way to tell some story which didn't finish yet like you ask a question all the time it sounds like we Brazilians will do when we're speaking at the same way
Great video, I'm looking forward to the next one.
Thanks! There's more to come, thanks for watching!
4:03 That video... Thats legit the video I have already been using lol. Cuz Im trying to get sort of an accidental australian accent. Cuz at one point I was watching grian’s hermitcraft videos literally 24/7 for a couple days trying to catch up, and I sort of started sounding like grian, whom is brittish. It took awhile for that to wear off. Literally months. So now Im going to see if I can get that to happen again, only with the australian accent and hear australians speaking. And that video is legit perfect to try this with, as the dude speaking has a very strong australian accent. I watched it 2 or 3 times and it was already effecting my speech.
Yes! Watching as much Aussie content as you can will certainly help!
Yeh!! Just the melody is the trick!! That makes u Aussies uniquer hahaaaaaawsh!
I'm going to Australia 🤷♂️😉
You should! It's gorgeous! :-)
@@candicemoll8386 I was there 2 times, but I'm going to Australia live, so I fell in love with this country 😊
I’ve never thought about the melody for an accent, been only focused on the vowels mostly. Thanks for such a good tip! I was also hoping for some examples of Aussie melodies to follow given by you. Can u perhaps include some example melodies for us to practice? I really wanna nail the Aussie accent!!
Glad it was helpful! I'll definitely work on another melody video soon. There's a lot to unpack! :-)
I saw now that you are back to making English videos, there is really a lack of people teaching English with an Australian accent. Thank you, I'll follow.
Yes, I'll continue doing both the tutorial style and also fun slang videos too. I have viewers who visit my channel for different reasons, so I do my best to mix it up sometimes, but always come back to basics. :-) Thanks for watching!
@@candicemoll8386 As a non-native speaker I need to hear content in English, this means it can be any content, including conversation and interview, if you keep in mind that there are many who are not completely fluent and speak with speed and correct tone, for whom learning only this is already perfect. Thanks
Aussie English, of course.
First video I found actually helpful?! ( *Everything's a question until it's not* )
Thanx mate❤️
Nah, yeah; you nailed this one.
Nicely done!
Oh thanks mate! So glad you liked it :-)
I hear a lot of "Strain" here in S.E. Asia. Shortening words and adding "ie" at the end sounds a bit like baby-talk.
I don’t think that upward inflection is part of my speech, I remember the nuns knocking it out of us in school by teaching us how to read aloud and to speak correctly in general conversation. As the teacher says to Kim in the movie of the same name, “We don’t do that at St Xavier’s O’Hara!”
News reporters also start many of their sentences with “now”, even when it doesn’t apply!
Can you tell us what shows we could watch to help us understanding the melody accents? Much appreciated. cheers
A good one to start with would be Kath and Kim. This is a comedy with some REALLY exaggerated Aussie accents, so the melody should be obvious. Try the exercise of pausing the show to copy the sounds!
I really love your smilee, so lovely
I am in indian... i have interested to study australia accent.... i love u australia 😍😍😍
You've come to the right channel :-) I hope you find the lessons helpful!
@@candicemoll8386 yes i know this is the one of the best channel for studying Australian accent... thanks... thank you very much to give this much of information about australian accent.... then i will sujest this channel to my all my friends who all are wants to know australia accent
who was that comedian talking about the aussie accent?
I would like to watch the whole bid! haha
Amanda haha! It’s Adam Hills. I listed him in the video description. He’s one of my favorites 😛
@@candicemoll8386 thank you! :D
I lived in Sydney for three years. I met australians that instead of saying 'what?' when they didn't understand something I said, they were saying 'hey?'.
I find it really cute, specially in women.
Is that something common?
Great video, by the way. I like how you explain! 🤗
Yeah that is really common in Australia. It's a bit like in the UK they'll say 'eh?' with the same meaning. 🙃
This is gold LOL
Haha! Thanks mate :-)
Hi Candice, Is there any difference between the melody used by male and female?
Is there any chance you make a video on that?
It is a question I've always had.
I am a Colombian living in Perth, WA
I've been in Australia for about 2 years now. :D
Great video.
This is a really great question. I wouldn't have thought that there is a difference between the male and female melody, but with the new millennial influence that might be changing a bit. I'll look into it. Thanks for the suggestion!
Beauty Lesson😍
She is gorgeous!
But if you want a TRUE rendition of what us Aussies sound like,
WATCH THE BIG LEZ SHOW (if you can handle it. True blue Aussie speak)
Thank you :-)
Thanks for watching!
Question, I wanted to learn this accent but, while searching, I came along sites where Australians were expressing how much they dislike a "fake aussie accent" so now I'm low-key afraid to even try, would you say is just a bunch who think that way or is it most people who don't like when a non-Aussir tries to learn the accent? Sorry for bringing this up but I'm highly curious 👉👈😣
I think it's difficult for anyone to hear their own accent done badly. BUT! Don't let that discourage you. You have to be bad at an accent before you become 'good' at it. Anyone who can perform different accents perfectly, were 'bad' at it for a time. So practice as much as you can and use it anytime you like! Anyone who has a problem with it can go jump in the lake. And you can tell them that I said so! 😘
nice
Afferbeck Lauder. Emma Chizzit ? (Get it ? alphabetical order, how much is it ? )
omg i’m not even australian but i always say yeah in the end of my every sentence🤦🏻♀️😂
Haha! It's habit forming that's for sure!
Are you from Canada, UK, or some other British Commonwealth? Bc that would explain it.
That is the same as the Los Angeles/Valley girl upspeak! Interesting. I find the LA one super annoying but not the Aussie one for some reason? Maybe because I associate it with dumb valley girls? After watching this video, I started noticing this melody/inflection in a few other English speaking countries as well. I wonder what its origins are?
I'm italian 😂😂😂😂😂 I'm still laughing
The aussie accent is a juxtaposition between cockney and Irish mostly.
You can hear that rising inflection with the Irish, just not as extreme as the Australian accent.
Sure, I can hear that.
Rising inflection. OMG! It's Kylie Mole
Hahahahahaha! I love Kylie Mole!!
I'm Irish Italian and found this offensive! Just playing haha my first Italian accent sounded pretty much the same as Super Mario it was terrible. Thanks for the tips :)
the rising terminal … you don’t hear it as much, if at all, Victoria, SA or Tasmania. …. its a NSW and QLD thing. … which is 13/26 million people. im not sure about NT or WA
Australian accent related contents are not that available. It's pretty hard to find them
Do you know that you particularly resemble Fiona Gubelmann from The Good Doctor ? Besides, thanks for these helpful tips
You know what you're talking about, congrats
we need Australian English content since it's hard to find.
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I think intonation depends on the emotion ^^
i have a question: do Australians get offended if someone is trying to speak with an Australian accent? (not in a funny / mocking way but genuinely trying to speak like). I am just curious because i am afraid to try it and people think i am trying to make fun of them even if i am not.
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Play at 1.5 speed. Thank me later
except for of course with the North Korean news reporters lol they talk like crazy Asian sports announcers lol... I suppose that's a way to describe it
hahahahah.....ya mole
Californian Valley people do the same thing at the end of the sentence don't they ?
Some people do, but it's not quite so predominant :-)
If you are still single i am ready to marry you ..
You are so sweet 😉
Already married mate. Haha!
Why does this woman look like the bunny from Zootopia
That's so funny. This is about the 5th time someone has said this to me! Hahahahaha!
Yibbidi Yibbida
Bro wibsit naw ergexaya nak
Why do u sound more American than Australian 😂😊?
The "Question inflection" is a minority accent from one or 2 suburbs in Sydney. In 1988. And is largely an obtuse overly used urban myth that came out of Channel 9? comedy farce. (Only a handful of Sydney female children EVER used this "accent" .. decades ago. Leave it be!