11. Is there an identity in Australian English?

[ZenonOne]

Very interesting interpretation of Australian accents in terms of careful, general and broad English. I also live overseas (Hong Kong) although I grew up in Sydney. I fall into the 'careful' category in terms of my normal accent - although like you it can change. However living overseas few can pick where I am from, except for other Australians. I get quite frustrated at this and the generalisation that all Australians speak like Steve Erwin or Julia Gillard. We don't.

[Amunication]

Have you seen the documentary "the sound of aus"? it's very good, btw what accent do you have?

[Interculturality]

@Amunication

I was born in Australia but I have spent half my life outside the country.

[ZenonOne]

@Amunication He clearly has an Australian accent. It is subtle but it is there. Not every Australian has a strong and distinct accent. I really relate to it.

[SuperSaiyanX]

Very interesting sir,keep up the vids =)

[AnthionyPym]

Why less variation in the US and australia? - They lack the centuries of limited mobility (although the US had quite a few such centuries, and correspondingly grreater variation).

[cgelleed]

In the UK you can usually hear the differences in accents when you travel as little as 30 miles, especially in Yorkshire. Why isn't this the case in Australia and the USA?

[muteland]

Very interesting, I'm not a linguistic, not someone who study something relative to this topic, but I like a lot , I'll go to Australia in January for a period of 2 years, and like Aussies we can talk about the identity of a country through the language. Australian accent is one of my favorites (general and RP)

[anathefish]

Great topic...I'm studying for my English Varieties exam, one of them is offcourse Australian...So interesting...thank you :)

Ana

[bellimbopinni]

Did you say "Carefull Australian"? Would that be somewhere between the 'General' accent and the 'Received' accent?

[bellimbopinni]

P.S. People wanting to sound educated?

[Nozokimidayo]

That was pretty good, definitely worth watching. I teach English in Japan so I often think about these things and many of the things you said I have often considered. Well done. Personally I think that even though the Australian accent doesn't vary as much as countries like England, (Japan too), you can usually tell what socioecomic background someone has by the way they speak. For me, the middleclass Australian accent is quite different to the accent in poorer areas, I have lived in both.

[cyruslb]

You seem to enjoy what you talk about and although it's pretty long it's interesting as well.

[gerbera1969]

I have really enjoyed the topics covered so far and was curious if you are going to cover any intercultural type issues?

cheers