learning australian accent

[TrueBIueAussie]

we don't say australia like 'ostralia' ..... it's more like 'ustralia' or even just 'stralia' or 'strayer', like really lazy, and we don't always speak 'australian', we sometimes just speak 'strine', lol......aussies will know what i mean, nobody else will, hahaha

[Doctor699]

@TrueBIueAussie i know exactly what you mean, good point about the lazy bit.

[dericflores06]

its melb(o)Urne, not melBURRRN. 

[TheMreaster]

when americans try our accent they try way to hard..

[danielstaleymyers]

I am making an audio book for my book set in Canberra and I need voice-overs to play each individual part.

[aerobabi14]

It looks like you're lip-syncing at some parts, and you mumble a lot...but it does sound pretty awesomely Aussie :D

[DanielAlexis17]

you're an indian, aren't you?

[GrumpSkull]

Australia has been influenced by American media for decades but not vise versa.

Americans find the Australian accent more interesting as it is still fresh and has its odd quirks to them where we are slowly losing it.

[reddyranga]

It sounds like you're bunging it on in some parts ahaha

[theusedjosh]

@reddyranga i have no idea wht tht means.

[ashleywilson62]

@theusedjosh I learned English accents from theusedjosh and English tenses from fet system

[trancegurl84]

No one in Melbourne speaks like this. Im guessing this guy lives in the Outback. Or Melton/

[theusedjosh]

@trancegurl84 i live in canada. all the way across the glode, i was just trying out the accent,lol

[trancegurl84]

@theusedjosh OHHHHHHHHHHHHHH i see. Because i dont come across ausies that speak that strong LOL...

[theusedjosh]

@trancegurl84 i guess i was forcing it abit to much,lol

[trancegurl84]

@theusedjosh Yeh a little, i guess the pure ausies that live in the outback ma speak like that... Good try any way LOL

[iamsodamnoriginal]

Decent attempt at an Aussie accent, good on ya. Just a few pointers:

1: When we say "Melbourne" it sounds more like "MELB'n" than "melburn". Weird, hey?

2: When you say "can't", you actually want it to sound more like "want" with a "c", I reckon. It'd sound funny if you said it like you said it in the video.

3: You're overenunciating a little bit with your words. Us Aussies are lazy, we're not going to stress our words so much.

Apart from that, it was a great video, I really enjoyed it!

[theusedjosh]

@iamsodamnoriginal thanks alot:)

[hellomi99]

i m hungarian, i do not speak australian, but i think this is the future: handsome boys teach me, how to learn australian hahahaha xDxD

[theusedjosh]

@hellomi99 ok an hungarian accent is even better then an australian one:)

[crazygirllulu1234]

One you say Australia say it like Etsralia.

[theusedjosh]

@crazygirllulu1234 thanks:)

[posomeawesome10]

i bet ppl in Australia want American accents xD

and i bet ppl in America want Australian accents

me being one of them(:

[DeutscherFussball11]

@posomeawesome10 People in Australia don't want American accents, it sounds stupid

[41100sue]

i dont get why americans want our accent...

[theusedjosh]

@41100sue im canadian,lol

[Muhniggs227]

@41100sue becuz we love austrians

[lochlandb]

@41100sue its because were awesome but we make sound good

[taylorraehilson]

you do not so9und australian... you sound like a try hard

[theusedjosh]

@taylorraehilson thanks

[rjnrf]

@taylorraehilson no we just want to make fun off you :P

[FAIRY4967]

wow, you guys really want to be like us dont you?

[theusedjosh]

@FAIRY4967 it was a phase, im over it,lol but it is a sweet accent:)

[fLRedSpade]

@FAIRY4967

fuck australia.

who wants to talk like a crocodile anus hunter??????



[mgallegos55]

@fLRedSpade oh you bout ta cross tha fuckin liiine.

[ElectroRapist]

@fLRedSpade i guess i do!

[DeutscherFussball11]

@fLRedSpade yep, didn't have to check your profile to know that you're American, typically ignorant, how many times have people said the majority of Australians don't talk like Steve Irwin, dickhead

[fLRedSpade]

@DeutscherFussball11

didnt need to check your profile to know youre a faggot

[DeutscherFussball11]

@fLRedSpade pointless comeback

[GangsterLolis]

you say melbourne like 'melbern'

everyone in australia pronounces it 'melban/melbin/melben' depending on the person. australians dont pronounce R's at the end of words :)

[brazwen]

im an australian and that is not an australian accent

[zannaXbanana]

ha you did sound austrailian...heheh I have a boring accent....lol

[tinkerfan226]

hehehe youre hot. jsyk

[theusedjosh]

@tinkerfan226 ahah tanks

[DrShakalu619]

no where even close to sounding like one

[IglooDweller]

You sound retarded. I'm kind of offended...

[theusedjosh]

@IglooDweller thnks for the constructive criticism dickhead

[Thestealthalchemist]

maybe a little, like i bit too much emphasis on some words. but not quite enough on others. just listen to some more Australian people and you'll get it.

[Louieinoz]

your audio is bad... difficult to hear.

[Thestealthalchemist]

your close, not quite there tho, it sound like you've spent a few years in Canada or something, or the other way round.

[theusedjosh]

@Thestealthalchemist thanks:) is it cause im like forcing it to hard?

[Mollarooza]

Not perfect but still good

[Thestealthalchemist]

@theusedjosh lol, late reply, sorry. yea, just a bit.

[iced0knife]

im aussi but i lost my accent because i haven't been to australia in 3 years

[shamsss05]

i looooove australians dats why im trying to learn the aus accent and hope to meet more ppl from australia

[theusedjosh]

i know lol its crazy everybody loves australians! :)

[theusedjosh]

alright:) thanks man! dont wrry bout ur grammer, haha im worse at spelling:P

[jess7016]

Not bad :)

still needs a little work but ya getting there !

[theusedjosh]

thank you:)

[Larzielu]

This is pretty good! There's just a few words that jump out. We pronounce "introduced", intra-juiced, and every now and then you stress your consonants too much, like "started" - we'd say stah-ted (no "r"). The biggest give away though is the way you say Melbourne. We say Mel-ben, "Brisbane" is Bris-ben, Canberra is Can-bra, etc. Not bad though!

[theusedjosh]

ahah sweet:) thanks for the tips:)

[rizzlelizzle89]

i think that sounded good to me..

[theusedjosh]

thanks man!

[WildernessGuardians]

Don't know how detailed I should get. The thing that stands out the most is the thickness in your voice. That's really good and it's close but I think you need to back away a little bit because it sounds a little forced. I know I said thicken your voice but that might be a bit too far. But you have the idea. The word started stands out as well. Ignore the 'r' in Started. Just stay Shahted. Can't is supposed to sound like Cahnt. But you are about 80% of the way there so be proud of that effort.

[theusedjosh]

sweeet thanks for the pointers:)

[WildernessGuardians]

Hey there really decent job! I do have a pointer or two and I will post in detail tomorrow.

[theusedjosh]

awsome thanks mate:)