How To Speak With Australian Accent

[EmilySusan1]

I'm Australian and your last bit about the hat sounded really occa

[mitchybaer]

I wasn't watching the screen for a second and when he starting repeating "like" in an Aussie accent, I thought it was John Howard. D:

[JuliahTheShiny]

Jermaine is.. From the New Zealand groupd Flight of the Concords.. It was all good except for the hat thing..

[misterkevinoh]

I wish he did a dublish accent.

[ilovelollies1011]

thats not how we sound!

[legit1318]

I hope to god I sound nothing like that. I want an American accent :(

[FurryWereWolf93]

Cool. Although i prefer to do it without the pitch rise at the end. Note: I'm from the US of A, ppl.

[phurjuzt]

@AnnaCokeBottle haha, i was gonna say the same thing, but i saw your comment ;)

[PopLuverGal]

It's true about the glottal stop. It's a habit of mine

[effenhello]

As an Australian, I just wanna point out that what he said at the end was more kiwi. "thet het". I'm offended that my accent has been demoted to new zealander

[OhMissBrutal]

Damn that Aussie accent... so hot...

[karezza6]

How many Australians does it take to change a lightbulb?

None - they have all been eaten by sharks and crocodiles, poisoned by jellyfish, spiders and snakes.

[LeeSchuricht196]

I don't speak like this. Does that mean I'm not Australian?

[TheInfernalOnionz]

Do the English hate Australians or something...

[EyepopTheSailorMan]

Agreed, that rising inflection thing is fairly common, but central to an "Australian accent" broadly? Not really, no. Plenty of Australians don't do it and think it sounds quite peculiar. :)

[SpOoK5934]

We don't really say het... we say hat

[TheParapraxis]

That rising inflection is far more common in New Zealand than Australia, and "thet het" is definitely Kiwi. The rest is simply a stereotyped accent that very few Australians have, you'd look a complete fool speaking that like here.

[katiemini674]

that guy pretty much nailed it(i am australian so i know) its really funny;hewent from having this-was it british?-accent to a full on australian one.

[SuperJoshwaaa]

The right part was pretty spot on, but hat.. never ever heard an aussie (I am one :P) pronounce it like that.... It did sound pretty close to a kiwi accent though.

[chloeluvpets]

@SuperJoshwaaa Same

[FlamingSands]

didyabringyabongalong?

[dance000music]

I'm australian that was pretty good except for the hat bit, which sounded more like a kiwi

[KILLER21402]

1:29 @VideoJug @Gareth, I heard Australia, at one point in history, was where the UK sent there worst criminals to. True or false?

[Unic0rnendrainb0wz]

@KILLER21402 Not the "worst" criminals. The English prisons were over flowing so they were sent to Australia. Eventually it got too awesome and everyone wanted to come over..

[AnthonyP73]

Fantastic! What a good analysis of my fair native accent. Brilliant!

[symphonieG]

oh dear....so stereotypical... It is like saying all the english speak with a geordie accent! Our dialects vary far too much for you to assume you know how to mimic australians. I use all my 't's thank you very much... have NEVER said 'orright mate' or anything like unto it to anyone in my life. And 'het'? for 'hat'? oh please...a new zealander might pronounce it that way yes. This is the biggest load of old ' naf bleedin' roobarsh' I have ever had the misfortune to encounter. tsk tsk

[akhilraaj]

i loike this guy....

[LadyHelenaRavenclaw]

I'm aussie and I think this is pretty good - except for the last part, that sounds more kiwi

Nice video though :D

[CeliaRose98]

g'day mate. im aussie. and you pretty much did a New Zealand accent, mate.

Cheers but

[sarah63]

I'm Australian and I thought he was good.

[hadinata201683]

aww come on! hes just teaching how to effectively act the part

[InnerAncestor]

Practice all you like mr foreigner, any local would pick you out in a blink.

[delusivex]

I don't sound like that and I'm Australia. GUESS YOU FAIL!!!!!! back to your Uni and library mate.

[delusivex]

@delusivex n*, bitches

[1Directoner1998]

i was speaking Australian and my mum came in and said "what the fuck u doing?" thanks..now my mum thinks im retarded

[TheCrickity]

The accent being coached here sits around halfway between Broad-Australian-English and General-Australian-English. Very much on the lower end of the bell curve, not many people talk like this, but the vowel and consonant coaching is accurate. General Australian English is essentially this but understated; soften the 'twang' and the vowels, and if you can, try to aim for something halfway between a T and a glottal stop (that one at the end of 'right').

[CriminalMindsOCD]

If I had an Australian accent I would never stop talking.

[BadManFann]

You know the 'i - oi' thing, i do that for my 'a's... like this... Gooday Maight

[zz44ppppp]

He was on the mark with "right" though.

[zz44ppppp]

Like with many other foreigners who try to advise on Oz pronunciation, he's using ocker/strine Australian rather than standard Australian. Some do the twangy sound he suggested, but only a minority. His "that hat" is wrong - that's more NZ. Germaine may say it but the majority of Aussies don't. As an interesting aside, I find some Australians, especially teen girls say "noriw" or "nori" instead of "no", which gets more pronounced with indignance.

[chandlerrs64]

This was a pretty decent tutorial...until he said "that hat" :S

[Brandon1612]

Things started to go pear shaped when he said "that hat"

[dictationer]

and instead of mate try sayin mut "alrigh mut"

[dictationer]

guys this is how to sound like the average aussie bogan

[karezza6]

Why wasn't Jesus born in Australia?

Because God couldn't find 3 wise men and a virgin.

[emzel92]

@karezza6 Just making the assumption that you're British, on the basis of your arrogance =)

[karezza6]

@emzel92

Hello from sunny Belfast.

[khyeisasmilechild]

@karezza6 OFFENSIVE MUCH!!!!

[skatking83]

@karezza6

Most confusing day in England?

Fathers Day.

[karezza6]

@skatking83

I'm from Belfast.

[skatking83]

@karezza6

Lol same shit different smell.

[AshypooLovesYou1]

okay, when he was saying "i love that hat" he sounded more like a kiwi than an aussie, i'm not saying that he sounded LIKE a kiwi, but he was closer to that accent.

I'm aussie and i don't know anyone who speaks like that

[jamcgar]

I'm an Aussie and this guy is spot on!!!

Well done mate. Most Aussies talk like dumb shitheads

[brettjb33]

ok............. is this not THE shiftiest edgiest lookin dude you've ever seen?

[TheSimonBoyd]

you have no idea mate!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­

[LeishaaRenaee]

Lol I hope I don't sound like that XD

[WTFlozzie]

when he says hat, thats more new zealand, us aussie's dont say it like that :P

[legendkiller376]

I don't mind watching English doing our accent but I can't stand the Americans trying it

[joshuadaando]

uh ohhh UH oh!

[10Kent10]

I'm Australian and I reckon his Aussie accent is pretty good except when he says "hat".

[CaveofTwoLovers]

The hat pronuciation is way off.

we say it hAh' or hA't

[Psychomaniac363]

a few bad things in there (especially hat) the a's were a bit wrong, but ur pretty much spot on!

[Psychomaniac363]

actually.... not bad (from an aussie)

[kieren21944]

i think all these people just want to say he does a bad job but thats pretty much spot on from, great job! From an aussie

[JuliaWoods97]

Thats really funny. I never knew that you could TEACH someone how to have an accent!

[seejayrox17]

bloody oath mate.

[Mrawsomemonkey1]

This is ok i guess

[tessa979]

what the adam 

[henshooten]

Australian ???? sounds more like an english mental twat to me !!!!

[xLilKimzx90]

wasnt bad but it wasnt that great either

[SchizoFilms]

Why is everyone so offended? All the accents this guy does are caricaturized on purpose. You can't work on details until you have the rough shape of something. It's all in good fun, and probably helps to make fun of people who try it out and think they're doing it right.

[WWIIIishere]

Say "raise up lights" normally and you will say razor blades in Australian ( need to have American accent for it to work)

[khappiiinesss]

OFFENSIVE

[shanimusic1]

We Australians DO NOT speak like that! this is an offensive video your making us out to speak like bogans! as @MegaSheaman said you people have stereotyped us Australians, heaps of people from different countries that I know have asked me if we ride Kangaroo's or Emu's! all because of people like you!

[HotjakeOneal15]

@shanimusic1 Hey of course he can't fit heaps of different peoples accents into he few minute video. I'm an american and I wasn't offended by his "normal" american accent. Live a little shanimusic1 and learn to not get offended by someone who isn't australian who is trying to have an aussie accent, ok mate..

[MrAngrywolf]

what the fuck is wrong with u we dont dont said like gimps

[Avatar230594]

You're not the worst at trying our accent.

[mcbruen1]

You are a disgrace, if anyone is paying you for lessons you should refund them!

[orangepillow12]

if he was a little less over the top he would be there, but as an australian that doesn't even sound bogan it just sounds stereotypical

[obonquenchable]

"No way, Mate" sounded good

[MrNicJT]

@obonquenchable No it didn't, yank.

[mistersmacky]

Crikey this pommie drongo is about as useful as a one legged man in an arse kicking competition. 

[Horrorbeard]

@mistersmacky Fuck, you nailed it.

[GlidingGoose1]

After watching the entire video, I can actually say as an Australian that this wasn't that bad! It was actually pretty great for new people :)

[GlidingGoose1]

"Like, Write and Live" were all perfect. As a Melbourne-born, I can vouch that he nailed them.

[samstersuperhamster]

lol a london dude doing an aussie accent

[KrazeyRandomMe]

I'm Australian, and except for like (he nailed that) we sound NOTHING like that. That's a stereotyped accent that nobody actually has.

[wilsonater95]

I have a heavy Scottish accent, so I can't say much about this!

[monchinee]

people who live in the inner cities GENERALLY don't have very strong accents in australia

[datwilightluva]

@monchinee so right. lol, 'right'...

[Bulldogs036]

dont you all wish you had an aussie accent...suck balls

[TheButtonFairy]

Guys, chill. Of course not all Australians speak like that, but it's still an Australian accent. Not all Americans speak the same either, but when you're teaching someone to do an American accent you have to pick the most stereotypical. So calm down :P

[koolkoori]

We dont glottle cun !!

[emelia1996]

you sound more newzealand then australian with the a.. i say hat like hat? not het? and im born and raised with a pure australian family and its not "het" were not fucking idiots who dont know how to talk.

[MrLandyboy]

why r australian people looking at how to speak in an australian accent?

[UloozIwinz]

@MrLandyboy Because when we are done hunting koalas and kangaroos we like to go on youtube and see how they talk in an australian accent

[emelia1996]

@UloozIwinz we dont hunt kangaroos you dick head, its actually illegal.

[beamla]

@emelia1996 we do cull kangaroos. especially around farming areas where humans have created artificial water sources- which increases the population.

[emelia1996]

@MrLandyboy because its funny to see if they can actually do it or if they look like idiots.

[LOLBabes1234]

i really am offended by this -_- its really stereotypic and a lil racist. we dont all talk like that

[MightyUkraine]

We don't all sound like that you know, this is overexagerated a bit

[thekkl]

I have decided that Australians have the hottest accent.

[SelCodyMindless]

noo like sounds like ligh.....

[SelCodyMindless]

how come Cody Simpson sounds nothing like this?

[emelia1996]

@SelCodyMindless because cody simpson isnt a true australian. try listening to the amazing steve irwan. bless his soul.

[eyeslikediamondss]

nearly all australians dont talk like this. but its good if your trying to talk like a stereotyped australian i guess...

[bthumble]

I thought you were doing really well right up until you recommended that your viewers should listen to Germaine Greer. Honestly, what prompted you to heap that sort of abuse upon them?

[CiMBoMTurkiye93]

the fuck?? since when do we pronounce a's as e's? thats new zealand accent not aussie.

[xAyumiAnimex]

Nat from Communitychannel helps too XD

[smoshfan10]

The whole t thing also comes from a southern vermont accent. I do that all the time.

[Be4ck]

OK, I am sick of people stereotyping all Aussies as the Dundee Aussies. A) Hate to burst your bubble, but if you ever meet an Aussie, the first thing we say 99% of the time WILL NOT be, "G'day mate!" SOmetimes we say it, but not with that fake "Aussie" accent. B) We DO NOT pronounce, "hat," as, "het". It's just, "hat," with the "t" sorta dropped off, like he mentioned before with, "right".

Jeez, stopping thinkin' Aussies spend all day drinking beer and saying, "G'DAY MATE!" to everyone.

[adecadewithoutlove]

This guy is a freakin' Chameleon!!!

[skylarx14]

im australian and all the american movies (mostly) sounds just the same as we talk. whenever i hear an australian they remind me of a british person speaking as an imitated australia its like (ahhhH!!!!!!) lol.

[Jordyele]

this cunts a wankerr

[benebrius]

I'm Australian. This is crap. If anything, this guy sounds Kiwi (New Zealander).

[Jmakuta7]

I'm just gonna move to Australia, enjoy the country, pick up the accent, and then brag about how awesome i sound to all of my lame american friends

[thumpaholden]

Yeah, I'm with the others. I'm Australian. I recognise the the high rising end that you're talking about, but it's not generally true of Australian accents. It's really a subset accent. Not regional, but...it's more of an attitude, mode or a type of person. To illustrate, i'll use the stereotype of the 14 y.o. girl with low self esteem (this is stereotypical....so certainly not true of all 14 y.o. girls) is the "type" that use the high rising end. You get guys with it too. It's not ubiquitous.

[plusplusplusplusp]

@thumpaholden

To me (an Australian as well), when people use the 'high rising terminal' it reminds me of a little child dobbing in a sibling to their mother. It's true, not all of us use the high rising terminal but a lot of young people use it often.

[DavePrez07]

I always speak outloud when watching these videos

[zaniac100]

I just was in NZ and it seemed to me NZ people had the rising inflection more commonly than Australians. Maybe people in the UK hear NZers do it, and think they are Australians. It is common for outsiders to hear a New Zealander and think they are an Australian.

[duderanchbull]

Spot on, but we don't end our sentences on a high tone unless it's a question. Even then, ending on a high note isn't a certainty.

[toxicbunnee13]

Im Australian and I don't know anyone that ends their sentences high :P sounds really dumb

[IannaLily]

im aussie..not kiwi and i talk like this...he says it exactly like i do :)

[CometCG]

im Australian and you just sound like a twat

[IuberPyros]

it's exactly like the cockney vid

[sheridandenley]

Aussie dont talk like that he sounded like a kiwi

but i luv kiwis but yeah im aussie and i dont talk like that

[DJjadie98]

WTF that's not how you say hat!!!! He sounded like a Kiwi when he said that.

[sheridandenley]

yeah mate he dus :)

[xLilKimzx90]

@DJjadie98 lol thats what i thought too

[TheZellaCatalyst]

He is pretty spot on, as an australian i can say it was pretty well done

[2012togetherasone]

hahaha sooo kiwi at the end

[Groineyisdaman0]

you got the A sound confused with the kiwi accent, that doesn't sound like an australian at all

[HeyLookItsAmy]

I'm aussie and when he started talking with the aussie accent, it sounds normal to me! this is the only good aussie accent i've seen on youtube.

[P01sonN1nja1]

The end sounded Kiwi. The rest was great !

[ground347]

@P01sonN1nja1 i sooo argree with u!!!

[MrAntiBrent]

He turned "No way mate" into "Nigh why mate."

[menamesliv]

hat is kiwi not aussie!

[takeachanceinlife]

The end of it sounds like a New Zealand accent! We do not pronounce our a's like e's.. ahaha that's where the Kiwi's and Aussie's differ! And i dont and dont know many people whos sentences go up at the end :/.. but apart from that some of the words were quite good :)

[MegaSheaman]

wow you guys have stereotyped us badly (jumps on kangaroo and rides home)

[kminxable]

@MegaSheaman - agreed... I no no-one who has an "Australian" accent as outlined above.

[TheTestin]

LOL but NO good try was funny

[TheCreamycam]

As a Sydneysider, everything is spot on for a broad Australian accent except for the short 'a' vowel at the end - it doesn't sound quite right. I wouldn't suggest making any changes from standard British English for the short 'a'.

[xXFireCrystalWolfXx]

Im pretty sure we don't say "thet het" we say it almost like someone from England, just with a tiny but of an e sound xD but the rest was good x]

[CatieEmme]

Dude, you rock. Learning so much about accents right now. ^___^

[FantasRos3]

My background is asian, so I'm not completely like that, but half of it is so true. And when I recall me English tutor, LOL, he sounds exactly like that.

[JaneyPayney]

Lolol you sound like a kiwi. Sounds so much like my accent really.

[codybieberfan123]

thats what the bogans speak like

[ClAmPsYChICkEnDuDe]

And btw Zodist your a little prick

[ClAmPsYChICkEnDuDe]

Im Australian and not that many people are actually like that probably aswell people tease tourists cause they're BOOPED up people :)

[zappafile]

Funny, I do not hear the "KIWI" in this at all. Probably a little bit there but don't really hear it. And I am a kiwi.

[flackz16]

This is a very eastern australian accent he's doing. I'm from western australia and our accent is a bit different.

[LandyGerhardt]

@flackz16 I'm from NSW, its not eastern, I think he's made up his own accent

[OziNUT]

Sorry mate, but that sounds more Kiwi than Aussie...

[oakezy022]

Im Aussie and you're pretty good :) but different states do have different accents, in this vid, he is doing a Queensland accent :)

[savestheday88]

To all the aussies here that say nobody sounds like that, you need to get out of the house lol. I traveled up and down the east coast of Australia for 8 months and LOTS of people sound like that (except for the hat bit).

[Bfmvguy25]

Yeah it is pretty close although towards the end you started to sound a bit more like a New Zealander.

[30godofwar]

ok bro im auzzie im gonna say cudos on it, good work man

[IknowIamafool]

He is wonderful



[Mawgbot]

I'm Australian, and this dude is pretty close. The last chunk, about "hats", is complete bollocks and totally wrong, but the first section is pretty accurate.

Also, the "Australian Question Inflection" where we apparently go up at the end of all our sentences is nowhere near as common as he makes out. It's actually only really heard in parts of Queensland and Western Australia.

All in all, a pretty solid attempt, though.

[KatAnderson92]

'That Hat' sounded incredibly Kiwi to me.

[LandyGerhardt]

"That hat" really depends on the person. But also I though the Australian accent came a bit from the Irish rather than the cockney's. There were a lot of Irish convicts.

[BonoboKlong89]

Im not aussie but i love Australia <3 

[BaSs4cE11]

pretty much spot on until he said 'that hat'

[iAdmireQuagsire]

it was okay until you said hat

[Becsta17]

I'm Australian and I've never heard anyone say "hat" like that.

[DudeManGW]

I'm an Aussie... He honestly did quite well, specially when he original accent is so much different!