Speaking Australian
Try these few things to start sounding like an Australian.
Change letters at the end of words
Try changing the letters at the end of some words. If a word ends in ‘r’ replace it with a short 'a' sound. For example after dinner becomes aftah dinnah.
Shorten your words
Australians love to shorten their words, because who has time for all those letters? For example, afternoon becomes arvo.
Add a rising question-like intonation at the end of a sentence
Australians tend to use a rising intonation pattern which gives their speech a friendly and approachable tone.
Add an -ey ir -ie to words
Present is pressie, Breakfast is brekkie, and mosquito is mozzie.
Pronounce ‘oo’ like ‘ew’
Australians say pool, school and cool like pewl, skewl and kewl.