1. you sound like our PM :D
2. There is a Melbourne accent. I picked a guy on that at LAX once. He asked if I was Australian, and I asked if he was from Melbourne. He was gobsmacked that I knew that.
3. She sounds good to me, if not a bit bogan :-P
4. NO IT DOESNT. it sounds exactly like this, i would know im australian this is exactly like i talk :)
5. Like if you think she is amazing at accents!
6. cool story bro, lot of useless knowledge there.
7. Im american but even I think this sounds like a redneck Australian lol...
8. You look like the girl from Karmin :)
9. It is a load of crap that there are regional Australian accents. Radio and TV have spread what we know as the 'general' Australian accent across the entire country. People often talk of an Adelaide accent - charrnce, darrnce, eggplarrnt - also a Queensland accent - schouel, couuel, pouuel. Basically, there are three Australian accents - General, Broad and Cultivated - and the three accents occur in all parts of Australia.
10. She sounds like that guy on the Outback Steakhouse commercials.
11. Depends on where you go, idiot..
12. And in response to some previous comments on the opening slang, I say "how are ya?" or "how ya garn?" all the time (keeping the initial 'h' unlike some more rural folk). Although sometimes it sounds more like "ah-ye-garn?". In Australia, this is more of a rhetorical greeting, like 'Hi'. especially if you're just passing someone and aren't going to stop and chat. If we really care how you are going, we'll follow up with "'sgoin' on?"
13. In Adelaide our 'ay' sounds more like 'ey', and the long diphthong 'o' sounds more like 'ew-oo' than 'o-yoo'. Also, while we generally keep the 't' instead of replacing it with 'd' (as in butter), we tend to lose the 'l' if it is on the end of a word, for example, 'girl' becomes more like 'ger-w'.
14. This is an excellent eastern Australian accent, probably the only North American I've heard get it right. On the other hand, I'm from Adelaide, so much less of the okka (less of the chewing) and also we pronounce some words differently and have some different terminology and slang. I find it hard to specifically place this accent, perhaps country Victoria, but even then there's variation there. Sydney perhaps. Certainly north of Sydney the 'straya' instead of Australia is noticeable.
15. Where are you actually from??
16. absolutley right - and as if all Australian sound like this - no. But she would certainly would fool me - I'm Australian born and raised and I travel a bit.
17. I agree with you :) I feel the same when I hear English people speaking on YT or the TV ! Alot of the videos on here are from Americans so when I hear people speaking with an English accent it takes me afew seconds to adjust !
18. Very reminiscent of PM Julia Gillard though...
19. She's done very well as an American, well done. The slang she used at the start isn't something you'd come across say on TV though. @TheBobblefighter says she sounds country Victorian, which is interesting, because I'mf rom there and have lived away for a while but am yet to identify a distinctive rural Victoria accent. Would love to know his thoughts on it all though, contact me!
20. Country Victoria. But I do head into Melbourne sometimes, and the speech isn't too drastic of a change. I suppose ''ow ya going' isn't used as much these days, but about half of the people I talk to use 'mate' or 'g'day' when talking.
21. Really? Where abouts are you? I've never actually heard someone from the city or any urban areas saying this.
22. Really? I think she did pretty good. One of the better ones, definitely.
23. I'm an Aussie, but this makes me criiiinge :\
24. Coming from Adelaide I can say you capture the eastern accent so well, or more the rural eastern accent. For those who say she needs more British you probably are thinking of my accent (Adelaide). I keep coming to this video because It amazes me how she can be so spot on.
25. nice tips! Thanks

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