Learn Australian English in this episode of the Aussie English Podcast where I show you the three types of Australian accents, the General Accent, the Cultivated Accent, and the Broad Accent. Which do you find hardest to understand? Subscribe to the podcast: iTunes | Android | RSS Download the PDF + MP3 AE 431: The 3 Australian Accents – General, Cultivated, & Broad G’day, guys. My name is Pete and I’m the host of Aussie English. Welcome to this video. Today, I want to show you the three types of Australian accent. Let’s go. So, if you’re learning Australian English guys and you’re wanting to perfect that Australian accent, make sure that you hit that Subscribe button and the icon next to it, the bell icon, so that you can stay up to date with all of my new videos. So, quick disclaimer, guys, I am not a linguist. I am simply an English teacher specifically teaching Australian English and a lot of my students have asked me to put this video together to show you guys the main kinds of Australian accent. As you may or may not be aware, there is quite a bit of variation in the Australian accent. Strewth! Now we’re not going to cover every single variant in today’s video. I just want to cover the three main kinds. And they are the Cultivated Accent. Hello! I’m Cultivated Pete and I speak Australian English with a cultivated accent. The General Accent. G’day, guys! I go as I’m General Pete and I speak with a general Australian accent. How’s it going? And the Broad Accent. Yeah, g’day, guys! I’m Broad Pete and I speak Australian English with a broad Australian accent. Alright, so according to Wikipedia, “The Cultivated Australian accent has in the past been perceived as indicating high social class or education. It has some similarities to Receive Pronunciation and the Transatlantic Accent. So, some famous Australians who speak with a cultivated accent include actors Cate Blanchett and Geoffrey Rush, as well as ex-prime minister Malcolm Fraser. Let’s have a listen. Yes. Well, no, I actually grew up in Melbourne and then I came to Sydney to go to the National Institute here, and… and then, got catapulted out and I thought, “Well, I’ll give it five years and see what happens.”. Johnny Depp’s one of the great character actors of our time, I believe, trapped in the leading man’s body. He’s got the best of both worlds. He has a brilliantly absurd sense of humour. Most people aren’t aware of it, but 1975 was, I think, the only year since the migration program began when more people left Australia. Yeah, you blokes are just a bunch of posh c*nts. Well, I never! How unsophisticated! Yeah, I’m going to stay out of this one. Enjoying Aussie English? Support AE on