General Australian
The mainstream variety of Australian English, used by the majority of speakers nationally. The General Australian sociolect, sitting between Broad and Cultivated extremes.
- Spoken in
- Approximate centre
- -33.87°, 151.21°
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Australian English vs Eastern New England English
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Boston English
The traditional English of Boston and eastern New England. Non-rhotic in conservative speech, with the cot-caught merger and the famously Boston-broad short-a.
- Spoken in
- Approximate centre
- 42.36°, -71.06°
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