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 Received Pronunciation
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RP · BBC English · Standard Southern British
The traditional prestige accent of southern England. Long carried by national broadcasting and higher education, but no longer dominant in everyday British speech.
- Spoken in
- Approximate centre
- 51.51°, -0.13°
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