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Disappearing Slang and Cultural Variants: How Australian English Is Changing
Readers reflect on the country’s many different accents.
Circular Quay, a tourist area in Sydney, Australia.Credit.Matthew Abbott for The New York Times to get it by email.
Last week, I wrote about whether an Asian-Australian accent existed and asked for your thoughts on how the Australian accent is changing. Dozens of readers wrote in about their experiences navigating regional, cultural and ethnic Australian accents, observing that the way we speak is becoming more homogenized, and to correct my own Australian linguistic error yes, you’re right, we throw prawns, not shrimp, on the barbie.