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To what extent is the Australian accent unique?

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jackinthepatch:
This is the topic of a practice essay I have to write, and I just wanted some help in brainstorming some ideas. Thanks ;D
I'll accept ideas from anyone, not just people doing English Language, so go nuts.
Oh and yeah I just realised that you can change font colour lol
Thanks.

/0:
Hmm I'll just list some features:
- Non-rhotic
e.g. 'better' -> 'betta'
- Nasality
- Flatness
- Drawl
- Elision of vowels
e.g. 'Goodday' -> 'g'day'
- Assimilation of consonants
e.g. 'How much is it?' -> 'Emma Chisett?'
- Tapping
e.g. 'footy' -> 'foody'
- High-rising Tone

jackinthepatch:
Thanks /0 :)

Unfortunately I had all of those points already lol, but it's good to know that I'm on the right track at least haha.

Anyone else got any ideas? I've also mentioned how the Australian accent shows little regional variation, compared with the large amounts of variation found within the accents of American and British English.

Eriny:
I don't know very much about English Language (I've never taken the course), but in your essay do you have to talk about nations with similar accents as Australia in order to give an indication of how 'unique' the Australian accent is? If so, New Zealanders' accents are quite similar to ours, I'm sure that some of those features are also features of the accent there.

jackinthepatch:
Yeah good point eriny. Might put that in my rebuttal, to show how there is evidence to back up the view that the Australian accent is not unique.
But at this stage I'm leaning towards the notion that our accent is unique...that's what our teacher wants us to write about at least lol.

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