Yes, we know. The Australian accent is really difficult to master. It's the reason why so many actors and voiceover artists mess it up, either sounding like a New Zealander fresh from Dunedin or an ...

Does “slip a shrimp on the barbie” have a connection to the “bottle-o”? Fair dinkum, says an Australian researcher. Dean Frenkel, a lecturer in public speaking at Melbourne’s Victoria University, ...

Is there something a little bit different about the way Asian-Australian native English speakers, like myself, talk? By Yan Zhuang The Australia Letter is a weekly newsletter from our Australia bureau ...