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Howard Manns, Senior Lecturer in Linguistics, Monash University

Quiz: can you pick a Victorian from a Queenslander? How our accents change from state to state

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In Australia, we can often tell what state someone is from based on the words they use: whether they go to the beach in “togs”, “bathers” or “swimmers” or if they prefer to eat a “potato cake”, “potato scallop” or “potato fritter”.

But compared to places such as the United States and United Kingdom, it can be harder to hear regional accent differences.

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