Editing Australian English (section)

===Regional variation===
Although Australian English is relatively homogeneous, there are some regional variations. The dialects of English spoken in the various [[states and territories of Australia]] differ slightly in vocabulary and phonology.

Most regional differences are in word usage. Swimming clothes are known as ''cossies'', {{IPA|/ˈkɔziːz/}} ''togs'' or ''swimmers'' in New South Wales, ''togs'' in Queensland, and ''bathers'' in Victoria, Tasmania, Western Australia and South Australia.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-01-05/what-do-you-call-battered-deep-fried-potato-snack-linguistic/7069684|title=Divide over potato cake and scallop, bathers and togs mapped in 2015 Linguistics Roadshow|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|first=Kellie|last=Scott|newspaper=ABC News|date=5 January 2016|access-date=5 January 2016}}</ref> What Queensland calls a ''stroller'' is usually called a ''pram'' in Victoria, Western Australia, South Australia, New South Wales, and Tasmania.<ref name="Pauline Bryant 1985">Pauline Bryant (1985): Regional variation in the Australian English lexicon, Australian Journal of Linguistics, 5:1, 55–66</ref>

Preference for some synonymous words also differ between states. ''Garbage'' (i.e., garbage bin, garbage truck) dominates over ''rubbish'' in New South Wales and Queensland, while ''rubbish'' is more popular in Victoria, Tasmania, Western Australia and South Australia.<ref name="Pauline Bryant 1985"/>

Additionally, the word ''footy'' generally refers to the most popular [[Football in Australia|football code]] in an area; that is, [[rugby league]] or [[rugby union]] depending on the local area, in most of New South Wales and Queensland. More commonly "rugby" is used to distinguish rugby union from "footy" which refers to the more popular rugby league. Footy commonly is used for [[Australian rules football]] elsewhere however the term refers to the both  prominent codes, rugby league and Australian rules football, interchangeably, depending on context of usage outside of regional perrameters. In some pockets of Melbourne & Western Sydney "football" and more rarely "footy" will refer to Association football although unlike more common international terminology, Australian English uses the term soccer and not football or footy. Beer glasses are also [[Australian English vocabulary#Alcohol|named differently]] in different states. Distinctive grammatical patterns exist such as the use of the interrogative ''eh'' (also spelled ''ay'' or ''aye''), which is particularly associated with Queensland. ''[[Secret Santa]]'' ({{Citation needed|date=January 2022}}) and ''Kris Kringle'' are used in all states, with the former being more common in Queensland.

;South Australia
The most pronounced variation in phonology is between [[South Australia]] and the other states and territories. The [[trap–bath split]] is more complete in South Australia, in contrast to the other states. Accordingly, words such as ''dance'', ''advance'', ''plant'', ''example'' and ''answer'' are pronounced with {{IPA|/ɐː/}} (as in ''father'') far more frequently in South Australia while the older {{IPA|/æ/}} (as in ''mad'') is dominant elsewhere in Australia.<ref name="Pauline Bryant 1985"/> [[L-vocalization|''L''-vocalisation]] is also more common in South Australia than other states.

;Centring diphthongs
In Western Australian and Queensland English, the vowels in ''near'' and ''square'' are typically realised as centring diphthongs ({{IPA|[nɪə, skweə]}}), whereas in the other states they may also be realised as monophthongs: {{IPA|[nɪː, skweː]}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://clas.mq.edu.au/australian-voices/regional-accents |title=regional accents &#124; Australian Voices |publisher=Clas.mq.edu.au |access-date=26 July 2011}}</ref>

;Salary–celery merger
A feature common in Victorian English is [[English-language vowel changes before historic l#Salary–celery merger|salary–celery merger]], whereby a Victorian pronunciation of ''Ellen'' may sound like ''Alan'' and Victoria's capital city ''[[Melbourne]]'' may sound like ''Malbourne'' to speakers from other states. There is also regional variation in {{IPA|/ʉː/}} before {{IPA|/l/}} (as in ''school'' and ''pool'').

;Full-fool allophones
In some parts of Australia, notably Victoria, a fully backed allophone of {{IPA|/ʉː/}}, transcribed {{IPA|[ʊː]}}, is common before {{IPA|/l/}}. As a result, the pairs full/fool and pull/pool differ phonetically only in vowel length for those speakers. The usual allophone for {{IPA|/ʉː/}} is further forward in Queensland and New South Wales than Victoria.

;Final particle but
A ''final particle but'', where "but" is the concluding word in a sentence, has also evolved as a distinctive feature in Australian English, particularly in Western Australia and Queensland. In conversational Australian English it is thought to be a turn-yielding particle that marks contrastive content in the utterance it closes. It is a linguistic trait sometimes employed in Australian literature to indicate that the character is quintessentially Australian.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/275354830_The_final_particle-hood_of_but_in_Australian_English_conversation|title= Final but in Australian English conversation.}}  Mulder, Jean & Thompson, Sandra & Penry Williams, Cara. (2009) in Peters, Pam, Collins, Peter and Smith, Adam. Comparative Studies in Australian and New Zealand English: Grammar and beyond, John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2009. https://doi.org/10.1075/veaw.g39  </ref>