Is there a large, noticable difference between the Sydney & Melbourne, Australian accent/dialect?

Question

There are many difference between US cities even areas within the same city, like in New York the people in the Bronx and Brooklyn (only minutes apart by car) almost sound as if they are speaking a different language.

This is very interesting about Australia. Thank you all for replying.

Answer 1

no, there is probably less difference between sydney and melbourne's dialects than there is between the different dialects within sydney and melbourne. both cities have a wide variety of local dialects but apart from the pot vs schooner/middy and the different definitions of scallop there is no marked difference. oh, footy means something different in each city too

Answer 2

A large, noticable difference between the Sydney & Melbourne accent ?

Not really.

Most Australians in these areas will sound about the same.  People reckon my accent is different though, but then again I am English, not Australian :)

Answer 3

No, the difference is not large in accent and Australians don't have any dialects across the whole country we all speak the same and understand each other fluently

Answer 4

None at all.

Although otherparts of Australia have certain words that aren't used in other States.

Answer 5

In my experience there is.

My brother and I were born and raised in Sydney, we moved to Queensland, after being in Sydney for around 20 years. A couple of months later my brother moved to Melbourne, and, picked up an almost English sounding accent.

Answer 6

I don't think that there is a general accent difference between Melb and Syd, but there are a few words that are pronounced differently.  

e.g The word castle.

In Melb pronounced ka-sell, in Syd car-sell.

Then there's the word eggplant.

In Melb pronouced egg-plant, in Syd aub-er-gine.

And zucchini.

In Melb pronounced zoo-kini, in Syd cour-gette.

Ahh, those crazy Sydney-siders... lol... I laugh 'cos I love

Answer 7

No, not on the whole.

You will hear some specific localised inflections, like the Melbourne Greek accent seems to be specific to Melbourne and in some areas of Sydney you get a nasal twang that you don't really hear in Melbourne.  There's certainly not an over-arching "Sydney accent" or "Melbourne accent" though.

Answer 8

none at all

Answer 9

Melbourne and Sydney people are probably closer that say Melbourne and Sth Australian or western australian.

I am not aware of the difference.. as In my ear can't pick it .. I grew up in NSW and now live in Victoria.

Answer 10

the australian accent tends to differ fromnorth to south ...melb and sydney are too close together to give good examples of different aussie accents (though there are some differences in slang lexicon) try comparing a melbourne accent with a darwin one... though strangely the tasmanian accent seems to have more affinity with a northern accent than it's nearby southern neighbours...

Answer 11

nuppppp

Answer 12

No not at all