Which now makes me wonder how many regional dialects Australia has Three, but they're not all that regional. I personally call them High, Standard and Broad. High is most likely what the guy was speaking, that's the more British sounding one, where the vowels are pronounced differently (eg 'Grant' would be pronounced to rhyme with the Aussie proninciation of 'aunt', like 'Grahnt', rather than 'ant', which is flatter and more typical). Standard is what the majority of Aussies speak and Broad is, well, broader, like Crocodile Dundee, and makes you sound comparitively uneducated, even if you're not.
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Three, but they're not all that regional. I personally call them High, Standard and Broad. High is most likely what the guy was speaking, that's the more British sounding one, where the vowels are pronounced differently (eg 'Grant' would be pronounced to rhyme with the Aussie proninciation of 'aunt', like 'Grahnt', rather than 'ant', which is flatter and more typical). Standard is what the majority of Aussies speak and Broad is, well, broader, like Crocodile Dundee, and makes you sound comparitively uneducated, even if you're not.