ABC Brisbane - A word in your ear

Ballot, poll, vote, candidate, constituent and constituency: Professor Roly Sussex is getting to grips with the upcoming election.

North American spellings, words and pronunciations are increasingly used in Australia. Professor Roly Sussex explains why.

In the early days of the ABC, people listened to the BBC and what was called Received Pronunciation; anything less was regarded as debased or undesirable. But, says Professor Roly Sussex, nowadays the norms of Australian English are multiple and often variable.

Professor Roly Sussex is chatting with listeners about common mispronunciations and grammatical errors.

Professor Roly Sussex is chatting about the way certain words are pronounced in Australian English.