in South Australia, which had a different settlement chronology and type from other parts of the country.. In parts of Victoria and South Australia, castle rhymes with hassle rather than parcel. Also, some may use in grasp, gasp, plaque and rasp. The table below, based on , shows the percentage of speakers from different capital cities who pronounce words with as opposed to . Centring diphthongs In Western Australian English, the centring diphthong vowels in near and square are typically realised as full diphthongs, or and or respectively, whereas in the eastern states they may also be realised as monophthongs (without jaw movement), and respectively. L–vocalisation When occurs at the ends of words before pauses and before consonants it sometimes sounds like a vowel sound rather than a consonant. This is because is made with two different articulations. One of the articulations is like a vowel articulation and the other is more like a typical consonant articulation. When occurs at the ends of words before pauses and before other consonants, the consonantal articulation can be obscured by the vowel articulation. This makes the sound like . The tendency for some sounds to become vowels is more common in South Australian English than that of other states. Milk, for example, in South Australia has a vocalised , leading to the pronunciation , whereas in other states the is pronounced as a consonant. Salary–celery merger In Victoria, many speakers pronounce and in a way that is distinct from speakers in other states. Many younger speakers from Victoria pronounce the first vowel in "celery" and "salary" the same, so that both words sound like "salary". These speakers will also tend to say "halicopter" instead of "helicopter", and pronounce their capital city (Melbourne) as . For some older Victorian speakers, the words "celery" and "salary" also sound the same but instead both sound like "celery". These speakers will also pronounce words such as "alps" as "elps". Variation in The vowel in words like "pool", "school" and "fool" varies regionally. See also Australian English Australian English vocabulary Australian English phonology Regional accents of English speakers References Bibliography Australian English Language varieties and styles