The Australian pronunciation of "here"

[Glizdka]

I've been watching an Australian YouTuber who sometimes pronounces "here" like he-yeah. Is that just local for Australia or did I mishear him?

 

[emsr2d2]

I've been watching an Australian YouTuber who sometimes pronounces "here" like he-yeah. Is that just local for Australia or [STRIKE]do[/STRIKE] did I mishear him? [STRIKE]badly?[/STRIKE]

I think you're going to need to provide a link to a video in which you heard it.

 

[Glizdka]

https://youtu.be/3-UKwReMHtM?t=98
https://youtu.be/3-UKwReMHtM?t=357

He uses the word "here" quite a lot, sometimes pronouncing it the way I'm familiar with, and sometimes like he-yeah.

To me, the way he sometimes pronounces it makes "here" rhyme with "idea".

 

[probus]

I can clearly hear his pronunciation he-yeah but he only does it sometimes. Many of his heres are monosyllabic. The two-syllable pronunciation is pretty common in the American south where some speakers are prone to adding an extra syllable to words. For example: "What we have hee-yuh is a FAILure to commUNicate" from the movie Cool Hand Luke.

 

[LivingEnglish-Tamara]

That is a common Australian thing to do, but not all Australians do it. We do have a variety of accents in Australia - not as pronounced as the UK or US, but Australia's a large place, so 'local' doesn't really work for the whole country!

 

[Tdol]

For example: "What we have hee-yuh is a FAILure to commUNicate" from the movie Cool Hand Luke.

You'll find that in BrE sometimes too.