How Australians say sorry is similar to Americans and British, with sorry pronounced with short o like sɒri, but with Australian accent it sounds like sore-ee with relaxed r, and they use sorry in many contexts including apology, excuse me and sympathy. Australians say sorry for genuine apology like sorry mate or sorry about that, for minor bumps like sorry when passing, and as sympathy like sorry to hear that. Australian culture is fairly informal, so they often say sorry with mate added, sorry mate, or no worries after sorry to minimise. For more formal apology, Australians say I'm really sorry or I apologise. In workplaces, Australians may say sorry to soften request like sorry to bother you. Compared to Americans, Australians say sorry more frequently for minor things like bumping into someone, similar to British and Canadians, as part of politeness. Pronunciation is with Australian accent where o is shorter and r not strongly rolled. They also use slang like sorry luv for female friends. For serious apology, they say I'm sorry or my bad informally among friends. So Australians say sorry like sorry, sorry mate, I'm really sorry, with informal tone and often adding mate, and use it for apology, excuse me and sympathy, with pronunciation sore-ee.
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