Anyone here from Australia, New Zealand, South Africa or England?

[Amethystgirl]

I like the English, Australian, Kiwi, South Africa accents. All of those accents sound so similar!

 

[Stuttermabolur]

I can't speak for the other countries, but there definitely isn't a singular English accent. People in Brighton are going to sound very different from Liverpudlians or people from Newcastle. England has a lot of distinct accents, even without mentioning the rest of the UK.

Also, from speaking with a New Zealander, their accent sounded very different from any English accent I've heard. I had a lot of problems understanding him because of the strong accent.

 

[Outdated]

There's lots of us here. I'm Australian. I don't really understand it but my girlfriend likes my accent, I'm from Adelaide and the accent there is a little more English than the rest of the country.

Some people have very strong accents and are difficult to understand by anyone outside of their cultural group. On a few occasions I've had to act as interpreter for Scotts, Irish and Kiwis. Although we're all speaking English communication can sometimes be difficult.

 

[Progster]

I'm English, and to me those accents sound distinct and different to each other. And as @Stuttermabolur points, there is a lot of regional variety between different regions of England, not to mention Scotland.

 

[All-Rounder]

I dsliked my bf's Aussie accent at first because I wasn't used to it, but I have come to like it. Also australian humor is neat. Apparently you're not supposed to spell router in the English version which I was using, because it means bad things lol. Go into the store and speak American/British you might get some giggles.

In some ways the English and Aussie accents did seem similar to me, but the Aussie can become a lot more accented.

 

[Forest Cat]

There's lots of us here. I'm Australian. I don't really understand it but my girlfriend likes my accent, I'm from Adelaide and the accent there is a little more English than the rest of the country.

Some people have very strong accents and are difficult to understand by anyone outside of their cultural group. On a few occasions I've had to act as interpreter for Scotts, Irish and Kiwis. Although we're all speaking English communication can sometimes be difficult.

I imagine it can also be difficult to understand what people say when they are screaming all the time. Like "snakes! snakes!!" and "help, get this gigantic spider off my face!!"

 

[maycontainthunder]

I'm English and slightly bonkers with a variable accent. Sometimes I sound like a farmer from the west country other times people can understand what I'm saying.

 

[All-Rounder]

I'm English and slightly bonkers with a variable accent. Sometimes I sound like a farmer from the west country other times people can understand what I'm saying.

There's a joke in a local movie here about western accent, some actor studied English and went to US west, went to a bar and he couldn't understand anything this guy was saying, ended up just drinking with him.

 

[All-Rounder]

I imagine it can also be difficult to understand what people say when they are screaming all the time. Like "snakes! snakes!!" and "help, get this gigantic spider off my face!!"

Australians are too tough to care about spiders, snakes and whatnot their land is webbed with.

 

[Forest Cat]

Australians are too tough to care about spiders, snakes and whatnot their land is webbed with.

Yeah I was thinking about everyone else, tourists and such in Australia. My sister was there, it's years ago but she still sometimes wakes up in a pool of sweat in the middle of the night, screaming "Vegemite! nooooooo!" She has psychological scars that I fear will never heal.

 

[All-Rounder]

Yeah I was thinking about everyone else, tourists and such in Australia. My sister was there, it's years ago but she still sometimes wakes up in a pool of sweat in the middle of the night, screaming "Vegemite! nooooooo!" She has psychological scars that I fear will never heal.

Something worth experiencing!

 

[MNAus]

Australians are too tough to care about spiders, snakes and whatnot their land is webbed with.

The majority of Aussies don't even see snakes and giant spiders. I'll let you into a secret: they enjoy the idea that they live in a scary country. Where I live we get a decent amount of wildlife around the place. I've only seen a couple of dangerous snakes, one funnel web and the redbacks aren't really a problem. For most the people living in the cities (which is the majority) they'll never see a snake. If you're further out into the sticks things are different. But most people won't encounter dangerous wildlife.

 

[Forest Cat]

The majority of Aussies don't even see snakes and giant spiders. I'll let you into a secret: they enjoy the idea that they live in a scary country. Where I live we get a decent amount of wildlife around the place. I've only seen a couple of dangerous snakes, one funnel web and the redbacks aren't really a problem. For most the people living in the cities (which is the majority) they'll never see a snake. If you're further out into the sticks things are different. But most people won't encounter dangerous wildlife.

But the vegemite is everywhere

 

[Outdated]

Australians are too tough to care about spiders, snakes and whatnot their land is webbed with.

They won't bother you as long as you don't bother them. They don't want to waste their venom on something they can't eat. 99% of snake bites occur to people that tried to kill the snake.

With our other animals a lot of tourists seem to think that if an animal is not afraid of you then it must be tame. No, they are not tame. If an animal is not afraid of you it is because it has no need to be afraid of you. It's no different to idiots in the US trying to get too close to wild buffalo, and often with similar results.

Think carefully about what time of year and what regions you want to visit though. Our summers are very hot compared to what many of you are used to. 35 celsius is not considered to be a very hot day here and days where it gets over 40 are not that uncommon.

 

[Ella Spell]

I'm English, my partner is Scottish, and my son lives in AUS.

All bases covered.

 

[Brictoria]

Some people have very strong accents and are difficult to understand by anyone outside of their cultural group. On a few occasions I've had to act as interpreter for Scotts, Irish and Kiwis. Although we're all speaking English communication can sometimes be difficult.

Something like this?