I’m Canadian and I’ve lived in Australia for two years and now I’m on my second year in New Zealand and I’m sorry but that’s not true. I’d say that there is a bigger difference between the Aussie and the Kiwi accent than the Canadian and US one. But maybe I can hear it because I’ve been in it for 3 years 😂
I think New Zealanders have more of a calm and relaxed accent and Australians have more hype and energy in their accent, that’s how I’m able to tell the difference
The think about asking if someone is from New Zealand because an Aussie wouldn't be offended about being called a Kiwi, but a Kiwi might be offended about being called an Aussie is so true. When we were checking out a potential school for my daughter in England, the nun who was showing us around said: "I think there's an Australian boy in grade 1" and took us there. "Stand up, Matthew. You're an Australian, aren't you?" Matthew instantly became quite cross, crossed his arms and said crankily "I'm not an Australian! I'm a New Zealander!" it's a bit like the Canada-USA thing.
Lots of people get offended and lots don't. Im New Zealander, I wouldn't be offended, I love my country and I love Australia! Australia is my home now! I would clarify bit not be offended.
This is so cute, Candice! You and Morgan are lovely! I'm a NZer living in the US and I shared this on FB for my American friends. Hope you do another one!
@@candicemoll8386 Well, you guys certainly are "taking over" the entertainment industry, as far as acting talent goes. What is, do you think, the source of the steady output of acting talent? Good schools and theaters? Maybe it's just the clean, healthy living nurturing native talent. In any case, I Ioved watching you two. Cheers from the U.S.
I worked with a kiwi called Ben years ago, and they called eskies chilli bins. But bin sounded like bn. And Ben sounded the same as bin. So everyone had great fun asking him 'Are you chilly Bn?'
I have my stage dialects final exam tomorrow and I am the only person in my class who chose New Zealand! This was the best video by FAR comparing Australian versus New Zealand, which is the hardest thing I'm finding about learning it. I so appreciate your use of terminology, IPA, etc.! The pursed lips tip for the "u" sound really makes a difference. Thank you :)
+Madeline Daunt Awesome! As a Kiwi myself, it's not uncommon for people to conflate the pronunciation of our _"I"_ and _"U"_ sounds. I'd argue that us New Zealanders are definitely a little more lazy than our Auzzie cousins concerning the pronunciation of our vowels, but our _"I"_ sound as in _"Fish and Chips"_ is pushed far more to the front and bottom of the mouth, as opposed to drawn to the back and up towards the roof of our mouths which is how we pronounce our _"U."_ Essentially one is a far lazier pronunciation of the other. That's why it's often said we say _"Fush and Chups"_ but us Kiwis are completely ignorant and deaf to any _"U"_ sound in it because the nuances ARE and do become obvious when ACTUALLY pronouncing anything with _"U,"_ and so we'll deny it till the cows come home because of the difference I stated earlier 😉😜 See 8:15 _"Short U"_ for example.
Thank you for providing this very educational video in an appealing way of communicating to your audience. Please work with Morgan again. You two have great chemistry on screen.
In a very general and overall sense, I would probably describe the differences between both of your accents like this: the Australian accent seems to elongate or draw out sounds a bit more, as if its coming more from the back of the mouth and the New Zealand accent seems to shorten sounds a bit more and pronounce them further forward in the mouth (which is probably why some words like books sounded American as we push everything forward in America too). I also thought the New Zealand accent had an overall softer quality to it while the Australian sounded almost twangy. In that sense, it very much reminded me of the differences in Southern accents in the United States in that way. In the States we have Southern accents that are almost soft and breathy like the Southern gentry in the deep South. But then there's also more twangy Southern accents as you go a bit further west.
I first noticed the difference while looking at an apartment in Wellington. It had 2 beedrums! Thanks for pointing out some of the other differences. Both are very charming to my American ears. I find it interesting how Kiwis clip certain vowels and accentuate others.
I kinda can tell Australians and New Zealanders apart when I talk to them but I wanted to study detailed differences between them so this is a good video for me!!
Accidentally stumbled across this video & unexpectedly enjoyed it. Would love to see a video of the differences between Ozzie & Kiwi slang. I know that there a some slang words that are borrowed "I think" mostly by Kiwis from Oz, simply because they've lived awhile somewhere in Australia. It would nonetheless still be interesting to know what those slang differences are. Cheers.
As an American...I just loved this. I LOVED watching the Steve Irwin(Australia) back in the day, and I was also obsessed with Hercules and Xena(filmed in New Zealand) back in the day; so was very familiar with Lucy Lawless'(Xena) accent, and loved listening to the dialect...but to my untrained ear, I always assumed they were the same. It was such a treat learning the differences, especially the fun way ya'll taught us. Thanks so much for the fun video!
more like Australian: "wheres the caaa" Kiwi: "whires the caa" i say both interchangeably because my accent is like a mix between Kiwi and Aussie tbh 😁
I liked your video. I will subscribe now . What I want to see in your next video is the australian slang words, what people like in every state whether it is sports or food or and all positive, happy vibes. Thank you.
Even as a Kiwi, sometimes when I listen to people on TV, especially sports commentators where they're both Aussies and Kiwis, sometimes it can take me a couple of sentences to work out who is who. Of course the major difference is the short 'i' sound (like the 'fish and chips' thing). But another major difference I find is the different way we pronounce some A's. For example, Aussies pronounce the A in 'dAnce', advAnce or circumstAnce like the A in 'trap' /æ/, whereas Kiwis pronounce them like the A in 'bra' /ɑː/. Another thing I notice is certain words with OOL in them. Us Kiwis say it as one syllable, whereas Aussies say it as two syllables. You can see an example of this at 2:57, where Morgan says "cool" like 'koow' and Candice says "school" like 'skoo-wel'. Back when I was young we had an anti-speeding ad on TV presented by Australian race car driver Peter Brock who said "only a fool breaks the 2 second rule" and he said it like "only a fewel breaks the 2 second rewel".
Omg, when I went to New Zealand as a German with mediocre English skills, I was so confused, like "Why do they make everything a question?" Only after the first 2 months I got used to it, kind of. 😂
Coming *from* a farm is great. You have all sorts of stories - the crickets in the water tank story, the electric fence stories, the accidentally setting fire to the railway line story, etc. Being *on* a farm sucks. Feeding hay to the cattle before breakfast, burying sheep guts from home-kill, digging fence post holes through rock hard soil, funny tasting water because of crickets in the water tank, etc. Farms are definitely best in past tense.
As a Kiwi I can distinguish quite easily between an Aussie accent and a Kiwi accent. My best description is the Aussie accent tends to have more of a 'naizly' sound to it and depending on where your from in Australia it can be more heavily accented than other parts. The Kiwi accent is different depending on where your from (North or south island) and it could be because of a number of things including culture. For example a European New Zealand girl isn't necessarily going to sound the same as a Maori girl or a pacific island girl and that can be because of a number of things from different lingo, different ways of talking and other things. For example with Maori and pacific islanders we would use sentences in a greeting like "chur brother" or "hows it going bro" or "sup cuzzy" or something along those lines. Where as our European citizens (not all) would greet in a different manner by saying something like "hey!" or "hi how are you" some will say "gidday mate" it really depends on the person and how they were brought up and the type of lingo they use. If you were raised in the 'hood' your gonna sound alot different to someone raised in beverly hills if you know what I mean.
There is another shift in language and slang in NZ on top of the two you used. Maori and Pacifica will greet each other with slang, even if we do not know each other, but will instantly switch to the Kiwi slang when greeting Europeans, and only use the original slang if the European is family, or a work colleague, or a friend. Me and my cousins do this automatically, without thinking about it.
That’s also the case within Australia - accents from places thousands of mile apart can be unidentifiable. You can’t tell if someone’s from Darwin or Hobart or Cairns, but you can tell which part of Melbourne or Sydney they’re from. Just not whether it’s Melbourne or Sydney.
Thanks for clearing that up. My need to know started when Lucy Lawless mentioned that in doing My Life is Murder, that she had to do an Australian accent and I thought she was Australian. Didn't realize she is a Kiwi and at that time didn't know it was that different. As I am a big fan of her and her show, I am also a big fan of Brokenwood. I'll be listening more closely. Thanks again.
Hi there, greetings from México. I’ve been in Australia ( once ) and NZ ( 4 times), and it has always been difficult to follow their accent, but after few days, it becomes easier to follow😄😄😄 I liked you video 😀😀👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
This is my first time turning into your show, and I thoroughly agree that you should have this guest on more often and there should be wine; bonus points if you do an episode of you milking the cow!!!🥰
Very interesting listening to this as a Canadian. Sometimes, one of you would say something as Canadians do, and sometimes, the other did. Interesting!
I'm not sure why this came up in my feed, but I'm an Australian who has now lived in NZ for 9 years. Maybe YT knows!? Being from Melbourne I've been told my "Aussie accent" isn't as strong as someone from SA or QLD but I do get laughed at when I say "dance" or similar sounding words. I will never ever forget though when I was in the car with my young son (born Australian, but with a Kiwi accent) who said "Oh! There's a big deck at childcare!", or when at a supermarket a guy said, "I can't wait to get out of here and sit on my bro's deck".... many giggles. Good video, thanks
This was really well done! As a Kiwi North Islander, I can definitely tell Morgan is from the South Island with “the bad apple” and “let’s gets the parents a present” phrases. “Bear” and “beer” are almost indistinguishable in the SI. I’ve noticed a couple of common “tells” with the Aussie accent, but they may be regional ones: Here/year are pronounced heaaah/yeaaah with the second syllable stretched much further than Kiwi. The word “aitch” (h) is often pronounced “haitch” i.e, an h appended to the front. Some Brits pronounce it this way, and it may indicate Australia has more Brit ancestry from these areas than NZ does. This one is like fingernails on a blackboard to me :)
+Steve Nicholson Amen dude I'm from the central North Island and I definitely hear a slight difference. In general, New Zealand has *4 main slightly nuanced accents:* _1) General South Islander, 2) General North Islander, 3) Rural Farmer Joe i.e. _*_The Wops_*_ as in "Speights, pride of the South, good on ya mate" 4) and finally the N.Z Māori "Churr bro cuzzie" dialect._
Yes I was on holiday in Aus as a kid on a family friends farm and had the tv on in the background. It was some sort of game show and I was busy reading a magazine. Suddenly I heard this "haitch" which made me go what the heck did they just say so I looked up and it was some sort of letter guessing show and they had said H. I was so confused cause in NZ it's always been said like "aich".
That was such fun! I think Aussies also turn "day" into "dai" and "life" into "loif" and "wife" into "woif". 😂😂😂😂. As a newcomer to NZ, I was rather bamboozled when my neighbour asked me if I had "spare pigs" only to find out it was "clothes pegs".😂😂😂
that short "A" sound in words like "bad" and "black" has always been an instant tell for me to know if someone is from New Zealand or not. It's such a distinct sound.
I swear when Kiwis say "fish and chips", it sounds really similar to my Scottish accent. Must be all those sheep and hills to blame! To me, Aussies sound like they're saying "feesh and cheeps".
@@candicemoll8386 Could you pls teach some Aussie slangs used mostly in Australia such as the word 'servo'which means service station.How about the slangs being mostly used in NZ?
@@jimmymars1249 I have quite a few Aussie slang videos already up :-) Check out the playlist where they are all listed. A NZ slang video will be coming in the next couple of weeks. ruclips.net/p/PLDFHW8rQQSn_Bbhx7bxO8ZuZlB89IhjPw
OMG you are from Adelaide!! My cousin is from there as well! I've noticed that people from Australia have a very clear ''L'', similar to the South African English.
Moving to NZ 6 yrs ago it's the short e that's the most glaring difference between oz and kiw accentsi: like egg, best, deck. Plus the kiwis rising intonation at the end of tge sentence.
Well you two are just really cute and fun! After watching this im hearing how each of you sound like a mixture of how I sound..some vowels I,say is like the kiwi and some vowels are like the aussie…hmmmmm im from the midwest usa….state of michigan…west michigan, lower peninsula!
I'm a Pom, my hubbie's a Kiwi and our sons are born and bred Aussies. They've been asked if they are South African, German, Dutch and even Canadian over the years!! Doesn't help one is married to a Scottish lassie and one to a Creole speaking French woman! 🤣
I always ask where in North America does someone come from if I hear an American accent. As a Kiwi myself I understand how Canadians are offended by being confused with the USA because I do not ever wish to be thought of as Australian. I also regard anyone from from anywhere in the 'Americas' like Argentina or Panama as "Americans"
@@keithtonkin6959 No one else on the planet, including everywhere in the Americas, refers to anyone from North or South America, as Americans. "American" is a colloquialism referring to people from the US, much the same way "British" is a colloquialism referring to anyone from England. No one in North or South America refers to anyone from Northern Ireland, Wales or Scotland as British.
@@jongordon7914 Actually you are wrong about that. Spanish people refer to those from Latin America as "Americans" but they say it in Spanish of course. I've heard it often enough. And British doesn't just refer to the English. The Scots know they are British as well as Scottish as do the Welsh and my own ancestors the Cornish. They usually prefer to say their own nationality first but when such things as the Olympics happen they relate as British because that is the one team they and the English are all part of. I realise that the name "United States of America" doesn't easily lend itself to a name that identifies people from there but I usually refer to them as "US citizens" Pity "Colombia" wasn't grabbed by the US before another American country got it but that name could've worked for any of them. The Dominican Republic would've been the most suitable because that is where Colombus returned to as its first governor and actually lived.
@@keithtonkin6959 No, you're wrong. No one, anywhere, refers to anyone from any one of the other 35 countries in North and South America as Americans, except people from the US. Send me a Google link that shows anyone referring to Haiti, Bahamas, Jamaica, Uruguay, Chile, Belize, Suriname, etc., as Americans. Not sure what you mean by "Spanish people." Only Spaniards, from Spain, are Spanish people. And even then it would be more appropriate to call them the Spanish or Spaniards. It's possible that Australians colloquially refer to any Spanish-soeaking people as Spanish people, but then that would just be another example of a colloquialism. Regarding the British, I wrote colloquialism TWICE so I'm not sure how you missed that. I even specifically listed Northern Ireland, Wales and Scotland, which obviously means I know they're part of the UK (aka Great Britain aka Britain), but as I said, everyone in North and South America is referring to ENGLAND when they say BRITISH or Britain. If they want to include Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland, they'll specifically name them. Again, it's a colloquialism.
She sounds a little more kiwi than the standard Aussie accent, but it's still closer to australian. When I heard her my first thought was someone whose spent a good chunk of time in NZ but mainly lived in Australia.
Am from India and have always admired Aussie and kiwi accent. It was quite informative and also I've never realised the necessity of subtitles wen you guys speak unlike the British English where I badly need one especially the ones of North west England. Hey Candice, I have a suggestion for you if possible can you please tell us the differences between Aussie and British accent? And do you have any British friend like Morgs? If you have, then pl do one
As an Aussie I can confirm there is a huge (hyoooge 😉) difference between Australian and pretty much all of the English accents. I actually think we lean more towards the Irish accent (although still very different) more than any English accents I've encountered. My theory would simply be that Australia has had a very large population of Irish people here basically since it was first colonised by Europeans. Australia is actually home to the third largest population of Irish people outside of Ireland which makes total sense to me.
I'm still a little confused on how to tell the difference, besides the oo sound. I'm american so it's hard to tell the slight differences, also have been trying to make my Australia accent better so this channel has been a help. Love the content Candice! 😄
Kiwis tend to replace the "e" sound ("eh") with something that sounds like a short "i" sound. For example, at the very beginning, Morgan said "i-very day" whereas Australians say "eh-very day".
Morgan mentioned that she does a big smile on the short 'e's. By contrast, on the short 'i's, she didn't pull the corners of her mouth back as Candice did.
Very fun and interesting video. I was noticing too that some of the Kiwi pronunciations sound closer to us Yanks. 🤓 From an American perspective, the Aussie accent is more consistent. The Kiwi accent has greater variation. It is either much more different or quite close. “Yes” is the one that always makes me smile. 😊
American here. I searched differences and stumbled across this video because a kiwi told me that the simple difference was that aussies open their mouths more when they talk. After about 5 min it was totally verifiably true 😄 . Love both accents! It’s kind of funny too because from an American POV I feel like the difference is as similar as a Californian to Texan accent!
I can't, generally, tell the difference. You have to wait for certain words... usually trap/bath ones, honestly. (e.g. the danceware example) However, "there is a difference" and then "there eez" was very clear. Wait, is Speights only sold here?
That was a fun listen. I always describe it as, we Kiwis 'eat' our vowels but, Aussies push theirs out their noses. I still laugh about going into a shop during my first month or so of living in Australia in the early 70s and asking, "How much is the plant (rhymes with aunt) in the window?" The person behind the counter looked at me in absolute disbelief and replied, "the WHAT?" Having absolutely no idea what the problem was, l niavely repeated, "The plant", every time he asked me until, realising the conversation was going nowhere, l took a chance on identifying the plant and said, "The fern" (it was my first time seeing a Boston Fern). He looked astonished and said, "Oh The PLAAAANNT! (rhymes with ant)". Up until then l hadn't actually realised there were such great differences in pronunciation - of course he could have just been taking the Mickey out of a young kiwi girl but, he genuinely seemed to have no idea what l had been talking about. Interesting to hear how little difference there actually is between the two atccents for the most part though. Perhaps because, as you say Candice, you have a general Australian accent, l imagine someone with a broader accent may make the differences seem greater. I have noticed though, that sometimes, if l'm watching an interview or a video or such like, l genuinely can't tell if the person l'm listening to is a Kiwi or an Aussie, despite listening for the usual clues and, would love your opinion as to whether you think the two accents are moving closer, perhaps to some sort of antipodean middle ground.
Fascinating. I’ve often thought that an Australian accent sounds like it came from a London accent. Now I realise that the New Zealand accents sounds like it has its roots in a Scottish accent.
Great video guys!! Europeans, Irish, welsh, mainly the brits and scots even the aussies settlers settled down in the south island of nz in the turn of the late 18th century.... I wouldve picked candice as a brit and morgan as a scots, if that makes sense.
A good word to tell with is "Dance" because a general Aussie accent has a long A, but a general Kiwi accent has a short A. Also the word Necklace, Aussie says "Neck-lace" and a kiwi typically says "neck-less"
Interesting, I'm Aussie and I pronounce it the kiwi way...but then again my accent is kinda the borderline between general and cultivated so perhaps that might explain it.
They say dance with the dan part said like the boys name Dan. In NZ we say it with the A like 'ah' so its like Darnce. Its like the dayta vs darta for the word Data (not sure which the Aussies use but in school there was a couple of british girls in my class and they'd say it like dayta where us kiwis say darta).
From New Zealand. I went to my sister's wedding in Brisbane as a teenager, and I was asked to find a pin by her very Australian bridesmaid. To this day, some 35 years later, I can still swear that she was asking for a writing implement. There's a significant difference in pronunciation of words such as "dance". A typical Kiwi will double up on the a: dān-ce or darn-ce, while an Australian typically says it as dan-ce, with a short a
I'm from the U.S. I love your English accents. It's easy to understand, relaxing, and charming and sexy. I'm from a small town in the American south, drawled and slow broken, and my children were raised in the north east were it is neutral and plain sounding. Every time I say the number ten they poke at me.
As a Brit this is really hard! The difference with "e" is most noticeable to me I think. The lips thing is useful to know too. It's not as hard as telling the difference between American and Canadian though, at least for me personally.
This is what I understood. Australian accent sounds like somebody is from the south of the United States, but has our accent. And the Kiwis are from the Yanks, and they too have our accent.
My English name is Tim, I use to live in NZ for 4 years before i came to Australia. Everytime i introduce myself people have to ask me to repeat. It took me a long time to learn how to say my name.
Loved U Both, well done Girls, I lived in Australia 15 yrs worked in the open cut mines all over Auz, I would of seen more of Australia then the average Aussie. I loved the experience.
‘Fish’ as ‘fush’ is the giveaway as you do sometimes hear Aussies say ‘fair’ as ‘fear’ and even on rare occasions ‘pin’ and ‘bitter’ (or ‘bidder’) for ‘pen’ and ‘better’ like the Kiwis do. Where in Australia does this ‘e’ to ‘i’ trait appear?
Australian and New Zealand accents are like American and Canadian accents in terms of similarities and differences.
That is exactly right :-)
THATS WHY PEOPLE SAY I SOUND AMERICAN BC I AM MAORI AND AUSTRALIAN
So it's one of those things where you have to know which differences to listen for, and once you can hear it, you can't unhear it.
But the American accent will always out shine the Canadian accent making it much easier to identify between the 2 or at least for me anyway.
I’m Canadian and I’ve lived in Australia for two years and now I’m on my second year in New Zealand and I’m sorry but that’s not true. I’d say that there is a bigger difference between the Aussie and the Kiwi accent than the Canadian and US one. But maybe I can hear it because I’ve been in it for 3 years 😂
I think New Zealanders have more of a calm and relaxed accent and Australians have more hype and energy in their accent, that’s how I’m able to tell the difference
Not true I’m Aussie and dead inside
@@fgcmiloboyyo1550are you from Hobart.
@@Mr-pn2eh Sydney
Just get them to prounce any vowels
Why is Australia always lumped with NZ? We're not joined at the hip. We don't really think about them at all..or care...
I’m so happy I finally found a side by side comparison of the two accents 😃
Oh great! I'm glad you found it useful!
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"He was vary proud of his deck." :)
Haha! I love Kiwi's 😛
A very big deck
Don’t forget the get the African caulk
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Your making me think of that bloody deck ad.
@@mynameischelsea5637 🤣🤣 "if you think you can graduate this school without kissing my coulk, hehehe you're wrong"
The think about asking if someone is from New Zealand because an Aussie wouldn't be offended about being called a Kiwi, but a Kiwi might be offended about being called an Aussie is so true. When we were checking out a potential school for my daughter in England, the nun who was showing us around said: "I think there's an Australian boy in grade 1" and took us there. "Stand up, Matthew. You're an Australian, aren't you?" Matthew instantly became quite cross, crossed his arms and said crankily "I'm not an Australian! I'm a New Zealander!" it's a bit like the Canada-USA thing.
That happens anywhere when someone gets mistaken for a certain country alot
Lots of people get offended and lots don't. Im New Zealander, I wouldn't be offended, I love my country and I love Australia! Australia is my home now! I would clarify bit not be offended.
Nah, every australian I call a kiwi gets offended lol
Okay but would the US or CAN be upset? 😂
I’m a Kiwi and I always find it funny😂.
Well done ladies from a Kiwi girl having lived in Malaysia for years years, it's great to hear both accents.
I love the dynamic between you and Morgan. Great energy! You should definitely do more vids with her. You guys are fun!
Oh yay! So glad you liked it. Morgan is the best! We may do another one in the future :-)
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it's simple, get them to say 6...you'll quickly know who the kiwi is
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Get them to say "Sex" will sounds "6"
Bahaha we say "sux" in NZ 😂😂 well some do
@@-amberrr-3521 lol it's ok I say kuds insteads of kids and, I'm Australian. I guess it's what happens when you live with a kiwi
And seven as well
This is so cute, Candice! You and Morgan are lovely! I'm a NZer living in the US and I shared this on FB for my American friends. Hope you do another one!
Aww! Thanks for sharing!! I love that Aussies and Kiwis are taking over the USA. Haha! :p We're hoping to do another one together soon!
@@candicemoll8386 Well, you guys certainly are "taking over" the entertainment industry, as far as acting talent goes. What is, do you think, the source of the steady output of acting talent? Good schools and theaters? Maybe it's just the clean, healthy living nurturing native talent. In any case, I Ioved watching you two. Cheers from the U.S.
@@kengruz669They will accept lower wages-that’s why there are also so many English actors because they also accept less money for the work.
I worked with a kiwi called Ben years ago, and they called eskies chilli bins. But bin sounded like bn. And Ben sounded the same as bin. So everyone had great fun asking him 'Are you chilly Bn?'
What about ( aus )Whippa snippa , ( nz , world ) line trimmer ,weed eater - ( aus ) Thongs , (nz, world ) jandles , sandles ( aus ) karcher , Gerni (nz , world) water blaster ( aus ) Thongs (nz) g-string ( aus) shifter (nz, world) cresent
This was so much fun! I love you Candice! ️ . Thanks for sharing
You girls are really sweet. Thank you for making me chuckle whilst learning a lot about Australian und Kiwi culture
Thank you! 😃
This was so much fun! I love you Candice! ❤️
I love YOU babe! Thanks for playing on camera with me!
it is enjoyable to learn Australian accent when watching such a interesting chatting!
thx for sharing :)
"milk the cow! "LOL
Haha! Glad we were entertaining AND educational! :p Thanks for watching!
Lol I did not expect this video made me laugh as much as I did. Great job, ladies ☺️
I have my stage dialects final exam tomorrow and I am the only person in my class who chose New Zealand! This was the best video by FAR comparing Australian versus New Zealand, which is the hardest thing I'm finding about learning it. I so appreciate your use of terminology, IPA, etc.! The pursed lips tip for the "u" sound really makes a difference. Thank you :)
+Madeline Daunt Awesome! As a Kiwi myself, it's not uncommon for people to conflate the pronunciation of our _"I"_ and _"U"_ sounds. I'd argue that us New Zealanders are definitely a little more lazy than our Auzzie cousins concerning the pronunciation of our vowels, but our _"I"_ sound as in _"Fish and Chips"_ is pushed far more to the front and bottom of the mouth, as opposed to drawn to the back and up towards the roof of our mouths which is how we pronounce our _"U."_
Essentially one is a far lazier pronunciation of the other. That's why it's often said we say _"Fush and Chups"_ but us Kiwis are completely ignorant and deaf to any _"U"_ sound in it because the nuances ARE and do become obvious when ACTUALLY pronouncing anything with _"U,"_ and so we'll deny it till the cows come home because of the difference I stated earlier 😉😜
See 8:15 _"Short U"_ for example.
So cute! I feel like it’s all sunshine and fun when I hear Australian and Kiwi accents! Great video! Enjoyed it much!
Haha! I love that you think of sunshine! 😂 Thanks for watching!
Thank you very much for this special & informative video! As a curious non-native speaker, I've always wanted to learn about those small details!!
You're very welcome! Thanks for watching!
Good work. Great energy and fabulous chemistry!❤️
Thank you!
Thank you for providing this very educational video in an appealing way of communicating to your audience. Please work with Morgan again. You two have great chemistry on screen.
Very informative!, its good to finaly put the pronunciation differences into perspective between our lingo's. Thank u, Twas a gud watch.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Always fun and educational. Thank you!
So glad you liked it! Thanks for watching!
Omg another fellow kiwi lol. This was very entertaining to watch, good job
Thanks mate!
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In a very general and overall sense, I would probably describe the differences between both of your accents like this: the Australian accent seems to elongate or draw out sounds a bit more, as if its coming more from the back of the mouth and the New Zealand accent seems to shorten sounds a bit more and pronounce them further forward in the mouth (which is probably why some words like books sounded American as we push everything forward in America too).
I also thought the New Zealand accent had an overall softer quality to it while the Australian sounded almost twangy. In that sense, it very much reminded me of the differences in Southern accents in the United States in that way. In the States we have Southern accents that are almost soft and breathy like the Southern gentry in the deep South. But then there's also more twangy Southern accents as you go a bit further west.
I first noticed the difference while looking at an apartment in Wellington. It had 2 beedrums! Thanks for pointing out some of the other differences. Both are very charming to my American ears. I find it interesting how Kiwis clip certain vowels and accentuate others.
Omg the word bedroom is so funny in NZ! Haha! Kiwis are so cute 😍
I've never heard our accent as charming before haha!
I kinda can tell Australians and New Zealanders apart when I talk to them but I wanted to study detailed differences between them so this is a good video for me!!
G'day guys g'day austraya and New zeland
Glad it was helpful! :-)
Thanks ladies this really helped I'm a Kiwi reading for the role of an Aussie for a TV show - so much appreciated Sheila's lol
Accidentally stumbled across this video & unexpectedly enjoyed it. Would love to see a video of the differences between Ozzie & Kiwi slang. I know that there a some slang words that are borrowed "I think" mostly by Kiwis from Oz, simply because they've lived awhile somewhere in Australia. It would nonetheless still be interesting to know what those slang differences are. Cheers.
Oooh thanks for the suggestion! Morgan and I were trying to think of another video topic to do together. This might just be the best suggestion yet!
As an American...I just loved this. I LOVED watching the Steve Irwin(Australia) back in the day, and I was also obsessed with Hercules and Xena(filmed in New Zealand) back in the day; so was very familiar with Lucy Lawless'(Xena) accent, and loved listening to the dialect...but to my untrained ear, I always assumed they were the same. It was such a treat learning the differences, especially the fun way ya'll taught us. Thanks so much for the fun video!
the accents are completely different. Australians are like "wheres the carrr" and New Zealanders are like "wheres the car"
Haha! Yep, just like that. 😛
It was from seeing that scene for the first time today that led me to search for the difference between the two accents.
Might as well be a different language with how differently they pronounce "where's the car".
more like
Australian: "wheres the caaa"
Kiwi: "whires the caa"
i say both interchangeably because my accent is like a mix between Kiwi and Aussie tbh 😁
We also say Jandles not Sandals but I say blithe bc I am both
I liked your video. I will subscribe now . What I want to see in your next video is the australian slang words, what people like in every state whether it is sports or food or and all positive, happy vibes. Thank you.
Love both accents and the enthusiasm is awesome
Educational and entertaining. A delightful duality to be sure.
Haha! Thanks :p
love it thanks for educating me🙌🏾
Thanks for watching!
Even as a Kiwi, sometimes when I listen to people on TV, especially sports commentators where they're both Aussies and Kiwis, sometimes it can take me a couple of sentences to work out who is who.
Of course the major difference is the short 'i' sound (like the 'fish and chips' thing).
But another major difference I find is the different way we pronounce some A's. For example, Aussies pronounce the A in 'dAnce', advAnce or circumstAnce like the A in 'trap' /æ/, whereas Kiwis pronounce them like the A in 'bra' /ɑː/.
Another thing I notice is certain words with OOL in them. Us Kiwis say it as one syllable, whereas Aussies say it as two syllables. You can see an example of this at 2:57, where Morgan says "cool" like 'koow' and Candice says "school" like 'skoo-wel'. Back when I was young we had an anti-speeding ad on TV presented by Australian race car driver Peter Brock who said "only a fool breaks the 2 second rule" and he said it like "only a fewel breaks the 2 second rewel".
Aussies love Kiwis. We’re siblings.
It's TRUUUEEE!
+joe chiricosta Kiwis love you guys too. Just please don't stop giving us a hard time, and we promise we'll keep up the banter ;) Hehe.
Very enjoyable, loved it!!!!
3:58 lol the picture and the cows voice crack were hilarious
Thank you! I'm starting a D&D campaign and my character is basically Rhys Darby. This helped a lot.
More videos with you both! Love you girls!!
Aww thank you darling!
Omg, when I went to New Zealand as a German with mediocre English skills, I was so confused, like "Why do they make everything a question?" Only after the first 2 months I got used to it, kind of. 😂
Hahahaha! Oh that must have been so confusing for you!
Coming *from* a farm is great. You have all sorts of stories - the crickets in the water tank story, the electric fence stories, the accidentally setting fire to the railway line story, etc. Being *on* a farm sucks. Feeding hay to the cattle before breakfast, burying sheep guts from home-kill, digging fence post holes through rock hard soil, funny tasting water because of crickets in the water tank, etc. Farms are definitely best in past tense.
Hahahaha! I've never heard this sentiment before, but it makes perfect sense 😂
The ‘deck’ really got me 😂 I love our Kiwi brothers and sisters
As a Kiwi I can distinguish quite easily between an Aussie accent and a Kiwi accent. My best description is the Aussie accent tends to have more of a 'naizly' sound to it and depending on where your from in Australia it can be more heavily accented than other parts. The Kiwi accent is different depending on where your from (North or south island) and it could be because of a number of things including culture. For example a European New Zealand girl isn't necessarily going to sound the same as a Maori girl or a pacific island girl and that can be because of a number of things from different lingo, different ways of talking and other things. For example with Maori and pacific islanders we would use sentences in a greeting like "chur brother" or "hows it going bro" or "sup cuzzy" or something along those lines. Where as our European citizens (not all) would greet in a different manner by saying something like "hey!" or "hi how are you" some will say "gidday mate" it really depends on the person and how they were brought up and the type of lingo they use. If you were raised in the 'hood' your gonna sound alot different to someone raised in beverly hills if you know what I mean.
There is another shift in language and slang in NZ on top of the two you used.
Maori and Pacifica will greet each other with slang, even if we do not know each other, but will instantly switch to the Kiwi slang when greeting Europeans, and only use the original slang if the European is family, or a work colleague, or a friend.
Me and my cousins do this automatically, without thinking about it.
What i find strange is the fact that the two accents are very similar yet the countries are over 2500 miles apart!
True! It's so weird!
That’s also the case within Australia - accents from places thousands of mile apart can be unidentifiable. You can’t tell if someone’s from Darwin or Hobart or Cairns, but you can tell which part of Melbourne or Sydney they’re from. Just not whether it’s Melbourne or Sydney.
Thanks for clearing that up. My need to know started when Lucy Lawless mentioned that in doing My Life is Murder, that she had to do an Australian accent and I thought she was Australian. Didn't realize she is a Kiwi and at that time didn't know it was that different. As I am a big fan of her and her show, I am also a big fan of Brokenwood. I'll be listening more closely. Thanks again.
Hi there, greetings from México.
I’ve been in Australia ( once ) and NZ ( 4 times), and it has always been difficult to follow their accent, but after few days, it becomes easier to follow😄😄😄 I liked you video 😀😀👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Oh that's exciting! Traveling around to new places is so fun. I hope I make it to Mexico one day!
This is my first time turning into your show, and I thoroughly agree that you should have this guest on more often and there should be wine; bonus points if you do an episode of you milking the cow!!!🥰
Omg if I ever got to milk a cow I'd be so excited! Hahaha!
So enjoyable to watch, thanks girls. I even subsribed cuz of Mogzi said I should xD I will use it in my English cultural lessons!
Thank you! 😃
Awesome video to learn the differences in sounds
Thanks! Glad it was helpful!
You two are hilarious! :D
Cheers from Brazil
Hey, thanks!
Very interesting listening to this as a Canadian. Sometimes, one of you would say something as Canadians do, and sometimes, the other did. Interesting!
YES! I guess it must be those British origins. It's interesting to see which ones have stuck in each country!
I'm not sure why this came up in my feed, but I'm an Australian who has now lived in NZ for 9 years. Maybe YT knows!? Being from Melbourne I've been told my "Aussie accent" isn't as strong as someone from SA or QLD but I do get laughed at when I say "dance" or similar sounding words. I will never ever forget though when I was in the car with my young son (born Australian, but with a Kiwi accent) who said "Oh! There's a big deck at childcare!", or when at a supermarket a guy said, "I can't wait to get out of here and sit on my bro's deck".... many giggles.
Good video, thanks
Hahaha! That would be so funny to live with every day! Gotta love the Kiwi speech!
I’m Aussie this showed up in my recommended very funny to watch… and I’ve never actually considered my accent until this video.
So much fun I just discovered you!
This was really well done!
As a Kiwi North Islander, I can definitely tell Morgan is from the South Island with “the bad apple” and “let’s gets the parents a present” phrases. “Bear” and “beer” are almost indistinguishable in the SI.
I’ve noticed a couple of common “tells” with the Aussie accent, but they may be regional ones:
Here/year are pronounced heaaah/yeaaah with the second syllable stretched much further than Kiwi.
The word “aitch” (h) is often pronounced “haitch” i.e, an h appended to the front. Some Brits pronounce it this way, and it may indicate Australia has more Brit ancestry from these areas than NZ does. This one is like fingernails on a blackboard to me :)
Prefer the Aussie!
+Steve Nicholson Amen dude I'm from the central North Island and I definitely hear a slight difference. In general, New Zealand has *4 main slightly nuanced accents:* _1) General South Islander, 2) General North Islander, 3) Rural Farmer Joe i.e. _*_The Wops_*_ as in "Speights, pride of the South, good on ya mate" 4) and finally the N.Z Māori "Churr bro cuzzie" dialect._
Are 'bear' and 'beer' pronounced differently in the North Island? Lol I've lived in the North Island for 10 years and never noticed 😅
Yes I was on holiday in Aus as a kid on a family friends farm and had the tv on in the background. It was some sort of game show and I was busy reading a magazine. Suddenly I heard this "haitch" which made me go what the heck did they just say so I looked up and it was some sort of letter guessing show and they had said H. I was so confused cause in NZ it's always been said like "aich".
That was such fun! I think Aussies also turn "day" into "dai" and "life" into "loif" and "wife" into "woif". 😂😂😂😂. As a newcomer to NZ, I was rather bamboozled when my neighbour asked me if I had "spare pigs" only to find out it was "clothes pegs".😂😂😂
Hahahaha! Your face would have been priceless looking around for the 'pigs' she was talking about! Hahaha!
@@candicemoll8386 I did look around me 😂😂😂. And said none whatsoever. 😁
that short "A" sound in words like "bad" and "black" has always been an instant tell for me to know if someone is from New Zealand or not. It's such a distinct sound.
This was interesting. I was surprised by how similar the NZ short vowel accent was to an American English accent. Good video!
I swear when Kiwis say "fish and chips", it sounds really similar to my Scottish accent. Must be all those sheep and hills to blame! To me, Aussies sound like they're saying "feesh and cheeps".
Yes to another video with her!
I loved it. Hugs from Perth!
Aww thanks!
Love y'all comparing two different dialects .Pls make more vids for specific topics about travelling for more easily learning listening.
Glad you like it! I'll see if I can do some more videos on this topic :-)
@@candicemoll8386 Could you pls teach some Aussie slangs used mostly in Australia such as the word 'servo'which means service station.How about the slangs being mostly used in NZ?
@@jimmymars1249 I have quite a few Aussie slang videos already up :-) Check out the playlist where they are all listed. A NZ slang video will be coming in the next couple of weeks. ruclips.net/p/PLDFHW8rQQSn_Bbhx7bxO8ZuZlB89IhjPw
OMG you are from Adelaide!! My cousin is from there as well! I've noticed that people from Australia have a very clear ''L'', similar to the South African English.
AYYYYYYY YEBOOOOOOO
Adalaide is the best! Haha! Yes, South African English has a lot of similarities to Aussie English!
@@candicemoll8386 Although I think it's more similar to Kiwi. I remember one time I was convinced this Kiwi girl was from South Africa.
The cultured accents from all three countries sound very similar.
Moving to NZ 6 yrs ago it's the short e that's the most glaring difference between oz and kiw accentsi: like egg, best, deck. Plus the kiwis rising intonation at the end of tge sentence.
Yeah I agree, I think that's the biggest difference.
Well you two are just really cute and fun! After watching this im hearing how each of you sound like a mixture of how I sound..some vowels I,say is like the kiwi and some vowels are like the aussie…hmmmmm im from the midwest usa….state of michigan…west michigan, lower peninsula!
How does this help with me being both!? I’ve been accused of sounding American and looking Asian. I AM A MAORI AND AUSTRALIAN
Oh mate 😂 I say embrace it! Have people place bets on where they think you're from. You'll make a stack! 😛
I'm a Pom, my hubbie's a Kiwi and our sons are born and bred Aussies. They've been asked if they are South African, German, Dutch and even Canadian over the years!! Doesn't help one is married to a Scottish lassie and one to a Creole speaking French woman! 🤣
What I wish all my American friends and future friends could know - “if you aren’t sure just ask if they are from New Zealand” this is golden.
Haha! It works like a charm!
I always ask where in North America does someone come from if I hear an American accent. As a Kiwi myself I understand how Canadians are offended by being confused with the USA because I do not ever wish to be thought of as Australian. I also regard anyone from from anywhere in the 'Americas' like Argentina or Panama as "Americans"
@@keithtonkin6959 No one else on the planet, including everywhere in the Americas, refers to anyone from North or South America, as Americans. "American" is a colloquialism referring to people from the US, much the same way "British" is a colloquialism referring to anyone from England. No one in North or South America refers to anyone from Northern Ireland, Wales or Scotland as British.
@@jongordon7914 Actually you are wrong about that. Spanish people refer to those from Latin America as "Americans" but they say it in Spanish of course. I've heard it often enough. And British doesn't just refer to the English. The Scots know they are British as well as Scottish as do the Welsh and my own ancestors the Cornish. They usually prefer to say their own nationality first but when such things as the Olympics happen they relate as British because that is the one team they and the English are all part of. I realise that the name "United States of America" doesn't easily lend itself to a name that identifies people from there but I usually refer to them as "US citizens" Pity "Colombia" wasn't grabbed by the US before another American country got it but that name could've worked for any of them. The Dominican Republic would've been the most suitable because that is where Colombus returned to as its first governor and actually lived.
@@keithtonkin6959 No, you're wrong. No one, anywhere, refers to anyone from any one of the other 35 countries in North and South America as Americans, except people from the US. Send me a Google link that shows anyone referring to Haiti, Bahamas, Jamaica, Uruguay, Chile, Belize, Suriname, etc., as Americans.
Not sure what you mean by "Spanish people." Only Spaniards, from Spain, are Spanish people. And even then it would be more appropriate to call them the Spanish or Spaniards. It's possible that Australians colloquially refer to any Spanish-soeaking people as Spanish people, but then that would just be another example of a colloquialism.
Regarding the British, I wrote colloquialism TWICE so I'm not sure how you missed that. I even specifically listed Northern Ireland, Wales and Scotland, which obviously means I know they're part of the UK (aka Great Britain aka Britain), but as I said, everyone in North and South America is referring to ENGLAND when they say BRITISH or Britain. If they want to include Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland, they'll specifically name them. Again, it's a colloquialism.
She turned it into a Speights thread! Legendary!
Having visited Adelaide (from NZ) nearly 2 years ago, I fully get why you're keen to do one on wine. Loved the video :-)
This was very sweet!
U do sound like a new Zealander, coming from an Australian (me) that is saying something
I’m a kiwi and I agree. She sounds like a kiwi, or at least an Aussie that has spent time in New Zealand.
She sounds a little more kiwi than the standard Aussie accent, but it's still closer to australian. When I heard her my first thought was someone whose spent a good chunk of time in NZ but mainly lived in Australia.
Which one Candace or Morgan??
Am from India and have always admired Aussie and kiwi accent. It was quite informative and also I've never realised the necessity of subtitles wen you guys speak unlike the British English where I badly need one especially the ones of North west England. Hey Candice, I have a suggestion for you if possible can you please tell us the differences between Aussie and British accent? And do you have any British friend like Morgs? If you have, then pl do one
Thanks for the suggestion! I'll look into it :-)
As an Aussie I can confirm there is a huge (hyoooge 😉) difference between Australian and pretty much all of the English accents. I actually think we lean more towards the Irish accent (although still very different) more than any English accents I've encountered. My theory would simply be that Australia has had a very large population of Irish people here basically since it was first colonised by Europeans. Australia is actually home to the third largest population of Irish people outside of Ireland which makes total sense to me.
I'm still a little confused on how to tell the difference, besides the oo sound. I'm american so it's hard to tell the slight differences, also have been trying to make my Australia accent better so this channel has been a help. Love the content Candice! 😄
Kiwis tend to replace the "e" sound ("eh") with something that sounds like a short "i" sound. For example, at the very beginning, Morgan said "i-very day" whereas Australians say "eh-very day".
You got it Eric!
Bed vs Bid (not quite but close). Milk vs Mulk (not quite but close). Puhr-fect (not quite but close) vs Perfect.
+FrableRock Try 10:39 for a summation of the main differences 😁
In love with New Zeland's jawline!
You and me both!
@@candicemoll8386 Temptations!
Quite the stunner..
The Speights shout out earned a Like.
Aaaaah! Thank you! 😉
Bruh I love candices laugh.
The accent difference is so deliciously nuanced.
I love it! Haha!
Morgan mentioned that she does a big smile on the short 'e's. By contrast, on the short 'i's, she didn't pull the corners of her mouth back as Candice did.
Very fun and interesting video. I was noticing too that some of the Kiwi pronunciations sound closer to us Yanks. 🤓 From an American perspective, the Aussie accent is more consistent. The Kiwi accent has greater variation. It is either much more different or quite close. “Yes” is the one that always makes me smile. 😊
umm u could say the same about some British people or English people
Omg .... Morgie ..... I LOVE IT! Miss ya Mj x
Thanks for watching Aaron! Miss you
American here. I searched differences and stumbled across this video because a kiwi told me that the simple difference was that aussies open their mouths more when they talk. After about 5 min it was totally verifiably true 😄 . Love both accents! It’s kind of funny too because from an American POV I feel like the difference is as similar as a Californian to Texan accent!
I can listen to both of you talking all day long, lol.
Haha! Thanks for watching :-)
@@candicemoll8386 you deserved it. :x]
Great! Thanks girls.
Love you mogzy love that kiwi accent aye. Pai te mahi
I can't, generally, tell the difference. You have to wait for certain words... usually trap/bath ones, honestly. (e.g. the danceware example)
However, "there is a difference" and then "there eez" was very clear.
Wait, is Speights only sold here?
That was a fun listen. I always describe it as, we Kiwis 'eat' our vowels but, Aussies push theirs out their noses. I still laugh about going into a shop during my first month or so of living in Australia in the early 70s and asking, "How much is the plant (rhymes with aunt) in the window?" The person behind the counter looked at me in absolute disbelief and replied, "the WHAT?" Having absolutely no idea what the problem was, l niavely repeated, "The plant", every time he asked me until, realising the conversation was going nowhere, l took a chance on identifying the plant and said, "The fern" (it was my first time seeing a Boston Fern). He looked astonished and said, "Oh The PLAAAANNT! (rhymes with ant)". Up until then l hadn't actually realised there were such great differences in pronunciation - of course he could have just been taking the Mickey out of a young kiwi girl but, he genuinely seemed to have no idea what l had been talking about. Interesting to hear how little difference there actually is between the two atccents for the most part though. Perhaps because, as you say Candice, you have a general Australian accent, l imagine someone with a broader accent may make the differences seem greater. I have noticed though, that sometimes, if l'm watching an interview or a video or such like, l genuinely can't tell if the person l'm listening to is a Kiwi or an Aussie, despite listening for the usual clues and, would love your opinion as to whether you think the two accents are moving closer, perhaps to some sort of antipodean middle ground.
Fascinating. I’ve often thought that an Australian accent sounds like it came from a London accent. Now I realise that the New Zealand accents sounds like it has its roots in a Scottish accent.
Great video guys!!
Europeans, Irish, welsh, mainly the brits and scots even the aussies settlers settled down in the south island of nz in the turn of the late 18th century....
I wouldve picked candice as a brit and morgan as a scots, if that makes sense.
You’re correct as the Aussie accent is derived from cockney accent. They are very similar!
I think I first heard the differences in accents from that hilarious deck sealant ad.....my secretary loves seeing my deek puks 😂
Hahaha! That was a funny ad :p
A good word to tell with is "Dance" because a general Aussie accent has a long A, but a general Kiwi accent has a short A.
Also the word Necklace, Aussie says "Neck-lace" and a kiwi typically says "neck-less"
i think school wouldve been a better example. Aus "skeewl" NZ "School"
New Zealanders pronounce it with an r darnce whereas Aussies say dance
Interesting, I'm Aussie and I pronounce it the kiwi way...but then again my accent is kinda the borderline between general and cultivated so perhaps that might explain it.
They say dance with the dan part said like the boys name Dan. In NZ we say it with the A like 'ah' so its like Darnce. Its like the dayta vs darta for the word Data (not sure which the Aussies use but in school there was a couple of british girls in my class and they'd say it like dayta where us kiwis say darta).
On a microscopic levels they sound the same but taken as a whole, sound so different
Is anyone old enough to remember Kylie Moll? Also fun video. Thumbs up!
Yep! Was gonna apologise for her last name, but now that you mention that Kylie ,circa Comedy Company 1988, it’s not so bad
Your friend saying “is the fish with the chips in the fridge” sounded very Scottish 😂😂😂
From New Zealand. I went to my sister's wedding in Brisbane as a teenager, and I was asked to find a pin by her very Australian bridesmaid. To this day, some 35 years later, I can still swear that she was asking for a writing implement.
There's a significant difference in pronunciation of words such as "dance". A typical Kiwi will double up on the a: dān-ce or darn-ce, while an Australian typically says it as dan-ce, with a short a
Hahaha! She needed something to pin the dress with didn't she? 😂
That’s an example of a ‘pun’!
I'm from the U.S. I love your English accents. It's easy to understand, relaxing, and charming and sexy. I'm from a small town in the American south, drawled and slow broken, and my children were raised in the north east were it is neutral and plain sounding. Every time I say the number ten they poke at me.
Q: what do you write with?
Aussies: Pencil
Kiwis: Pincel
Ha! True!
As a Brit this is really hard! The difference with "e" is most noticeable to me I think. The lips thing is useful to know too. It's not as hard as telling the difference between American and Canadian though, at least for me personally.
This is what I understood. Australian accent sounds like somebody is from the south of the United States, but has our accent. And the Kiwis are from the Yanks, and they too have our accent.
My English name is Tim, I use to live in NZ for 4 years before i came to Australia. Everytime i introduce myself people have to ask me to repeat. It took me a long time to learn how to say my name.
Hahaha! Oh that's a rough name to travel between countries with! 😂
Loved U Both, well done Girls, I lived in Australia 15 yrs
worked in the open cut mines all over Auz, I would of
seen more of Australia then the average Aussie. I
loved the experience.
Oh that would have been amazing!
‘Fish’ as ‘fush’ is the giveaway as you do sometimes hear Aussies say ‘fair’ as ‘fear’ and even on rare occasions ‘pin’ and ‘bitter’ (or ‘bidder’) for ‘pen’ and ‘better’ like the Kiwis do. Where in Australia does this ‘e’ to ‘i’ trait appear?