Strange question, but: Is it really that unusual for an American to be able to distinguish between English spoken with an English, Australian, Irish, Scottish, Dutch, German, French, or Finnish accent?
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Once I got to know them I could usually notice bits of the local accent when they pronounced certain things, but that took some time and familiarity.
Interesting. All of the Dutch coworkers I've had, the accent rings as clear as a bell. Meanwhile, I have absolutely met Swedes in their early 20's who could be mistaken for Brits.
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What I've found in Swedish at least is that a person's characteristic Swedish accent is proportional to their age. Younger Swedes started learning English and being inundated with media in English at a younger age, so it's more natural to speak it.
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Beyond that, whether their English voice trends towards English-English or American English depends on where the inevitable school instructor or instructor(s) were from for the English classes.
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One of the ones I was thinking of was housemates with an English expat, so that was probably part of it. And yeah, I met a Swedish fur in the UK and had no idea he was Swedish until he told me, but often the accent is pretty distinct when I see Swedes in rally coverage and such
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Makes sense to me. The accent is strongest in Swedes 30+, but below 30, it drops off sharply. Which, not coincidentally, tracks well with an earlier age at which Internet use became more common.
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