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?
Distinguish NZ from AU based on the pronunciation of the the "ɛ" phoneme. If it sounds like "ɪ", they might be a kiwi.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6c4Nupnup0 …
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Also I am not at all serious, I just wanted an excuse to link you to that video. Aussie vs. Kiwi is a bit more subtle than that, at least to my ear.
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I was once at Mt Cook Hermitage in the cafe and asked someone "Do you have a bin please?". The person I was talking to was adamant they didn't have any bin, which I thought was weird. Turns out he thought I was asking for a "Ben" that might have worked there. True story.
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