could you tell British, Scottish, Canadian & Australian accents by listening?

Question

is it possible to clearly identify them just by listening to the accent?

aren't those accents pretty much all similar? do you thinks so or not?

Answer 1

I have worked around All of the above for 10 years. It is easy to tell. Aus us the word mate alot. Canadians use EH alot. The brits & Scots Use similar language but the accents are dead give aways.

Answer 2

You cannot be serious!!! They're all completely different.
Firstly, there's no such thing as a British accent otherwise the Scottish accent would be part of it. I am assuming you mean an English accent - you'd need to determine which one as there are so many regional dialects all over England. Same with Scotland although the Scots accent tends to be more guttural and they roll their r's. The Australian accent is much broader and tends to over-emphasise the vowels.. (i.e the second or third letter in a word is emphasised more than the first), to me a Canadian accent sounds similar to a U.S accent but with a slightly different intonation on vowels.

Answer 3

Oh my God NO! A Scottish accent is soooo easy to pick it is so different to anything else. The British have many accents which are all discernable and from them you can tell where the person was raised, in some cases. The Australian accent is softer than a British one and the Canadian is softer than an American one (of which there are many).

So I guess I am saying that no they are not similar at all!

Answer 4

Scottish accent is very distinctive and stands out from the rest.
British - which accent? there are several, but the Midlands accent is pretty weird IMO.
I sometimes have a hard time distinguishing Canadian accents from U.S. Midwestern, except when the Canadians say "house, about, or boat"
Australians talk faster than Londoners, but generally, I have to strain my ear to distinguish the two.

Answer 5

I can tell the different by listening only:).
my neighbour is Scottish, my bf is British, i have few Canadian patients (im working in the hospital) and i have Aussie friends.
Scottish and British are easiest for me. 10 sec and i know already whether the person is Brit, Scottish or even Irish. Canadian sounds a bit like American accents for me, while Australian are another different ones

Answer 6

ok. i'm a sparkling Zealander and to me, Australian accents type of sound British *often times*, yet additionally they sound a touch South Island-ish (from New Zealand). Irish human beings have a better "bypass" way of speaking at the same time as Scottish accents are better harsh, or "ack", if that's smart. Scottish accents to me, are thicker. Canadians do sound distinct to assert, a "Californian" accent. i take advantage of Californian as an get mutually with the aid of the indisputable fact that's often the american. accent that we hear on television. Canadians have a truly Scottish or French sound to their accent at times.

Answer 7

If you get to know some people from each group, you can totally tell the difference. I can even tell the difference between a Australian and Kiwi accents (Kiwi: That's someone from New Zealand.)

Answer 8

It is also easy to tell the difference in the accent with the Irish also
it is mostly in what they say and how they say it. each group say different things just like the different they do in the US..the southern accent is different than the Midwestern etc.

Answer 9

It is easy to tell them apart. It is like listening to someone from New York, Texas, and Iowa. Distinctly different.

Answer 10

Candians sound NOTHING like Brits, Scotts or Austrailians!!! If anything we sound (oh the horror!) more like Americans.