British accents? Can you tell the difference?

Question

For instance Irish and Scottish
Manchescter and Liverpool

I speak with a South London accent and get confused with an Aussie over the phone - whats that about - i would like your opinon!!!!

Answer 1

Most early white settlers in Australia were shipped out from London, whether they were convicts or not. Therefore the Aussie accent is similar to the London accent.

Most early settlers to North America left from Bristol, Plymouth or other West Country ports, so the American and Canadian accents are similar to West Country.

Answer 2

I'm an American but have loads of British friends (and Aussie friends) who I worked with at a sleepaway camp here in the States. I am pretty good at identifying accents. I can def tell Irish, Scottish, English, and Welsh accents apart. Same with northern England vs southern England.

Answer 3

In your dreams, mate. With a south London accent, you'd only be confused for an Aussie by stupid, ignorant people. Do you wish you talked with an Aussie accent or something? Whats that about?

Answer 4

I am american so i can pretty much tell the difference between irish and scottish but not really the different british accents..their all the same to me....lol and an aussie to me is so easy to spot...i cant really understand british people if they talk fast...

Answer 5

Well I know that South Wales has a sing songy type accent and Scottish roll their r's more and Londoners speak very quickly and it's hard to determine what they are saying because their voices dont go up and down much in emphasis. This is from a girl from Massachusetts who doesn't know much more than that. I have been to Wales and England and have spoken to people from Scotland as well. I love all uk accents I find them extremely sexy. That is my story and I'm sticking to it.

Answer 6

I can tell the different with accent. England English compare to Australia English, Aussie tend to end up with a up and higher pitch at the end of the sentence whereas English do not. That is how I tell the different.

Answer 7

hi hun, dont worry your not alone, im a southerner and live up north in manchester, have been here for 6 yrs now and still cant tell the difference between mancs and liverpudlians, lmfao. And to be honest coz ive been here so long i think i sound just as they do, but they tell me different. but when i go home the people who have my accent sound so weird. As for aussies i dont really speak 2 any so i cant comment

Answer 8

There is no such animal as a "british" accent, there are regional accents in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. These accents are as different from each other as Boston and Sydney accents. Who are these people who confuse you with an Aussie - Germans?

Answer 9

There is no such thing as a “Scottish” accent.

People in the east speak very differently from those in the west, and in the city of Glasgow, people in the north of Glasgow have a different accent from those in the south of the city.

Answer 10

The differing accents throughout the U.K. is staggering, considering it relatively small size. I find that Caithness accents are not unlike Cornish ones, which seems strange being that they are on opposite corners of the British mainland.
Cockney actors were quite often used in early movies to play Australian roles.