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Strange you should notice this as most Australian's I know find the South African accent the most unlikeable together with the New Zealand accent. The two aforementioned, to be the most confused with each other and disliked in my circle. Welcome Cathryn, always nice to have another West Islander join us. While transtasman rivalry goes a long way to explaining why NZers and Australians generally dislike the accent from the other side of the ditch, no NZer that I know would ever confuse an Australian accent with a South African accent. Given that the NZ and Australian are quite similar when listened to with an objective ear, it is surprising that your circle of associates could confuse NZ and Sth African. Like most Kiwis, I find a pronounced Aussie accent to be quite grating, but also unmistakably Ocker. I guess that to outsiders, Ausies and Kiwis are "two peoples separated by a common accent." 
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I'm not a stanger, I just don't say much ... but I've been around forever.So you've just been sitting there reading all our posts and not saying anything? That's kinda sick and creepy. . . 
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Dear Cathryn: Speak up more often. We're glad to hear from you.
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So you've just been sitting there reading all our posts and not saying anything?
Would that make one a VOYLEUR?
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Shoshannah said And I still think Hebrew is the most beautiful of them all!Odd - I find the Hebrew language rather guttural, and since I don't understand a word of it apart from "shalom" its "music" is all I have to go on. Not that I dislike the sound of spoken Hebrew; I just find your views on spoken German odd given your prediliction for another guttural language! I find southern German rather musical myself - although High German can be harsh.
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> your predilection for another guttural language
It is strange considering Hebrew and German (and a smattering of Arabic) fused with such ease to create Yiddish. Saw a Yiddish film once and managed to get the gist. German can infact be spoken quite far forward in the mouth and even sound quite soft (e.g Hamburger/northern accent)! When it comes to gutteral then other Germanic languages like Dutch and Yiddish, and definitely certain Arabic accents win hands down.
> ...southern German rather musical myself
Indeed, some have a real tune and rhythm. In Swiss German they really sing (I downloaded some Swiss hip-hop, it's really cute). As for Austrian, that's a Baverian (an already really dodgy) accent gone all wrong! 'Schwäbisch' is a sing-song and a hoot to boot.
U German is some average of all that lot.
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belligerentyouth said:
Don't think I've ever heard ANYONE mention that they really like the Söth Äfrikn eckznt!
I actually really like the sound of South African English, but I imagine it's because I have such fond memories of a wonderful teacher I had in elementary school who spoke with a South African accent. I imagine that many of our preferences/dislikes have connotative origins (like Max Q's rather understandable slant on the issue).
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. I imagine that many of our preferences/dislikes have connotative originsPerzackerly! That's why Antipodeans almost invariably think that the accent from the other side of the Tasman is the ugliest in creation, while outsiders can seldom tell the difference between the two.
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My favorite Accent is monosodium glutamate.
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I often admire the expertise of people imitating accents - from all other countries except my own. It seems to me that the Australian accent is almost never imitated well. I'm sure that my view is a parochial one. Do others have a similar prejudice?
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