Soon after I moved to Australia, a lady in David Jones asked me where 
I was from, 'England' I replied, her next question left me 
dumbfounded, 'Are you sure?' she asked , 'Because I'm certain you're 
from New Zealand' and she was deadly serious.

Colin 

:: But it is interesting, being a Kiwi in the UK, especially living in
:: Oxfordshire which has as 'minimum' an accent as anywhere in the
:: UK. I still
:: occasionally get asked where I am from, and respond with 'where do
:: you think
:: I am from'. Not too often is the first guess NZ, generally
:: Australia, but
:: occasionally (and worryingly happening more) South Africa,
:: although I don't
:: believe I have the guttural intonation of SA, or the nasal
:: intonation of
:: Australians.

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