Aussie or Kiwi

[meltingpot2015]

Could you tell an Aussie from a Kiwi from their accent or the slang words they use.

Heard that for an Aussie when a Kiwi says Pen it sounds like Pin (as in Hair Pin).

As for slang, Australians say Esky for Ice Cooler, Kiwi's say Chilli-bin....

over to you...

Edited July 25, 2015 by meltingpot2015

[Soutpeel]

I work with both and yes you can tell, but a lot of my Aussie collegues suggest kiwi's are of lower education levels and can therefore tell because the kiwis dont know any big words in English LOL

[theguyfromanotherforum]

Same dag different package

[bangkokjulia]

Massive difference

[kkerry]

Aussie v NZ accent, usually a very noticeable difference if you hear them all the time, same as how an American will immediately pick out a Canadian accent. The time it can be harder to spot is in a young Kiwi who has spent a few years working in Australia.

[WitawatWatawit]

I work with both and yes you can tell, but a lot of my Aussie collegues suggest kiwi's are of lower education levels and can therefore tell because the kiwis dont know any big words in English LOL

antidisestablishmentarianism.

[chickenslegs]

An Aussie might say "I love you"

A Kiwi might say "I love ewes"

Or so I have been told.

[miscellaneous]

They all sound the same to me.

[bangkokjulia]

Nfi apu

[Linky]

Oz says six, kiwi says sux.

Get them both to say fish and chips, fush and chups. Easy to pick it.

[Bulldozer Dawn]

The two groups you are refering two are actually the same. English decendants.

A real Aussie will speak like this:

http://www.manikay.com/didjeridu/sounds/manyun.mp3

In contrast a real Kiwi will speak like this:

http://hedc.otago.ac.nz/whakahuatanga/

[swoods58]

Aussie original anticendents were English and Irish whereas Kiwis were more English Scottish

[Briggsy]

Big difference. If you can't tell, simply observe if the speaker is a pathological boaster with alcoholic tendencies. This would mark them as Australian.

[starky]

Pretty bloody easy if your an Aussie or a Kiwi. We love our brothers and sisters across the ditch, except when it comes to footy and cricket. Sounds to me the OP is trying to have a sly dig at us folk lucky enough to have been born in some of the most beautiful country on earth

[meltingpot2015]

I read that the Aussie upspeak (ending each sentence on a high or as a question) has New Zealand or West Coast U.S. Roots.

[Aussieroaming]

I think boastful with alcoholic tendencies tends to describe half of the blokes who frequent the bar scene.

[starky]

I think boastful with alcoholic tendencies tends to describe half of the blokes who frequent the bar scene.

oh I thought he was talking about Aussies which of course would mean boastful with athletic tendencies....

[meltingpot2015]

Aussie v NZ accent, usually a very noticeable difference if you hear them all the time, same as how an American will immediately pick out a Canadian accent. The time it can be harder to spot is in a young Kiwi who has spent a few years working in Australia.

Of course. Actually, this is how come I started this thread. For Kiwis and Aussies (same goes for Canadians and Americans) that come in to contact with each other a lot, its gonno be very obvious. They will quickly latch on to how a certain word is pronounced, and work out "OK, he/she is a Kiwi or Aussie".

But for those not accumstomed to hearing one or the other accent its gonno be quite difficult. Personally, I have come across many Aussies, not many Kiwi's. Many Americans but not many Canadians. I can tell a mile off the American Accent from the British accent, but not the Canadian one from the American. (Just to throw a curve ball, Picking out the South African Accent is very simple even though I havent come across it much)

So the thread is mostly to aid picking out the Kiwi or Aussie accent for someone who is non the wiser, so that they dont offend a Kiwi by incorrectly assuming they are Oz (or vice versa). More often than not, they are not offended, they are so chilled out, its not a problem. But I reckon, there may be situations where if you guess incorrectly it could lead to some frostyness. Say for example you have started a new job in OZ and you meet a company exec for the first time and you start talking about the upcomming OZ-Nz rugby game. The company exec is a Kiwi, but you assume he is an Ozzie and you start slagging off the All Blacks team (pretty hard to do with a quality team like theirs). This could turn out to be quite embarrasing.

To avoid such a situation, you could simply "ask them where their from", or you could start a conversation that involves the use of "fush and Chups" and figure it out from there.

I lived in Liverpool, U.K for a bit and happen to know that the Manchester accent is very different to the Liverpool (scouse) accent (they are two British cities about 30 miles apart). I wonder if this difference can be picked-up by a Kiwi or Aussie not familiar with either accent (Liverpudlian or Mancunian). for example, when a kiwi or aussie meets a liverpudlain and mancunian for the first time.

Same as the young kiwi that works in Oz for a while, I wonder if the liverpudlians or Mancunians that live exactly half distance between the two cities will have a mixed accent or a distinct accent.

Edited July 26, 2015 by meltingpot2015

[Ulysses G.]

I can't tell Aussies and Kiwis apart at all and I can't tell Canadian accents unless they say "aye" a lot or a few other words that give it away.

[Roadman]

Simple. There are many options.

Introduce yourself as Mike even if it is not your name and then once they have put forward their name ask them a question using their name to encourage them to use yours. If a Mike comes back they are a Kiwi if a Meek comes back they are Aussie.

Similar if you are getting fish and chips you are with a Kiwi but feeesh and cheeeps you are with an Aussie.

Another is hold a picture of a sheep in front of them. The Kiwi will call it meat but the Aussie would call it darling.

Two Aussies are riding their brumbies along the fence line of their property and find a sheep with it's head stuck in the fence.
One bloke jumps off his horse and, of course as most Aussies would, has his way with the sheep. When he was finished he said to his mate: "Right, your turn!" His mate jumped off his horse and stuck his head in the fence.

[xen]

Some of the best aussies you may find anywhere were born in NZ but we love them just the same if only they would just stop saying "hey" after every sentence..

[Gsxrnz]

Mate, (Cobber to you Aussies), a Kiwi would kill an Aussie on the rugby field for the price of yesterday's newspaper....and vice versa. But give us a common cause and we'll stand shoulder to shoulder.

NZ had a major brain drain in the 70's as a lot of our graduates crossed the ditch to work in Aussie. Our prime minister quipped that it wasn't really a problem and was actually raising the IQ level of both countries.

We ourselves can tell each other apart quite easily just based on the use of our vowels. Many examples have been given already. The single biggest giveaway is that Aussies turn an "i" into a double "ee" or more accurately, an "e" and a half. The Kiwis make an "i" into a "u".

Big. Aussie is beeg. Kiwi is bug.

Pin. Aussie is peen. Kiwi is pun.

Dish. Aussie is deesh. Kiwi is dush.

Anyway, for those unlucky enough not to be a Kiwi or an Ocker, the definitive way to tell an Aussie from a Kiwi is to somehow get them to say the word "Sydney".

The Aussie will say Seeeedneeee.

The Kiwi will say Sudney.

Or....ask them if their Dad is still alive. The Kiwi will reply either in the negative or the affirmative. The Aussie will invariably give you a blank look.

Edit: Just found this great video that explains everything. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hs1ZtrS_W-0

Edited July 27, 2015 by Gsxrnz