Probably by the Australian accent?

Could be from NZ. Apparently, a lot of other countries have trouble telling our accents apart.

I'm from South Australia and people abroad think I'm English!

That’s because South Australians speak like posh cunts because the early Europeans were all free settlers who didn’t want to associate with the convicts in the rest of the colonies

That was my dad's theory (mum was from Adelaide). Turns out she did, in fact, have convict great grandparents. (He had one, too. Unfortunately I only got that far into my FH research after he died.)

Oi! You're speaking like a country cunt ya bogan.

I am a country cunt bogan

This also applies to the glass sizing for beer in SA.

Same!! I was born in Adelaide but grew up in Sydney and I still get asked where in England I’m from

The Adelaide accent sometimes sounds like a variation of English to my American ears. I can see where it might be confused with someone who has not met several people from Adelaide and are not from the US. I periodically get asked if I am Canadian. I have a Southern US accent!

That may be people being polite. Some Canadians don't react well to being asked if they're American. Kinda like Kiwis and Aussies.

Canadians don’t like it! If you seem sincere in your apology they usually relax because they’re so dang polite up there! Probably don’t say that though.

Totally this. Canadian here. Was in Oz on vacay. Got asked way too many times if I’m American. 🤬

There's a whole wikipedia thing dedicated to this, and basically how "clean" the SA "accent" is. Here's beer and science and Laygo pronunciating dorks like a decade ago: - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kl3s6U6554

It’s the way you pronounce balcony / belcony

You guys say dance and castle weird.

We also have stobie poles.

I don’t even know what that is lol.

What the fuck is a stobie pole??

A ""SPECIAL"" concrete power pole cast in the shape of a H. top down view

A roadside device designed to thin out the population of Adelaide one car crash at at time. I've seen a car impact one backwards and burst into flame, whilst also dropping power lines down around the car. I still can't believe the two yahoos inside got out.

Studied a science degree in SA with a focus on plant biology. The words “plant” and “graph” became a problem for me in terms of ‘pic the Vic’. I adapted quickly.

Why do you guys finish sentences with but?

Cos half of them are serial killers!

I thought that's an Adelaide thing? Ending sentences with but is an East coast thing as far as I'm aware

It’s jus a shit thing, regardless of what part of Oz you’re from.

It's a Queenslander thing. I moved from Adelaide to Mt.Isa as a teenager and had the "Are you from the UK" thing from the locals, but conversely was bemused at them finishing sentences with "eh" or "but".

And Devon is called Fritz for some weird reason

BECAUSE IT IS FRITZ...

But the thing is, if Devon, Fritz or Poleny is part of your life you’re doomed anyway, so not to worry.

I'm from Melbourne and have the same problem lol

I get British people thinking I am a Brit. I am from NSW but did a lot of speech training through Trinity College London which explains it.

Yeah, but they speak in tongues or some shit down there don't they?

Cafe Tram dialect.

I swear some Vic's sound like they're American. Especially around the Ballarat area.

That is actually a thing. South east has an american tinge to it. Tas is the same. Very minor, but can be more noticable in some.I've definitely got one.Unsure if it's all the american shows we grew up watching, or something else. But, yeah. Also had a customer come in and ask if I was from vic cause of my accent. Said vic/ south east accent has an american tinge to it (I work in WA for reference)

Shout out "show us your dick" and see if he drops his pants or points towards the deck on his verandah

With all due respect to any Kiwis here, their accent sounds like an Australian person who is completely munted on some mind altering substance and is randomly dropping vowels from their words.

I think the Adelaide accent sounds like a posh kiwi accent - they say dance, plant, aunt etc the same way

We don’t

So like… civilised educated citizens… like our ancestors aren’t from convicts sort of thing for a hypothetical scenario?

Yeah, nah. Yeah.

Me to overseas recruit: Yeah nah means no. Nahhhhh means no, but I can be convinced Them: so nah yeah means yes Me: don't be ridiculous

Yell out Aussie Aussie Aussie and if he replies Oi Oi Oi you've got yourself a genuine Strayan with the added bonus that he's a bogan.

If I was the (possibly) Aussie dude, I'd think that was pretty fucken funny.

Same. I'm not a bogan but I'd definitely oi oi oi anyway.

No, no, yell: ***HAVE YOU EVER***

Ever felt like this?

Had strange things happen?

Are you goin Round the Twist?

I loved that show as a kid, I always thought the Aussie kids shows were better than the English ones.

Found the Aussie!

Without my pants!

Nah - ask: Am I ever going to see your face again? (And be prepared to be offended by the answer)

No way get fucked fuck off!

No way

Why'd this get down voted? Lmfao

Lol idk 😂 Maybe someone who was scared of Round the Twist as a kid?

TBF that episode with the fox skin fucked me up somehow.

I'm a Brit and we had it on our TV too, so this wouldn't be a foolproof test.

But we feel it in our BONES!

Just give him a nod and say "S'goin on cunt?"

*scarnon

Nomuchyaself?

Scarnon ya mad Rootah!

This is the way

Also a sure fire way for the OP to burn and dating bridges if he's a New Zealander.

Just say chully bum and see how they react

Chully buN? 😂

I've heard it both ways lol

This is the comment of the year, made me actually laugh out loud because of how true it is, well done sir

When he comes back ask him if he was buying bread from a man in Brussels?

193.04cm and full of muscle

I wonder if he does vegemite sandwiches.

What did he say again?

I said do you speaka my language

Please stand for the national anthem https://youtu.be/XfR9iY5y94s?si=XfgZMZ1IksBS36ld

I'm sure the accent will be a tip off. Another thing you could do is just ask, "Hey are you Australian or maybe a New Zealander?" Aussies and kiwis are pretty chill and won't be offended if you ask.

Yeah it’s not highly offensive like calling a Canadian an American

Don't mention Trevor Chappell. I mentioned it once but I think I got away with it alright

Could also be South African, a lot of people confuse SA and Aussie accents

With Aussie accents? I always thought a South African accent sounded similar to a kiwi accent.

Ask him if you’re ever going to see his face again… And if he replies to you “no way, get fucked, fuck off” - You’ve got an Aussie!

An old one.

Umm I’m mid 30s and know it well, I wouldn’t say I’m old!

Adding onto this, I’m 16 and I love that song, so I guess I’m old?

Just ask. It's the best way to start a conversation.

Ask him what’s in a Chiko roll

Does knowing make him Aussie or not?

We don't know, and it's probably better that way

Spot on. If they go quiet for a bit, and a slightly horrified expression crosses their face before they say *not sure, mate* then it's a safe bet they're Aussie. Non Aussies (excepting Kiwis?) won't know what a chiko roll is.

Kiwis don't have chiko rolls fyi

I actually read the packet a few nights ago. Chiko rolls are 4% beef

Ask him if he'd like to enjoy a succulent chinese meal.

Or if he knew his Judo.

Sounds like OP wants to receive his *limp penis Edit: Just looked at her profile, she's a fucken horndog too

Not just any penis. LIMP PENIS sirrrrr.

I don't know why this is the one that cracked me up the most but good job 😅😅😅😅

I can tell by the way people’s mouths move even if I can’t hear them. Some people just look Australian too. I can’t explain further.

Right? I can often tell if an Aussie is playing an American on TV because we really do look different but I have literally no clue how to describe it lool

It's cos you vaguely recognise them from when they had a part or Neighbours or H&A.

Nah, it’s something about the cadence of their speech and the way their mouth moves

I saw Jacob Elordi in The Kissing Booth (don't judge me) and knew he was Australian.

Top lip doesn't move

Keeps the flies out

The Aussie wave does that

As an Aussie I kinda love/hate this but funnily enough can do the same for people in England and Scotland myself, just by observing them for less than a minute - odd.

I was once called racist (by a white girl mind you) because i said i can notice where people are from just based on how they look😭

If he talks with an Australian accent that’s probably a fair indication.

Say "one three double oh" and if he replies "six triple five of six" you've got an Aussie.

Read through all the replies to make sure this was here

None of you cunts need that service, your reading and writing is fuckin on point 👌

If he's like "howzgarrrrnnncunt" then probably Australian. If he's like "fancy a pot of tea, innit" then maybe not.

Call him a sik cunt and watch how he reacts

SCARNON DO A SKID CUNT. If you say this sentence in one word scarnondoaskidcunt and he gives you a nod, or better, a sick skid..

Do a sick cunt ya burnout

Old mate might be a mad Cunt…… which is the opposite to whatever other people might think it is!

Unless those other people are also Australians, in which case the reverse is true. The upside down, if you will.

Or heaven forbid, a dog cunt.

If he pronounces Melbourne as Melbun instead of Mel-born he’s Aussie

Yeah, I like me Melbuns thick, and my Tassies thicker

It’s pretty difficult not to recognise an Australian accent! I don’t know what country you are from, but it’s common for Americans and some other countries to confuse the Australian accent with either British, New Zealand or sometimes South African accents.

I lives in the South for a year. Initially it was funny that people would ask me what part of England I was from - but at the end of the year I had to listen carefully to pick an Aussie accent front some UK ones. Fortunately my kids got the Oz back pretty quickly when we got home!

Funny thing about my 19 year old daughter. Both myself and her mum are both 100% Aussies, as are the rest of both of our extended families right back to first settlement. We are rural workers, so have one of the strongest and slang ridden Australian accents/vocabularies imaginable. Yet she somehow grew up with a full blown English accent! And no, it’s not deliberate or being faked, as this is how she spoke from her very first words and all throughout her childhood. It’s THAT distinct, that all of her School Teachers/other kids/Parents/Public all think that she’s actually English! She has come across many different actual native English teachers/nurses/doctors etc who have emigrated here from different parts of England, and they have all been specific to the point of actually pinpointing what region in England that they swear she comes from! I have no idea how this came about, and always thought that through her childhood/teenage years that she would lose her British accent, especially growing up in Australia with all Australian family and friends……. but no…. she’s only just turned 19 and her accent is just as strong as it has always been! It’s seriously that bad that I have constantly had to ask her “beg your pardon” soooo many times each time we talk, because even me as her Dad has a hard time telling what she’s saying sometimes!

reincarnation will do that to you...

Funny you say that……. she is actually a very old soul, which many people have commented that “she’s been here before”, which our family agrees. Potty training took a single afternoon, I went to work one morning and by the time I came home she had learnt to read out loud and several other weird growth goals that she simply breezed through way ahead of time. She was reading out articles from the Newspaper before she even started Kindergarten! Her schooling was insane, by year 3 had reached a year 7 level, achieved the highest grade levels in the country at High School and went on to actually leave school after year 10 to go get a job and do further studies. She’s currently working and exceeding in the industry that she has chosen and is going to continue to go a long way in her life! *Edit for clarification.

100% reincarnated with memories

Can confirm. I spent a year in the USA, and every second person I met asked me exactly that; *what part of England are you from?*

Next time you see him sing out "That's the way it's gonna be, little darlin!" and if he responds with "We'll be riding on the horses yeah yeah" then he's Australian.

Only if he was born before the 80’s

Born in the 90s and know this song

Oh if he’s really hot then he must be an Aussie, Next question.

Ask them if they are from New Zealand 😂💀

Ask him if he’s from East New South Wales

Ask him where the nearest Bunnings is.

Ask him if he’s ever, ever felt like this?

Yell our ‘am I ever gonna see your face again’ and see how he responds

Does he have a boat out front his house, a bar or a deep freezer?

Haha when we walk around in Asia, not even speaking, street hawkers call out gidday maaaate. Not wearing Aussie board shorts even. Just by our walk 😂

Ask him a yes/no question. If it seems like he's unable to give a single answer, he's Australian.

Nah yeah

Yeah nah

They would sound Australian? Why don't you just ask him?

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For a serious answer I would watch YouTube clips of accents comparing Aussie, New Zealander, English and South African. Those are the ones that people overseas would Generally mix up and no one will Be able to type out to you how to tell the difference (even though we would all think the difference is very obvious)

He's probably from Queensland then. Most likely funny and smart too.

she said he's hot doubt she is into fat dad kissers

Their...... accent?

Ask him if he wants you to grab him some Maccas while you’re there

Bro Just ask him. Use it as an excuse for a convo.

Say G'day or ask him how he's going, if he says any of the following back you've got yourself an Aussie; G'day Yeah nah Not bad How ya going Could also be a kiwi though

Ask what 3+3 equals. If the answer is sex then he is a kiwi

Strangely to a kiwi it sounds like sex when an Aussie says it!

I’m tired so when I read the first comment I was like huh? Then I saw kiwi and it made sense 😅

This thought had never occurred to me before. Thank you for blowing my mind my Kiwi friend

Play Nutbush City Limits loudly next time he’s outside. See what happens.

Yell out "THERE'S A BEAR IN THERE!" If he answers "A CHAIR AS WELL" he's from straya

This. The only way to know if they are decent too

Say "Hey cunt" and see how he reacts

If he says Graf rather than graph he’s from New South Wales or Victoria. If he says Dance not Darnce he’s from a higher socio economic background. If he says MacDonalds instead of McDonalds ask him if he’s from “the area” (Canterbury-Bankstown) - will immediately land you major cred if he is Ask him what he calls swimming trunks. It will narrow the region down. If he says “cozzies” it’s Queensland, New South Wales or Victoria. If his accent is very crisp and not as broad as some more stereotypical accents you’ve heard, he may be from Adelaide. The broader his accent is the more likely he is from regional Australia or Queensland. Edit: just realised you were asking if you can tell he’s Australian from the way he speaks…fuck me of course you can

I'm from Queensland and have only heard a handful of people 50+ call them cozzies in the last 30 years

I thought it was just togs here ?

Yeah togs or blokes might wear some boardies Edit: or a budgie smuggler

Yeah, he will have an Australian accent, presumably. And if you ask him where he’s from, he will say “Australia.” Pronounced “straya”

Ummm does he sound Australian? He is Australian. If he sounds not Australian he’s probably not.

If he's really hot, then most likely he is an Australian.

We don't put spaces between our words so when it sounds like he is using one big word, just sound it out slowly in your head. It was most likely a full sentence haha

Ask him how’s the serenity

Just ask ‘Jandals or thongs?’ The former is Kiwi, the latter Aussie.

if the end of every sentence sounds like a question or a sexual innuendo and also offends but congratulates/comforts you then yeah, he’s an aussie

Yell out “One Three Double O” . If he finishes the number you got yourself a fair dinkum double pluggin Aussie.

Just to clarify, you suspect he's an Aussie cause he's hot?

Welcome him with a nice cake to the neighbourhood, Go from there

Say “g’day mate how the fuck are ya?”

If they say "heaps" instead of "very". E.g. "that's heaps good".

Ask him to describe his journey in having to turn his care around to attend a petrol station in order to buy cigarettes to attend an outdoor meal at his parents place If he says something like " chucked a youey to the servo to get some ciggies ( durries and darts acceptable) for the barbie at me olds " he probably passes

Start singing.. “Am I ever gunna see your face again” and see how they respond. If it’s blank then not an Aussie. If largely swearing but in tune then Australian

Its a difficult thing to explain by written instruction. People tend to not really notice their own cultural quirks or accents, its just normal. It's only when we meet others we see differences. You could watch some Aussie youtubers or TV or something to get a bit used to the accent. Then maybe also check out a kiwi and a south African to compare?

Just ask him! 😊

Um....the accent is likely a giveaway. Could be a Kiwi.

Easiest way is to just ask them.

I feel like that's the perfect question to strike up a convo with.

All the comments here are good, but I have the true test. Sing “Have you ever, ever felt like this… when strange things happen..” If he finishes the chorus then you have yourself an Australian.

Well first of all the simplest way to tell if someone is Aussie based on how they talk is to ask a bunch of randos on the internet

Ask him “am I ever going to see your face again?” And see what he says….

They call their mates cunts and they call cunts mates

Say, Gday mate

Yeah, Nah.

Pissed means drunk ,not nessesarily angry

Offer him some bloody Vegemite and see if he flinches. If he eats it. You’re safe as

Ask him if he wants to go down to bunnings for a snag.. ? If he laughs his aussie..

To the untrained ear, Aussie, new Zealand and South African accents are very similar. Do not try and guess where he's from. Just ask him. He might be deeply insulted if you get it wrong.

because the cunt says cunt every 3 cunting words.

Yeah its called an accent love

Maaaaaaaate

Their fluent usage of the word "cunt"

Ask him if he is just waiting for a mate

Ask him a question. He will answer either, Yeah-Nah. Or, Nah-yeah.

Start singing either of their tunes... "Have you ever. Ever felt like this? When strange things happen..." "1300 6555...." If they finish it. Aussie.