English Accent or Australian Accent?

So for years people have been asking me whether or not I am from England. Even a stranger at a bus stop who I spoke to asked me that. They all seem to think I have an English accent, but I personally can't hear it. So listen to the vid and tell me what you think.

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[Kerrazy10]

You have a mixture of three accents. You say "asking" and "ask" as if you were English. You say "Australian" as if you were American and the rest you sound Aussie.

[cmndo]

you dont sound like an aussie, you sound like a tool.

[guts067]

You are South African , but have been living in Adelaide for most of your life. Hence mainly South Australian, with a touch of South African.

[DeloraineRules]

That is not the English flag. Englands flag is the cross of St.George

[nowdid]

YOU SOUND LIKE A FAG(not the Britsh kind but the American kind)

[AdstarAPAD]

There are different Australian accents. this guy just has a particular type. I am Australian and i find that less and less Australians talk in the strong "strine" accent that is portrayed as the typical Aussie accent to the world. Yeah some still do speak like that but most Aussies think of them as "Bogans"

[JoeCoolVII]

It's sounds like your supressing you natural accent & adopting a more british way of pronounciation.

[ximplixity]

You're South African... the give away is the /a/... in asking / talking.  Nice try tho... lol ;)

[4x4Tinny]

It's whats formally called the "city" accent. Australia like America has different accents from different parts of the country. "city' Accents generally have a touch of "New Yorker" in them just like yours does.

[senorwobbles]

I'm from Aus so I can pick up the Australian accent from you, but I too get the same thing when I'm travelling, people always think I'm from England or the US.

[Unlimited517]

I have no idea how (being Aussie-born with Aus parents), but I had a very strong American accent growing up, as if I was from Texas. I barely watched tv so that wasn't the influence and knew no-one close who had an accent either... It didn't fade away until about Grade 6. Sometimes certain words slip out as American and get teased about it.

*shrug* Forever a mystery.

[dmao22]

You do what a lot of young Australians do: you pronounce Australian as "Oss-Trellion" whereas more dinky di Australians would say "'Strayan". Also, I agree with Kerrazy10, you say 'ask' with an English accent. I'm 23 and live in Canberra, I was once asked by an older couple if I was American. I was pretty crushed. I hope our accent isn't fading away.