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  • South African

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  • Both in equal measure

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    Default Which Southern Hemisphere accent do you prefer: Australian or South African?

    Australian


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    Is none an option?

    Nordisch-Westisch or Westisch mit Nordische einschlag
    In other words: Atlantid type

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    (White) South African accent is by far my favorite English accent.

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    None of those is imo representative of the regional accent. I know both of the accent and Ozzie one is much better.

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    Last edited by Creoda; 06-09-2020 at 03:30 AM.

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    Horrible representation of the Australian accent, though. The guy sounds like a bogan. I mean, it's like sampling a Texan accent to represent the US accent. Use a more standard Australian speech:


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