Australian and New Zealand accents are like American and Canadian accents in terms of similarities and differences.

I think New Zealanders have more of a calm and relaxed accent and Australians have more hype and energy in their accent, that’s how I’m able to tell the difference

I’m so happy I finally found a side by side comparison of the two accents 😃

"He was vary proud of his deck." :)

The think about asking if someone is from New Zealand because an Aussie wouldn't be offended about being called a Kiwi, but a Kiwi might be offended about being called an Aussie is so true. When we were checking out a potential school for my daughter in England, the nun who was showing us around said: "I think there's an Australian boy in grade 1" and took us there. "Stand up, Matthew. You're an Australian, aren't you?" Matthew instantly became quite cross, crossed his arms and said crankily "I'm not an Australian! I'm a New Zealander!" it's a bit like the Canada-USA thing.

Well done ladies from a Kiwi girl having lived in Malaysia for years years, it's great to hear both accents.

it's simple, get them to say 6...you'll quickly know who the kiwi is

I worked with a kiwi called Ben years ago, and they called eskies chilli bins. But bin sounded like bn. And Ben sounded the same as bin. So everyone had great fun asking him 'Are you chilly Bn?'

I love the dynamic between you and Morgan. Great energy! You should definitely do more vids with her. You guys are fun!

This is so cute, Candice! You and Morgan are lovely! I'm a NZer living in the US and I shared this on FB for my American friends. Hope you do another one!

You girls are really sweet. Thank you for making me chuckle whilst learning a lot about Australian und Kiwi culture

This was so much fun! I love you Candice! ❤️

This was so much fun! I love you Candice! ️ . Thanks for sharing

Good work. Great energy and fabulous chemistry!❤️

the accents are completely different. Australians are like "wheres the carrr" and New Zealanders are like "wheres the car"

Always fun and educational. Thank you!

I have my stage dialects final exam tomorrow and I am the only person in my class who chose New Zealand! This was the best video by FAR comparing Australian versus New Zealand, which is the hardest thing I'm finding about learning it. I so appreciate your use of terminology, IPA, etc.! The pursed lips tip for the "u" sound really makes a difference. Thank you :)

Thank you very much for this special & informative video! As a curious non-native speaker, I've always wanted to learn about those small details!!

I kinda can tell Australians and New Zealanders apart when I talk to them but I wanted to study detailed differences between them so this is a good video for me!!

Lol I did not expect this video made me laugh as much as I did. Great job, ladies ☺️

I first noticed the difference while looking at an apartment in Wellington. It had 2 beedrums! Thanks for pointing out some of the other differences. Both are very charming to my American ears. I find it interesting how Kiwis clip certain vowels and accentuate others.

Thank you for providing this very educational video in an appealing way of communicating to your audience. Please work with Morgan again. You two have great chemistry on screen.

So cute! I feel like it’s all sunshine and fun when I hear Australian and Kiwi accents! Great video! Enjoyed it much!

Omg another fellow kiwi lol. This was very entertaining to watch, good job

love it thanks for educating me🙌🏾

it is enjoyable to learn Australian accent when watching such a interesting chatting! thx for sharing :) "milk the cow! "LOL

Omg, when I went to New Zealand as a German with mediocre English skills, I was so confused, like "Why do they make everything a question?" Only after the first 2 months I got used to it, kind of. 😂

Very enjoyable, loved it!!!!

In a very general and overall sense, I would probably describe the differences between both of your accents like this: the Australian accent seems to elongate or draw out sounds a bit more, as if its coming more from the back of the mouth and the New Zealand accent seems to shorten sounds a bit more and pronounce them further forward in the mouth (which is probably why some words like books sounded American as we push everything forward in America too). I also thought the New Zealand accent had an overall softer quality to it while the Australian sounded almost twangy. In that sense, it very much reminded me of the differences in Southern accents in the United States in that way. In the States we have Southern accents that are almost soft and breathy like the Southern gentry in the deep South. But then there's also more twangy Southern accents as you go a bit further west.

Accidentally stumbled across this video & unexpectedly enjoyed it. Would love to see a video of the differences between Ozzie & Kiwi slang. I know that there a some slang words that are borrowed "I think" mostly by Kiwis from Oz, simply because they've lived awhile somewhere in Australia. It would nonetheless still be interesting to know what those slang differences are. Cheers.

More videos with you both! Love you girls!!

Very informative!, its good to finaly put the pronunciation differences into perspective between our lingo's. Thank u, Twas a gud watch.

Love both accents and the enthusiasm is awesome

As an American...I just loved this. I LOVED watching the Steve Irwin(Australia) back in the day, and I was also obsessed with Hercules and Xena(filmed in New Zealand) back in the day; so was very familiar with Lucy Lawless'(Xena) accent, and loved listening to the dialect...but to my untrained ear, I always assumed they were the same. It was such a treat learning the differences, especially the fun way ya'll taught us. Thanks so much for the fun video!

As a Kiwi I can distinguish quite easily between an Aussie accent and a Kiwi accent. My best description is the Aussie accent tends to have more of a 'naizly' sound to it and depending on where your from in Australia it can be more heavily accented than other parts. The Kiwi accent is different depending on where your from (North or south island) and it could be because of a number of things including culture. For example a European New Zealand girl isn't necessarily going to sound the same as a Maori girl or a pacific island girl and that can be because of a number of things from different lingo, different ways of talking and other things. For example with Maori and pacific islanders we would use sentences in a greeting like "chur brother" or "hows it going bro" or "sup cuzzy" or something along those lines. Where as our European citizens (not all) would greet in a different manner by saying something like "hey!" or "hi how are you" some will say "gidday mate" it really depends on the person and how they were brought up and the type of lingo they use. If you were raised in the 'hood' your gonna sound alot different to someone raised in beverly hills if you know what I mean.

Educational and entertaining. A delightful duality to be sure.

Thanks ladies this really helped I'm a Kiwi reading for the role of an Aussie for a TV show - so much appreciated Sheila's lol

Coming *from* a farm is great. You have all sorts of stories - the crickets in the water tank story, the electric fence stories, the accidentally setting fire to the railway line story, etc. Being *on* a farm sucks. Feeding hay to the cattle before breakfast, burying sheep guts from home-kill, digging fence post holes through rock hard soil, funny tasting water because of crickets in the water tank, etc. Farms are definitely best in past tense.

Aussies love Kiwis. We’re siblings.

3:58 lol the picture and the cows voice crack were hilarious

Thank you! I'm starting a D&D campaign and my character is basically Rhys Darby. This helped a lot.

Thanks for clearing that up. My need to know started when Lucy Lawless mentioned that in doing My Life is Murder, that she had to do an Australian accent and I thought she was Australian. Didn't realize she is a Kiwi and at that time didn't know it was that different. As I am a big fan of her and her show, I am also a big fan of Brokenwood. I'll be listening more closely. Thanks again.

Awesome video to learn the differences in sounds

What i find strange is the fact that the two accents are very similar yet the countries are over 2500 miles apart!

Even as a Kiwi, sometimes when I listen to people on TV, especially sports commentators where they're both Aussies and Kiwis, sometimes it can take me a couple of sentences to work out who is who. Of course the major difference is the short 'i' sound (like the 'fish and chips' thing). But another major difference I find is the different way we pronounce some A's. For example, Aussies pronounce the A in 'dAnce', advAnce or circumstAnce like the A in 'trap' /æ/, whereas Kiwis pronounce them like the A in 'bra' /ɑː/. Another thing I notice is certain words with OOL in them. Us Kiwis say it as one syllable, whereas Aussies say it as two syllables. You can see an example of this at 2:57, where Morgan says "cool" like 'koow' and Candice says "school" like 'skoo-wel'. Back when I was young we had an anti-speeding ad on TV presented by Australian race car driver Peter Brock who said "only a fool breaks the 2 second rule" and he said it like "only a fewel breaks the 2 second rewel".

I liked your video. I will subscribe now . What I want to see in your next video is the australian slang words, what people like in every state whether it is sports or food or and all positive, happy vibes. Thank you.

Hi there, greetings from México. I’ve been in Australia ( once ) and NZ ( 4 times), and it has always been difficult to follow their accent, but after few days, it becomes easier to follow😄😄😄 I liked you video 😀😀👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

You two are hilarious! :D Cheers from Brazil

that short "A" sound in words like "bad" and "black" has always been an instant tell for me to know if someone is from New Zealand or not. It's such a distinct sound.

Yes to another video with her!

In love with New Zeland's jawline!

The ‘deck’ really got me 😂 I love our Kiwi brothers and sisters

What I wish all my American friends and future friends could know - “if you aren’t sure just ask if they are from New Zealand” this is golden.

I loved it. Hugs from Perth!

I'm not sure why this came up in my feed, but I'm an Australian who has now lived in NZ for 9 years. Maybe YT knows!? Being from Melbourne I've been told my "Aussie accent" isn't as strong as someone from SA or QLD but I do get laughed at when I say "dance" or similar sounding words. I will never ever forget though when I was in the car with my young son (born Australian, but with a Kiwi accent) who said "Oh! There's a big deck at childcare!", or when at a supermarket a guy said, "I can't wait to get out of here and sit on my bro's deck".... many giggles. Good video, thanks

Very interesting listening to this as a Canadian. Sometimes, one of you would say something as Canadians do, and sometimes, the other did. Interesting!

How does this help with me being both!? I’ve been accused of sounding American and looking Asian. I AM A MAORI AND AUSTRALIAN

So much fun I just discovered you!

This was really well done! As a Kiwi North Islander, I can definitely tell Morgan is from the South Island with “the bad apple” and “let’s gets the parents a present” phrases. “Bear” and “beer” are almost indistinguishable in the SI. I’ve noticed a couple of common “tells” with the Aussie accent, but they may be regional ones: Here/year are pronounced heaaah/yeaaah with the second syllable stretched much further than Kiwi. The word “aitch” (h) is often pronounced “haitch” i.e, an h appended to the front. Some Brits pronounce it this way, and it may indicate Australia has more Brit ancestry from these areas than NZ does. This one is like fingernails on a blackboard to me :)

American here. I searched differences and stumbled across this video because a kiwi told me that the simple difference was that aussies open their mouths more when they talk. After about 5 min it was totally verifiably true 😄 . Love both accents! It’s kind of funny too because from an American POV I feel like the difference is as similar as a Californian to Texan accent!

Am from India and have always admired Aussie and kiwi accent. It was quite informative and also I've never realised the necessity of subtitles wen you guys speak unlike the British English where I badly need one especially the ones of North west England. Hey Candice, I have a suggestion for you if possible can you please tell us the differences between Aussie and British accent? And do you have any British friend like Morgs? If you have, then pl do one

Love y'all comparing two different dialects .Pls make more vids for specific topics about travelling for more easily learning listening.

I swear when Kiwis say "fish and chips", it sounds really similar to my Scottish accent. Must be all those sheep and hills to blame! To me, Aussies sound like they're saying "feesh and cheeps".

Bruh I love candices laugh.

This is my first time turning into your show, and I thoroughly agree that you should have this guest on more often and there should be wine; bonus points if you do an episode of you milking the cow!!!🥰

OMG you are from Adelaide!! My cousin is from there as well! I've noticed that people from Australia have a very clear ''L'', similar to the South African English.

I'm still a little confused on how to tell the difference, besides the oo sound. I'm american so it's hard to tell the slight differences, also have been trying to make my Australia accent better so this channel has been a help. Love the content Candice! 😄

Moving to NZ 6 yrs ago it's the short e that's the most glaring difference between oz and kiw accentsi: like egg, best, deck. Plus the kiwis rising intonation at the end of tge sentence.

Omg .... Morgie ..... I LOVE IT! Miss ya Mj x

Q: what do you write with? Aussies: Pencil Kiwis: Pincel

Well you two are just really cute and fun! After watching this im hearing how each of you sound like a mixture of how I sound..some vowels I,say is like the kiwi and some vowels are like the aussie…hmmmmm im from the midwest usa….state of michigan…west michigan, lower peninsula!

This was very sweet!

The accent difference is so deliciously nuanced.

A good word to tell with is "Dance" because a general Aussie accent has a long A, but a general Kiwi accent has a short A. Also the word Necklace, Aussie says "Neck-lace" and a kiwi typically says "neck-less"

Great! Thanks girls.

So enjoyable to watch, thanks girls. I even subsribed cuz of Mogzi said I should xD I will use it in my English cultural lessons!

That was a fun listen. I always describe it as, we Kiwis 'eat' our vowels but, Aussies push theirs out their noses. I still laugh about going into a shop during my first month or so of living in Australia in the early 70s and asking, "How much is the plant (rhymes with aunt) in the window?" The person behind the counter looked at me in absolute disbelief and replied, "the WHAT?" Having absolutely no idea what the problem was, l niavely repeated, "The plant", every time he asked me until, realising the conversation was going nowhere, l took a chance on identifying the plant and said, "The fern" (it was my first time seeing a Boston Fern). He looked astonished and said, "Oh The PLAAAANNT! (rhymes with ant)". Up until then l hadn't actually realised there were such great differences in pronunciation - of course he could have just been taking the Mickey out of a young kiwi girl but, he genuinely seemed to have no idea what l had been talking about. Interesting to hear how little difference there actually is between the two atccents for the most part though. Perhaps because, as you say Candice, you have a general Australian accent, l imagine someone with a broader accent may make the differences seem greater. I have noticed though, that sometimes, if l'm watching an interview or a video or such like, l genuinely can't tell if the person l'm listening to is a Kiwi or an Aussie, despite listening for the usual clues and, would love your opinion as to whether you think the two accents are moving closer, perhaps to some sort of antipodean middle ground.

Too helpful with entertainment 👍👍

The Speights shout out earned a Like.

U do sound like a new Zealander, coming from an Australian (me) that is saying something

That was such fun! I think Aussies also turn "day" into "dai" and "life" into "loif" and "wife" into "woif". 😂😂😂😂. As a newcomer to NZ, I was rather bamboozled when my neighbour asked me if I had "spare pigs" only to find out it was "clothes pegs".😂😂😂

Very fun and interesting video. I was noticing too that some of the Kiwi pronunciations sound closer to us Yanks. 🤓 From an American perspective, the Aussie accent is more consistent. The Kiwi accent has greater variation. It is either much more different or quite close. “Yes” is the one that always makes me smile. 😊

Fascinating. I’ve often thought that an Australian accent sounds like it came from a London accent. Now I realise that the New Zealand accents sounds like it has its roots in a Scottish accent.

I’m Aussie this showed up in my recommended very funny to watch… and I’ve never actually considered my accent until this video.

Q: What is the difference between a buffalo and a bison ? A: A buffalo is the animal that roams prairies of North America and a bison is something an Australian uses to wash his/her hands in. 😲

Her laugh😂😂OMG

Love you mogzy love that kiwi accent aye. Pai te mahi

Most Kiwi accents sound like western and plains American English except for a few sounds.

I'm from the U.S. I love your English accents. It's easy to understand, relaxing, and charming and sexy. I'm from a small town in the American south, drawled and slow broken, and my children were raised in the north east were it is neutral and plain sounding. Every time I say the number ten they poke at me.

I can listen to both of you talking all day long, lol.

Having visited Adelaide (from NZ) nearly 2 years ago, I fully get why you're keen to do one on wine. Loved the video :-)

I can't, generally, tell the difference. You have to wait for certain words... usually trap/bath ones, honestly. (e.g. the danceware example) However, "there is a difference" and then "there eez" was very clear. Wait, is Speights only sold here?

Loved U Both, well done Girls, I lived in Australia 15 yrs worked in the open cut mines all over Auz, I would of seen more of Australia then the average Aussie. I loved the experience.

Please do a vlog on the farm visit 💛

Cheers from the states. Love the Ozzy accent 😁.

As a Brit this is really hard! The difference with "e" is most noticeable to me I think. The lips thing is useful to know too. It's not as hard as telling the difference between American and Canadian though, at least for me personally.

Morgan mentioned that she does a big smile on the short 'e's. By contrast, on the short 'i's, she didn't pull the corners of her mouth back as Candice did.

One thing I've noticed about the Kiwi accent is that some people tend to pronounce the words "beer" and "bear" the same way :)

I think I first heard the differences in accents from that hilarious deck sealant ad.....my secretary loves seeing my deek puks 😂

Fahm! I love your accents.