biffbelvin
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Ahh. Regional subtleties lost on outsiders. Still couldn't tell them apart to hear, at least not right now, but good to know.
When we get most of our info on accents or cultures from Hollywood or the movie industry, we should perhaps hold off on making sweeping statements about them. Relying on Hollywood for info about other cultures is basically repeating inaccurate info gotten from a bunch of know-nothings. Never a wise thing to do.
This is true on an even smaller scale. I can tell the difference between people from my city and adjacent towns, whilst people from another county would likely lump us together.
I think a lot of it is tied up in knowledge. I could definitely tell the difference between southern accents (at least between states), but I couldn't assign them to a particular state as I've never been sat down and told "this is how Georgian's speak".
I remember reading about similar links between colour perception and language.
I have to ask though, can you honestly not tell the difference between Received Pronunciation and a Sheffield Accent?