Try this one! How Now Brown Cow: Heea Neea Bran Keeea! If there just happy to be 22 of them out there? Theer are twinty toey bran keeeaaas at theeea. Lovely accent.

I'm with you proudtobekiwi! Im a kiwi whos been living in sydney for 3 months now and i get the odd harrassment too..asking me to say "fush & chups" and 6 but all the aussies i have met so far LOVE our accent! I reckon our accent is pretty choice bro!

So many dumb things said here so far, it's frightening:

POM - originally came from the letters POHM stencilled on the canvas clothing issued to prisoners. POHM stood for Prisoner Of His (Or later, Her) Majesty.

Irish - there are many people in Ireland for whom English is a SECOND language. They speak Gaelic as their first language. No 116, Gaelic is not "Scots Irish". There is Irish Gaelic, Manx Gaelic and Scots Gaelic.

Accents - Very few people in in the UK can tell the difference between between the Australian, Kiwi and English speaking South African accents. Which really renders the survey meaningless.

The accent sucks. You lot speak like you have a mouthful of gravel.

If you hate our accent so much Colleen then how about you just go on back to where you came from (Can't help but wonder what kind of "awful" accent you might have). I'm a 21 year old South Island Kiwi who has been living in Melbourne for the past 3 months and have to say, although I get a lot of sh*t about my accent at work - I also get a LOT of compliments from the Aussies about it too. I love my thick kiwi accent and I wouldn't have it any other way!

Hey Colleen doesnt everyone say barbie, brekky, lippy etc??

Colleen, where are you from! If you dont' like the way we speak, go back home. Goodness me, the language you described as 'baby language' is not actually baby language, it is merely 'nick names' which are used everywhere, especially in OZ.

Deb

@ Yisssssss #100 "Seeing as Irish people speak English (none of them actually know Irish anymore)"

I know plenty of Irish people who know and speak Irish. It is still taught in schools throughout south and north Ireland so don't know where you get your information from but its not correct and clearly misinformed. Also in Scotland many people speak Gaelic (Scots Irish) and is also still taught in schools in the west of Scotland. Infact Scots gaelic is one of the regional lanuages of the world that is still increasing in use throughout the world

[Sorry Russell, it is actually Prisoners of Mother England. Nothing at all to do with fruit. Bad luck]

And according to my english mate, "pom" was a term that was actually used by the english way back, to refer to the convicts shipped to aust and other places. Later it was turned back on the by the colonists and used to describe the english themselves, once the colonys figured out they were probably more free than the commomn english who were tied down by rules and law etc

Uncle fester and the other obvious Australians here once again having a go at their little sister country New Zealand - niiiice one guys. Fact is those whom have been residents and didnt like our accent - did we invite you?? No? Good riddance we dont need people like that infecting our beautiful country - we are not going to change our accent to suit your ears and your opinion no one cares about - honestly?? WE ARE KIWIS DEAL WITH IT. Its a survey. FACTS. Australians hate losing to us admittedly as we do to them but look how little we are compared and I think we do pretty well - ACCENTS included. Im beached as.

Et list us Kwis kun breathe the clean ear over hair, even if we fletten our vowels fletter then pencakes.