Why do I get asked if I'm Brit or Australian, when I've been influenced my whole life by American media? Not to say that I lived in the US https://voca.ro/1nYtWHyHcxROfor 7 years.

You don't sound British or Australian - you have a very heavy Asian accent, but with a gay twang.

That is certainly not British, Australian, or any sort of remotely anglophone accent in general. Mostly it sounds East Asian. Chinese, I’d guess.

What I notice that suggests you're not a native speaker are the long 'e' sounds you use for words that an American would use a short "i" sounds for. For example, an American would pronounce America "Uh-mehr-ih-cuh" but you've elongated that "ih" to an "ee." By the way, here are some of the most obvious pronunciation differences among those dialects you've mentioned: 1. Pronunciation of the "R" Sound (Rhoticity) American: Rhotic (pronounces the "r" sound clearly in words like car or hard). British: Non-rhotic in most dialects (drops the "r" sound unless followed by a vowel; e.g., car sounds like cah). Exceptions include Scottish and some West Country accents. Australian: Non-rhotic (similar to British RP); "car" sounds like cah. 2. Vowel Shifts and Sounds American: Uses a flatter "a" in words like bath or can't (e.g., bath sounds like bæth). The "o" in words like cot and caught often merges in some dialects (cot-caught merger). British: The "a" in bath is elongated in RP (Received Pronunciation): bah-th. More variation across regions: e.g., Northern accents use a short "a" in bath. The "o" in not and hot is rounded in RP. Australian: Vowels are more centralized: face sounds closer to foice and day like die. Tends to elongate vowels slightly, giving words a "drawn-out" sound. 3. Intonation Patterns American: Often uses a "downward" intonation at the end of declarative sentences, sounding direct or final. Regional accents vary; e.g., Southern accents have a slower, melodic drawl. British: RP uses a neutral or rising intonation, sometimes sounding more formal or "posh." Regional accents, like Cockney, may have a singsong quality or glottal stops (butter becomes bu'er). Australian: Characterized by upward inflection at the end of sentences (high rising terminal), even in statements, making them sound like questions. 4. Diphthongs and Consonants American: Diphthongs are pronounced distinctly; e.g., right sounds like rah-eet. "T" sounds can soften into a "d" (flapping): butter sounds like budder. British: More pronounced diphthongs in RP; e.g., about sounds like uh-bowt. Glottal stops replace "t" in some regional accents: bottle becomes bo’le. Australian: Combines British and unique traits; vowels are flatter, and diphthongs often shift (e.g., mate sounds like mite). As for the British/Australia thing, I don't hear it from you.

i don’t think you sound british or australian.

It could be because your spoken English is near perfect but there is still a faint accent that the listner can't exactly place so they think it's from another English speaking nation.

It might just be that they’re throwing a random accent out there because they have no idea what kind of accent you have. Definitely does not sound American or British or Australian or Kiwi to me though. My guess is some kind of Eastern European maybe?

You clearly have an accent, but it appears to be based on American English. I assume the people guessing that you’re from Australia or England are just not good at accents. I am curious what your first language is. I can’t quite pin where you’re from based on your accent.

There's no way you'd be mistaken for Brit or Aussie in either Aus or the UK. I imagine whoever said that was joking/ sarcastic - or just doesn't have much experience with different accents. Anyway, I saw the comment that you sound gay, which seems reasonable. To add to that, I'm guessing yours is a Sao Paolo accent perhaps? Or maybe Campinas?

If I had to describe your accent it would be, "Group X but gay" (Group X is the band behind the [Shwfifty Five ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XccUMOQ978)song that was a internet meme awhile back). It doesn't sound Brit or Australian but it doesn't sound recognizably "American", either.

You have a heavy accent, from a language that sounds very Asian to me- but not a flavor I’m familiar with! It doesn’t sound Thai, or Korean, or Japanese. I’m going to guess …Singapore?? I have no idea why you get British! I don’t hear a hint of that.

Dang, I got "Brazilian" right away, and checked the comments that I was right. More nasal consonants, stress falls in a different cadence, open vowels, lots of high/low tonality. I... guess I can understand why people would be confused that it is a gay accent, because now that I write that all out there are some *similar* affectations, but that's Brazilian accent all day. You don't quite have the US "schwa" sound, which is why people say "British", as their vowels are what we'd call "long". For example, "Th**EE**s wEEK I've b**EE**n told twice..." instead of "Th**ih**s wEEk I've **bin** told twice..."

I think one of the main differences between the different English dialects is the vowels and a lot of your vowels feel kind of like randomly placed in the range of how it's pronounced in any dialect, so people who speak one dialect would here specifically the vowels that don't match theirs and associate you with the dialect that they associate with those vowels. What stood out to me was the kind of extended uuh sound in Baffuuhled which is how some people would pronounce it in England, I think especially in an English accent that's stereotypical to Americans, and the ay sound in Slightly sounded kind of Australian because it started on more of a back vowel than front vowel.

Do you watch a lot of gay American content? You might have sort of a gay accent that people are mistaking for a British accent. 

First seconds my thoughts were gay? But otherwise its definitely nothing close to sounding Bri ish, new zealand, or australian. Not quite sure what though.

First seconds my thoughts were gay? But otherwise its definitely nothing close to sounding Bri ish, new zealand, or australian. Not quite sure what though.