I've found that quite a lot of South African slang is mistaken for Australian slang, while a South African accent is often mistaken for a British one[1]. [1] I

I've found that quite a lot of South African slang is mistaken for Australian slang, while a South African accent is often mistaken for a British one[1]. [1] I've actually been asked, once, "You're English, right?", when I was in the states.