Accents

In a restaurant this weekend, I was asked whether we all had the same accent. No, I said, my wife came from France. The self-acclaimed expert who couldn't hear the difference between a French and a British accent then wondered if he could guess my accent.

"Are you from New Zealand?"

"No, Britain."

"Ah, I see! Well, I was close. Those two accents are pretty similar, aren't they? But you're from Big Isle, right?"