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TIL SOME Caucasian people can't tell Asian accents apart (vice versa). I didn't realise it went both ways! I have always been able to tell Asian accents apart, from Chinese, Japanese, Thai, Filo, Indonesia and Viet. Today my Australian friend told me this and I said we have the same issues with

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