Benny Holiday
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Yes indeed, the companions drive me up the wall just as much!Don't forget the companions, "could of" , "would of", and "should of"!
As for antipodean accents, I find Kiwi harder than Aussie.
I'm fond of the now-wrapped-up New Zealand TV series "Brokenwood". I find myself turning on the subtitle feature so that I can pick up all the dialogue. Maybe it's not so much the accent per se, (some of it does sound odd to an American ear, like the very short vowel pronunciation in words like "pen" [How do Kiwis differentiate between "pen" and "pin" in spoken communication where the context might not make it clear?]) but the inclusion of Kiwi slang and Maori words that find their way into the scripts.
The NZ accent is certainly interesting. Aussies get a laugh out of trying to get them to say six. It always comes out as sex. "Would you like five?" "No, I want sex." Childish, but fun. I'm not up on their slang, but I know they call each other "bro" a lot!