> Contemplate this, two people visit you. One is a German, the other a German
 > speaking Swiss. They both chat to you in English. Do you reckon you could
 > identify the nationality of either by their accent?

Best you could do by listening to their English is to Identify them as
coming from Germanic stock. If you could also speak German, and they
spoke to you in German you would most likely be able to tell their
nationality, and, if you were proficient enough, even be able to tell
what part of their country they came from

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