Actually there is a distinct Austrian accent to the German spoken there. Native German speakers pick up on it right away.
Just like Spanish speakers can tell a Mexican from a Puerto Rican from a South American accent. My Spanish is very limited but even I can tell the Castillian accent from Spain.
True, and Bostonians, New Yawkers and Alabamans all are distinctive but it’s still the same language, which is the point.
I’m told the Deutschland Germans are rather bigoted against their Austrian and Swiss cousins. A rural Austrian is called a Schluctenscheißer, or “canyon sh*tter”.
Yes but there is a difference between local, regional and national dialects and a different language. I can tell a southerner from a Bostonian but they both speak English. Let’s not forget that in the Spanish world they all taught Castilian as the primary language.