scrubbedexpat099

Interested in a scouser?

Sounds unlikely.

Pulaski

In the alternative universe where I live it's a rare week when 1-3 women don't tell this kid from Sheffield that they "just luurve" his accent.

scrubbedexpat027

It's the same here with the beautiful tones of my Brummie accent.

tom169

To be honest I get no mentions of my Barnsley accent. I wonder why

Only thing I get is ridicule from my co-workers for being another Brit in the office (there is now 3 of us).

cheradenine

I just get labeled Australian

Pulaski

You should get out more.

tom169

It doesn't help that I pay at pump and mostly self checkout.

Now that i'm held captive by the American Dream I don't have much time to do anything else.

Pulaski

I get comments in restaurants, in Lowes, other stores occasionally (I don't shop much), at my daughter's school, from clients, at the bus stop, from colleagues, you name it, if I meet people there is a good chance I'm going to get compliments on my accent - 90% of the comments are from women, most of them "just luurve" my accent.

A former boss told me that his husband had commented (favourably) on my accent ..... "You never told me he had a accent!"

scrubbedexpat099

The problem is I do not have an accent, Received English.

Pollyana

You have my sympathy

Guindalf

The London accent seems to be mistaken for Australian. I get it a lot. I also, on rarer occasions, get South African!

It's actually fun working on the phone as I do, offering phone/tablet/watch support for a major player in the game. People are convinced they are calling the UK or some other foreign country and most ask where I am. When I say 'Georgia', they sometimes seem mildly disappointed!

Pulaski

My wife had the opposite experience when she worked for a US based global company in London. People would think they had dialed the wrong country or pressed the wrong programmed number (it was a technology consultancy and they had a cutting-edge phone system).

Also some of the senior partners in London were jealous of her boss, wanting to know how he got an American secretary! His explanation that "she just walked in" didn't help!

hmvsdog

My wife took a part time job in an American steakhouse while waiting to get an office based position. She got a lot of comments that she "should work at Outback" as her accent was "Australian".

It didn't go down well...

Guindalf

Funny story (I think!)...

I was at a wedding reception for a work colleague some years ago when a young child came up to me and asked "Are you Australian?".

Without a second thought, I replied "Y'know, the last person to ask me that is buried in my front yard?".

He ran away crying! A few minutes later his mum came and asked me what happened and we had a good laugh about it.

On reflection, perhaps not the best thing to say to an eight-year-old!

mrken30

I get very few comments on my accent these days. I am wondering if I now have a nondescript UK/US accent. Hopefully people can understand my accent when I visit the UK.
People would ask where am I from, and then they would ask my wife where she was from, and she's a local. I guess now a local with a British twist.