British Expats - Scottish?

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I'm Chinese but get told I have an Irish or Scottish accent all the time by Aussies here. My American friends think I sound English. My British friends usually can pick up the North American accent. A few people I've met actually asked if I had lived in Canada when I was younger.

I've had a few Australians asking if I've lived in this country long and I tell them only 3 years. The response is usually "You've learnt to speak English quite well for such a short time." "Well, thanks very much. I tried very hard." :p

During my recent trip to see family and friends in Hong Kong, one of my best friends said my accent had turned a lot less American and more, erm... She couldn't locate my new accent. It wasn't Australian and she knew because she spent a few years in Sydney when she was in school. I only have my Scottish?/Irish? husband to blame. :p

Mrs JTL

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Originally Posted by Nu-Shooz (Post 6071980)

Me not Scottish no!!!!!

I have a very strong Yorkshire accent and everyday i get called Scottish by the Aussie's.

SO, i wondered if you Scottish folk got asked if you were a Yorkshire man/woman!:D

Or got called anything else for that matter!:D

Scottish but called Irish every day....my favourite though was when a man asked me where in Malta I was from....if you saw me you would know why this is so funny...

I get Irish, Welsh or sometimes English which I really take offense at. I tell them that I am Australian (well since 2007) and surely they can understand my Australian accent.