When asked where are you from, what do you reply?
 

This is aimed at people living in Canada.
Do you :

A) Say you are from (somewhere in ) the Uk and now live in Canada.

B) Say you are from (somewhere in) Canda and originally came from the UK

C) Say where you live in Canada

Also would it depend if a fellow Expat was asking as opposed to a Canadian, and do you ever stop converting prices back in to sterling? :confused:

Re: When asked where are you from, what do you reply?
 

i would go for B..also stopped converting as i gotta be realistic... :eek:

Re: When asked where are you from, what do you reply?
 

London.

If people look confused I say "London, London".

Re: When asked where are you from, what do you reply?
 

D) Somewhere in England (depends how knowledgable the questioner is on UK)
OR
E) My mummys tummy.

If asked where you are from why would you say where u now lived???

Re: When asked where are you from, what do you reply?
 

Stop being pedantic! :)

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HEY I'm NOT into kids!! Stop making those accusations!! :scared: ;)

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people are only usually asking 'where are you from?' cos they want to know where your accent is from. I get asked nearly every day and I say 'Scotland originally but I'm from here now.' I also don't think people are listening to what i say cos when I'm finished talking all they say is 'I love your accent'.

Stopped converting to pounds months ago but sometimes i convert just to work out if it's value for money.

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[QUOTE=Butch Cassidy]HEY I'm into kids!!


I wouldnt broadcast that if I were you! ;)

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[QUOTE=willmore]Suitably edited
Thank Phook u spotted that Sue!!! :scared:
I owe you big time :rolleyes:

Re: When asked where are you from, what do you reply?
 

[QUOTE=Butch Cassidy]
Oh. I just said to her, over there, "this guy's willing to pose as a paedo for a joke. I don't think I'd go that far". I thought that ballsy!

Re: When asked where are you from, what do you reply?
 

Very subtle indeed! :D

Re: When asked where are you from, what do you reply?
 

Freud said there are No accidents. :eek:

A freudien slip is when you type one thing and mean your mother..erm, an other ;)

Answer to question for me depends who Im talking to and what mood Im in. If Im mischeivous then I'll say where I live now and look at them like , why are you asking? Otherwise my UK history is so mixed up I just say "All over the place in England" if its obvious they are going along the "Do you know Fred, he lives in England" path.

Occasionally you meet locals who lived in the UK and actually might get something out of a sensible answer.

FWIW it took me about a years to stop translating to pounds, and about five till I finaly stopped converting from time to time when I wanted to justify splurging on a non essential toy!

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I say, from Newcastle. Obviously.

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No, where the Aussies come from.

For some reason the broad 'ampshire 'og mixed with London Estuary slang seems to confuse the 'ell out of 'em.

Someone tried to help me learn Spanish the other day, we quickly gave up as I murder English you can imagine how bad the ole toto bien turned out.

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I have an 'orrible Saarf London accent, so I always say London. I am technically from Kent really. I stopped converting £ to $ about three years ago. It depresses me to remind myself what a s*** salary I get paid over here. Ignorance is bliss.... :p