I'd say F) I'm Norwegian.

It depends on who is asking. It's not a question I get very often from Francos. I think an awful lot of them can't tell the diference between Canadian English and Brit English and just presume that I'm from Ontario.

As for Anglo Canadians, I normally say originally London or the south of England. If they follow up, I'll explain where Brighton is.

I never say I live in Gatineau, unless I'm talking with a Quebecker or an Ottawan. Normally I say I live near Ottawa, on the dark side.

I say, PEI, can you not tell from the accent?
You'd be amazed how many say- Oh, right, I was thinking east coast. They just don't get it.
Try a few thousand more miles east mate!
When talking to 'back home' I convert to sterling, but never when I'm talking here. Been here 2 yrs.

I always reply "Kelowna', makes people laugh every time, especially friendly smiling checkout clerks and servers, then they say nah I mean originally where you from.

Also great when people assume I'm "just another tourist" and when the servers automatically take away our card for payment thinking it's credit and it turns out to be debit on an RBC card, gets 'em every time.

Rich.

In the first year, hubby was going to get a tee shirt that said,
"No, I'm not enjoying my vacation, I live here"
so many people asked.
Now were just the crazy Brits who live up the hill.
People I've never met come up to me in the store and say "I like your new sunroom/deck/tractor"
They don't miss a trick
Where ARE you from Rich?

I was asked my GP (Dr Patel) where he was from originally.

Halifax NS.

The darkest deepest nastiest lumpen bowels of fiery teeming hell itself

>>> a small village on the edge of the Staffordshire/Cheshire border.

Rich.

I'm a Brummie born and bred, but a country girl at heart
finally got my little piece of paradise here in PEI

If it's a fellow Expat asking, I always say Bedfordshire, If a Canadian asks, I say England for some reason people think I may be Aussie When further asked I tell them Bedfordshire - when I get a puzzled look I continue with - about an hour north of London, but have lived here a year now. (In fact it was a WHOLE year on the 2nd June - happy anniversary to us!).

One Rednecked mother picked her daughter up from our house actually asked "What are you" (quite rudley) I just wish I had had the presence of mind to reply "Human - what are you?"

The fact that I have only been here a year means I am still very English sounding, more so than my hubby and daughter, it is obvious that I hail from further afield than Red Deer. In 20 years my answer will probably be different

Oh **surprise**, I thought from looking at your avatar you were the milk tray man

How rude of her! I'd be tempted to say "The last time I looked I was a woman, look I have tits!" Stick that in yer redneck pipe and shove it where the sun don't shine lady!

Brighton...several years of misspent youth were in Brighton...staggering out of (now defunct) nightclubs down West St, the Old Steine and the seafront, (this was the eighties, I am sure it's all different now). I lost count of the amont of times I missed the last train back to Falmer in the first year and then gave up and moved to grotty flats in Preston St, thereafter Kensington Gardens. Those were the days.....

[QUOTE=Wearsider]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? [/QUOTE

I usually opt for A) - most people just comment on the accent and say how much they love it...my usual reply is that I've had it a long time, and I brought it with me from England.
As for converting dollars to sterling, I'm afraid we do occasionally, even after 18 months. When we lived here years ago, we were told the trick is to calculate the number of hours you have to work to buy something - that'll tell you whether or not it's good value. That was great back then - this time around we've retired, so still tend to do the conversion bit.

Tuscany

Tuscany isnt in Bragg Creek!! At least I bloody hope it isnt (btw I live at the opposite end of town )