Mr Lee

"Are you Australian?"

I've just started saying "Yes" now and when they ask why I moved here I say "They're letting too many Brits in..."




Strangely, nobody's challenged me on it yet.

Souvenir

I, too, appear to have a hybrid Brit/Aussie/Kiwi/Springbok accent, as far as the anglo-Canadian ear is concerned.

Franco Canadians have even less idea. My neighbours didn't know until I told them. They knew I'd lived in the GTA and thought that's where I was from. I can only recall two occasions when a Quebecker has nailed the accent straight off. One was a barmaid in Quebec City. She'd probably met lots of Brit tourists. The other was a guy in a shop. He'd lived in London for a while.

Ben W Bell

When I speak with an English accent no one can understand me. Could be because I can't do an English accent and my Norn Iron one trying to do English is unintelligible.

London-England-Lads

[QUOTE=theroyalseh;6390738what an EXTRA LARGE DOUBLE DOUBLE was! Dont forget the words for gas (petrol) toonie and loonie LOL
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What is it?

Souvenir

Coffee, probably from Timmies. It translates to: "a cup of the coffee the size of a bucket, with a double dose of cream and a double dose of sugar".

Biiiiink

Have you read the "Rules of Ordering: Tim Hortons" on Facebook?
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2581280419

FlirtyKnickers

That made me smile....Canadians seem to have a problem when i say two....i say 'can i have two coffees please' they say 'three coffees' then i say 'no, two coffees' then they say 'three' then i say 'two.....not three....one, TWO...TWO coffees please' and they say 'would you like cream or milk'!!!!

Jay Bird

Mr Oldbag and I have been told we "speak funny" and would never, ever get work locally because we're English. Although a certain person on this forum said "it never happened", it certainly did happen. My negative feelings about this stupid attitude have now diminished, and I feel sorry for the bigots in this town who probably feel threatened by anyone new and "different", and are unable to accept others as they are.
So, as far as employment, it has definitely been a hinderance in this area; we never did get work here. However we found work in our nearest "big town"....Stratford, and our workmates love the way we speak, and often tell us how much they love the British accent.
I think it must depend on where you settle............Small Town Canada can be extremely inhospitable

Mountain Girl

It didnt really make a difference on helping me get a job.

People seem always remember me though, because of the accent.

Ben W Bell

Try reading a number on the phone. I say zero, and they say two. Infuriating.

FlirtyKnickers

oh my god...thats gonna be hilarious...

Ben W Bell

Yeah, slightly less hilarious after you've been on the phone with the HBC call centre in Hydrabad trying to activate your Hudson's Bay Company card. And then have to ask to be put through to a supervisor.

FlirtyKnickers

Well im going to be starting a job in a bank!!! holy crap....i'll be done for fraud...

Elaine B.

People can never understand when I say 8, I've actually had to say the number after 7 for people to finally get it (It really didn't help when I lived on the 8th floor of an apartment building.)

FlirtyKnickers