sky

I was actually born and brought up in Bramley and the other day an elderly customer came into the cafe and he was born in Bramley too, had a good old natter about our home town. It's not such a nice place now but he last saw it about 40yrs ago and it was a lovely old village kind of place then until they knocked the townstreet down and all the lovely stone back to backs

karonious

When asked what part of Ireland I come from, I usually reply "the scottish part!"

shepslady

You didnt offend me at all I simply wondered if you heard it differently than we do thats all. Im one Kiwi who doesnt notice it & was just curious. Maybe some do notice it but this was also just my personal comment on how I hear things.

I have to wonder why people who havent had much experience with peoples accents often ask if your Irish?? Over here in he US Im often asked if Im Irish when I laugh & say no Im not they often reply with oh so are you Scottish then? The third & final choice is usually English but occassionally someone will ask if Im Australian. Now as "most" of you know us Kiwis dont sound anything like any of the above mentioned people, just as none of you sound Irish to my ears. Gotta laugh at it though dont you

RobClubley

I was asked if I was Irish in Spain too by a waiter!

To be sure

Campbells

My best is,

You hear this really broad Billy Connelly accent and you ask the dude, “where about in England are you from?” Gotta be ready to duck on for the response though ! They generally settle down once I explain I’m Scots !

I’ll awa tae the soup noo

cyndi

I was always asked if I was Australian in the States. I've got a broad geordie accent so I'm sure I don't sound like Crocodile Dundee

Maz

Here in the US I've had people try to be clever (I think they were trying to show that they knew the name of more than one english-speaking country outside North America) and ask me if I'm South African, or Welsh... weird!

Jude J

When I moved from Essex to Leicestershire I had more than one person ask where in Australia I was from.
And although I said 100's of times I was from Essex, I was referred to as Jude, the one from London.

The Weezer

Hello Mazi,

What do you think of these?

Teacher Aide vs. Teacher's Aide

On the most recent NZQA math exam I looked at, the children
were instructed to "Show all working."

The Weezer

My mate and I were trying to choose which chocolate bar to buy.
He pointed to one and said, "This one's bitter." I said, "You want
some dark chocolate?" He said, "Yis, that one's bitter."

This went on a few more times before I realized he meant "better."

The Weezer

Probably why they play and watch so much sports.

In NZ, the word "rugby" and it's variant, "footy" is spoken more times per day by every man, woman, and child than any other country IN THE WORLD!!!

shepslady

IS there a problem with that My kids all played rugby from the age of three.....they are now in their late 20's, early 30's & still eat sleep dream & play rugby. Its kept them fit healthy & out of trouble so no problem with that for me

Apple12

How bizaare, I have not noticed anything of the like at all. Compared to football mania in the UK, what you see is mild here. Rugby isn't really followed by most of my friends. Watching test netball at prime time is pretty cool though, nice to see women's sport being prime time and getting good ratings.

Campbells

Hmmm, not too sure if I would shout too loud about that dude

'nother picture for you..

Apple12

Why? Do you also have something to say about women's sport?