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Have I finally insulted an American about Accents

Old Jan 9th 2012, 5:38 am
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Me & Mrs HTS were in a sweet shop in Mill Ave, downtown Tempe, AZ the other day. The nice you g lady asked where we were from. I challenged her to guess. When she said 'the UK' (exact words) I thought 'hello,hello, could we have an unusual American here?'

I told her she was right, and further challenged her with 'which part?' and she went for 'Portsmouth'.

Not bad.

We lived in Fareham, about 8 miles away, and since 1995 we've been in and around that area...

Turns out her best pal was at university in Portsmouth - very unusual yanks, the both of them?

Anyway, Mrs HTS then bought a bucket load of UK sweets. Lovely. All I had to do was pay for them & carry them...
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Old Jan 9th 2012, 11:04 am
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Originally Posted by HarryTheSpider
Me & Mrs HTS were in a sweet shop in Mill Ave, downtown Tempe, AZ the other day. The nice you g lady asked where we were from. I challenged her to guess. When she said 'the UK' (exact words) I thought 'hello,hello, could we have an unusual American here?'

I told her she was right, and further challenged her with 'which part?' and she went for 'Portsmouth'.

Not bad.

We lived in Fareham, about 8 miles away, and since 1995 we've been in and around that area...

Turns out her best pal was at university in Portsmouth - very unusual yanks, the both of them?

Anyway, Mrs HTS then bought a bucket load of UK sweets. Lovely. All I had to do was pay for them & carry them...
If you had been the one to say "UK" she probably would have thought "University of Kentucky"


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Old Jan 9th 2012, 1:28 pm
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Originally Posted by Tindsay
My fiancé is from England but everyone here always thinks he's Australian! We live in Pittsburgh too... But this happens everywhere. Lol! I mean, I lived in England for a year and I'm still not really sure what country the Geiko gecko is from...... ? maybe it's genetic!
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Old Jan 15th 2012, 5:28 am
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Everyone thinks my bf's brummy accent is Australian out here... although everyone in England seems to think my California accent is NY...
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Old Jan 15th 2012, 6:29 am
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I am rather blessed. My "accent" as it were can only be referred to as an "American" accent. Though I've lived in the American South for a large part of my life I don't have the Southern Drawl. My American friends usually have to ask where I'm from.
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