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Where is that accent from? (are you serious)

Old Jun 18th 2010, 8:55 pm
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Australian, Ireland, Scotland and the best Florida - god knows why I'm from London
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Old Jun 19th 2010, 1:41 am
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I am a receptionist here and I get the accent question with about every other phone call that I answer...the australian one comes up a lot, but I have to say the most baffling one was german
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Old Jun 19th 2010, 1:54 pm
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Originally Posted by Bill_S
LOL, so right... if you tell a Canadian he looks/sounds American it will be taken as a grave insult

(more for SDDep et alia, I know meauxna knows this)


I must confess that the Canadian accent now does my head in... last night I heard a few minutes of As It Happens on the radio. The story was about the preparations for the upcoming G20 summit in Toronto. To make way for the security fencing, some trees must be removed - or "taken oot" as they repeated about 100 times
Not half as insulting as asking a Scot what part of England he/she is from.
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Old Jun 19th 2010, 4:02 pm
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If someone says , " throw another shrimp on the barbie ", I will F*****N shoot them.....
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Old Jun 19th 2010, 4:08 pm
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Originally Posted by coastieexpat
If someone says , " throw another shrimp on the barbie ", I will F*****N shoot them.....


No words, just pictures.

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=...ed=0CCgQ9QEwBQ
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Old Jun 19th 2010, 4:11 pm
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Originally Posted by coastieexpat
If someone says , " throw another shrimp on the barbie ", I will F*****N shoot them.....
C'mon mate...thow another shrimp on the barbie...tie me Kangaroo down..

You like Fosters? Castlemaine XXXX? haha

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Old Jun 19th 2010, 5:36 pm
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Got accused of being south African the other week!
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Old Jun 19th 2010, 10:38 pm
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Originally Posted by mikehope
Got accused of being south African the other week!
Were you playing a vuvuzela?
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Old Jun 20th 2010, 11:20 am
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Originally Posted by SDDep
I actually thought all canadians were all just displaced americans? arent they all the same...hehe...
Well, we never meant to tell them, but they ARE Americans.

King George and Churchill deeded Canada to the US in exchange for the Lend-Lease program, and our declaration of war against Germany (when JAPAN attacked us actually) in WW2.

Don't tell Willmore!
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Old Jun 20th 2010, 11:23 am
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Originally Posted by kimilseung
oddest two are Russia and France

Most common Austraila, Scotland and Ireland

sometimes Canada, I think that is when they know I am an native speaker, but not quite from around these parts

I think the Australia one happens after they hear me say 'mate', a lot of people seem to think Aussies have a monopoly on the word.

One person in four years here, has guessed my town right. I was impressed he could get not just England but the town too.
Mrs. IP, a Spaniard has been asked if she is:
English
Irish (WTF??)
French
German
Dutch
Russian
Itialian (I can understand that one...similar accent)

Oddly, never once has she been confused for Mexican or any other Hispanic country.
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Old Jun 20th 2010, 11:54 am
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Originally Posted by dunroving
Not half as insulting as asking a Scot what part of England he/she is from.
Yeah, but reading this thread I notice how much a lot of people do not like being mistaken for being Scottish

I love the Scottish accent and miss it.

On the other hand, my Scottish accent is always being mistaken for some other country or state
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Old Jun 20th 2010, 9:25 pm
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I am from Argentina and work as a receptionist in a hotel here in VT. So I get the "were are you from? / What's that accent I hear?" question EVERY single day of my life. People have guessed:

Poland (I am 1/4 Polish, so not too bad)
Italy (I'm 1/2 Italian... so I guess not bad)
Quebec (get this A LOT)
Russia (again, A LOT)
ENGLAND (I swear!!!)
France

One of the best ones was one I was working at a call center (so, over the phone) and a person told me I sounded like I was born in India but I had gone to boarding school in England

The best one, though, was the person who looked at me and just said: "Argentina?"
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Old Jun 20th 2010, 9:41 pm
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[QUOTE=Nits22;8645240]I am from Argentina and work as a receptionist in a hotel here in VT. So I get the "were are you from? / What's that accent I hear?" question EVERY single day of my life. People have guessed:

Poland (I am 1/4 Polish, so not too bad)

Anyone who is 1/4 polish is Alright in my books.......

Hurray for the polish......
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Old Jun 21st 2010, 12:29 am
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During my first year in the US an educated US co-worker gave me a compliment. He told me that I sure spoke good English for only having been here six months. Realizing that he was being sincere, I thanked him and remarked that I was glad to see that my night English classes were paying off.
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Originally Posted by CelticRover
During my first year in the US an educated US co-worker gave me a compliment. He told me that I sure spoke good English for only having been here six months. Realizing that he was being sincere, I thanked him and remarked that I was glad to see that my night English classes were paying off.
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