MsElui

http://www.showshirtz.com/not-australian-tshirt.html

might stop the daily questions lol!

Kaffy Mintcake

Ah, but you assume the next guess would be English. I think you might have too much faith in the guessers.

Scott33

Great. Wonder if they have a "Not Irish" one for us Scots living in NY. A scrub top version would be even better.

Kaffy Mintcake

Maybe "I'm English" or "I'm from Scotland" would be best.

cluedweasel

I've been asked if I'm South African once. The guy who asked got very upset when I told him "no". Apparently he had a bet with his wife. She'd actually got it right. Turned out, although she'd been in the U.S. for 30+ years, she was originally from Devizes!


Another time, I was wearing an England rugby shirt which had the word "England" under the rose. The checkout clerk still asked if I was Australian.

elfman

it does occasionally happen the other way - we once met an English bloke who after a few minutes of conversation announced he was going to guess where my Mrs came from. He then came up with "Durban, South Africa".

Rather than admit he was totally wrong he then went off on a convoluted spiel to try and prove that accents from Durban and south west Virginia were, in fact, pretty much indistinguishable.

Xebedee

Yep.

Ozzidoc

I refuse to wear such an item

fatbrit

It'd be very zen on you.

Prof_Yaffel

I could do with one of those...I usually get asked this about once a week.

Why do they get so confused ?? The Aussie accent is so obviously different, well it is to me anyway

mikehope

A recenct conversation:
Woman: So do you like whiskey?
Me: No
Woman: I love it drank lots when i went to ireland
Me: Oh? I have never been to Ireland
Woman: its very pretty there
Me: Yes ive heard it is, I would to see it someday
Woman: We loved it there, im surprised you dont like whiskey?
Me: I guess im a typical Brit, I like my Gin
Woman: So what part of Ireland are you from?

cluedweasel

I don't think a lot of folks here really hear the differences. A Californian friend is always saying how much I talk like John Lennon. Problem is, I'm from Somerset and I sound a lot more like Adge Cutler than I do any one of the Beatles.

E3only

As much as I hate Ricky Ponting and the arrogant team - below is the Ashes result....hmm.
??? = England hopefully.

1989 Australia
1990–91 Australia
1993 Australia
1994–95 Australia
1997 Australia
1998–99 Australia
2001 Australia
2002–03 Australia
2005 England
2006–07 Australia
2009 England
2010-11 ???

augigi

I need "I am from Australia" as I am asked about a thousand times per day. Usually they say "what part of england are you from?" and I have to say "The reeeeeeeeeeeally southern part".

tigerbaywarrior

Wales is NOT in London, England!!!!