I got asked.....
Aug 15th 2010, 3:56 pm
#211
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Joined: Apr 2009
Location: From a beautiful part of Scotland, now in Colorado
Posts: 265
Re: I got asked.....
LOL! When I was back in Scotland in May my friends were worried in case I was going to be talking in an American accent...I only left Scotland in March!!!
In saying that, over here I do sometimes use a fake American accent, if I really can't be bothered with the whole 'where are you from?' thing, or if I have to give my name, as even though I share a name with a famous American politician, they can't understand me saying it in my Scottish accent! (And they can never spell it correctly either!)
Aug 15th 2010, 4:47 pm
#212
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Joined: Sep 2002
Location: Richmond Hill, GA USA
Posts: 38,860
Re: I got asked.....
LOL! When I was back in Scotland in May my friends were worried in case I was going to be talking in an American accent...I only left Scotland in March!!!
In saying that, over here I do sometimes use a fake American accent, if I really can't be bothered with the whole 'where are you from?' thing, or if I have to give my name, as even though I share a name with a famous American politician, they can't understand me saying it in my Scottish accent! (And they can never spell it correctly either!)
In saying that, over here I do sometimes use a fake American accent, if I really can't be bothered with the whole 'where are you from?' thing, or if I have to give my name, as even though I share a name with a famous American politician, they can't understand me saying it in my Scottish accent! (And they can never spell it correctly either!)
Aug 15th 2010, 4:57 pm
#213
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Re: I got asked.....
The riverfront in Savannah is definitely worth a visit or two. This is what she means by the BIG boats (ships):
Aug 15th 2010, 5:25 pm
#214
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Re: I got asked.....
Aug 18th 2010, 9:23 am
#215
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Joined: Aug 2010
Location: Currently living in Medway, Kent UK. Hoping to be living in the Tr-Cities, Washington state, USA
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Re: I got asked.....
And the Americans are not the only ones who get confused about accents. I was once TOLD by a bunch of kids in south Wales I was a Cockney! I insisted I wasn't but they didn't believe me!
Once I was chatting to a lady from Georgia and when she discovered I lived in England she was like "Hey! Do you know my uncle Jack? He's the one that lives by the coast!" I just walked away shaking my head...
And it's kind of weird. In Reno everyone wanted to know where I was from and made a right old fuss about me being English yet in the Tri-cities in WA...nobody gave a damn...lovely!
