scrubbedexpat099

Well i have a standard "BBC" accent and I still get referred to as Australian.

Often by people who it turns out have been to the UK.

But then if all they know is London bar staff accents, then the confusion could be understandable.

mandpete

People usually say to me they love my accent and then try to guess where I am from. Most of them say Ireland, some say Scotland and the cable guy thought I was from Switzerland????

When I tell them NW England they look at me gone out and then I have a hard time telling them I don't live in London and that I have only ever been there twice.

The best bit is when they know someone in England and ask if I may know them. One person even asked my husband did he know suchabody that lived in Holland.

One woman thought the kids were so cute and couldn't believe "2 little people with real English accents"

syllk

Somewhere between Doncaster and Grimsby (I've stopped saying Scunthorpe as it tends to leave me wide open to all kinds of jokes, puns and general abuse...damn!!!!). Since being over here, I've only once been asked if I was South African...

Another usual exchange that is fast becoming a favourite of mine:

American: Where are you from?
Me: England
American: Ooh, whereabouts in England?
Me: Do you know England at all?
American: No.
Me: About half way up and a little to the right, then.

ducatiandy

Great reply! LOL

Patrick

When people ask where I am from in the UK I always say near where the Beatles are from. I guess that they have no idea where anything would be so mentioning the beatles (something they would of heard of) would be comforting.

ducatiandy

I could say the birth place of Mr Davidson as in Harley Davidson that great all American Motorbike or near where the first ever Open Golf Chamionship was Played(Old Prestwick).

Lion in Winter

I tell them I come from the tennis place, and then they say, "Oh, Wimpleton".

joto

When people say "which part of England are you from?" I have to say "I'm not from England, I'm from Scotland", that gets them thinking. Some Americans seem to think England is the whole of the British Isles. No offence intended to English people out there, but Scotland is a country as well. I'm pround to have been born there and lived most of my life there, apart from a good few years living in England (which I enjoyed a lot) before moving here.

elf

Dont worry about it they also think londoners are aussies too, i think they only have an ear for their own accents and are quite parochial for such a large country really.