Where do you say you are from!
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I say England. On our son's forms for his registration when he was born my wife put United Kingdom, 2 weeks out of the hospital and we were waiting on the forms to apply for his birth certificate and they arrive and under father's place of birth it said United Arab Emirates. we rang them up thinking it was just a typo and they had no idea where the United Kingdom was so just chose the nearest thing so we told them England instead and that seemed to fix it. I've told the wife to say England from now on too.
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I say England. On our son's forms for his registration when he was born my wife put United Kingdom, 2 weeks out of the hospital and we were waiting on the forms to apply for his birth certificate and they arrive and under father's place of birth it said United Arab Emirates. we rang them up thinking it was just a typo and they had no idea where the United Kingdom was so just chose the nearest thing so we told them England instead and that seemed to fix it. I've told the wife to say England from now on too.
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Where are you from?
England
yes I know, but where?
Surrey
Where?
Surrey
I said where in England?
Surrey
Oh...I thought you were saying sorry....*hilarious laughter*
whatever
So yes, sometimes I just say London cos I cannot be bothered![Unsure](https://britishexpats.com/forum/images/smilies/unsure.gif)
I've been thinking of saying Sweden to confuse them
England
yes I know, but where?
Surrey
Where?
Surrey
I said where in England?
Surrey
Oh...I thought you were saying sorry....*hilarious laughter*
whatever
So yes, sometimes I just say London cos I cannot be bothered
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I've been thinking of saying Sweden to confuse them
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I say Yorkshire, then after a blank look i say 'where the Yorkshire ripper was', then after more blank look, 'where they filmed the series 'All creature great and small''. Ah yes, that usually does the trick
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Where are you from?
England
yes I know, but where?
Surrey
Where?
Surrey
I said where in England?
Surrey
Oh...I thought you were saying sorry....*hilarious laughter*
whatever
So yes, sometimes I just say London cos I cannot be bothered![Unsure](https://britishexpats.com/forum/images/smilies/unsure.gif)
I've been thinking of saying Sweden to confuse them![Smile](https://britishexpats.com/forum/images/smilies/smile.gif)
England
yes I know, but where?
Surrey
Where?
Surrey
I said where in England?
Surrey
Oh...I thought you were saying sorry....*hilarious laughter*
whatever
So yes, sometimes I just say London cos I cannot be bothered
![Unsure](https://britishexpats.com/forum/images/smilies/unsure.gif)
I've been thinking of saying Sweden to confuse them
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well, I have said Winslow before, because that is where I'm from NOW...but I thought they were gonna complain about me being a smartarse to my boss!
Last night someone asked if I was from Lewiston as they couldn't figure out the accent!
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I usually say either south coast or London, depending on my mood.
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and i have been asked where in london is the eiffel tower (??), what language do I speak and that I am fine when I go to france because we all speak french...
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Slightly off-topic, but my favo(u)rite "stupid tourist question" came from an American couple in Cambridge who wanted to know where King's College Chapel was.
This in itself wouldn't have been too awful except that they were in King's Parade sitting on the low wall that separates King's College grounds from the pavement in approximately the same position as the two people in this picture ...
This in itself wouldn't have been too awful except that they were in King's Parade sitting on the low wall that separates King's College grounds from the pavement in approximately the same position as the two people in this picture ...
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We do it as well it appears
Been shopping with mother in Homebase today getting her stuff before I leave anyway, the lad that was helping us asked me in conversation where was I flying to, I said San Francisco tomorrow and ready for this...............how close to the statue of liberty is that
Been shopping with mother in Homebase today getting her stuff before I leave anyway, the lad that was helping us asked me in conversation where was I flying to, I said San Francisco tomorrow and ready for this...............how close to the statue of liberty is that
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