Also, it's always easy to tell the American. They're the ones asking the English person if they're from Australia.
I laughed. :)
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This is sooooo true
I remember when I was younger & going on different school trips & things. My mom would always make sure I had 'everything' I needed. Which included pinning money to some part of my clothing just incase the cash I had strategically placed in different places just happened to get lost. Oh & I can't forget...the extra 'everything' I had to carry along. Extra water, extra food, extra clothes. Extra whatever for whatever extra might pop up She ruined me! Now I overpack & carry 'extra' no matter where I'm going.
And yes, we're loud
I remember when I was younger & going on different school trips & things. My mom would always make sure I had 'everything' I needed. Which included pinning money to some part of my clothing just incase the cash I had strategically placed in different places just happened to get lost. Oh & I can't forget...the extra 'everything' I had to carry along. Extra water, extra food, extra clothes. Extra whatever for whatever extra might pop up She ruined me! Now I overpack & carry 'extra' no matter where I'm going. And yes, we're loud
Yeah we have kickers for that!
Hey don't take this seriously I'm just playing the ignorant pompous American with a hint of sarcasm.
I never understand that!! I guess I have a good ear for accents. Had a new student in class and someone asked if she was from Sydney, before she could reply I laughed then said, "No she's not from Australia! She's Yorkshire born and raised with an interesting blend of Brighton somehow."
She looked at me like this
as she was born and raised in Yorkshire and her hubby is from Brighton. She was trying very hard to tone both of these accents down as her girl in high school was pegged as being not of sound mind. And really it was because she has a thick Brighton accent with hints of York and her teachers here thought she was speaking gibberish. I never understand that!! I guess I have a good ear for accents. Had a new student in class and someone asked if she was from Sydney, before she could reply I laughed then said, "No she's not from Australia! She's Yorkshire born and raised with an interesting blend of Brighton somehow."
She looked at me like this
LOL!
Hell even we (Americans) have accents. I moved from Ohio to West Virginia and they all remarked on my accent!!!!
The only people in America who don't have accents are the folks you happen to be speaking to at the time.
I am a chameleon...put me anywhere and I have the accent and mannerisms. Spent a lot of time in a coffee shop here that had a large Egyptian clientele. So I sounded like them, apparently looked Egyptian enough one group of folks sat at my table as I looked like one guy's cousin and had to get some help with translation as I only speak English (badly) Cherokee (also badly) and Japanese (really badly unless drunk...then I can speak it but have no idea what I said.)
It's fun though as I could walk into any group neighborhood in New York City or Brooklyn and be accepted except the Polish area (my pal had that one covered) and neither of us were good in the Asian neighborhoods but they were very amused that we ate their food with fervor!
Well to me, there's only two American accents : the one I understand, and the one I don't
Also, American may start talking super slow if they don't think you speak English. But if you say but one word in English, they revert to supersonic speed.
'Cause either you speak English like a toddler, or you're bilingual in whatever variant of English they speak where they come from.
But uh..... guys ? Asking "do you speak English" in English is kind of counter-productive. Just sayin'
Also, American may start talking super slow if they don't think you speak English. But if you say but one word in English, they revert to supersonic speed.
'Cause either you speak English like a toddler, or you're bilingual in whatever variant of English they speak where they come from.
But uh..... guys ? Asking "do you speak English" in English is kind of counter-productive. Just sayin'
Well to me, there's only two American accents : the one I understand, and the one I don't
Also, American may start talking super slow if they don't think you speak English. But if you say but one word in English, they revert to supersonic speed.
'Cause either you speak English like a toddler, or you're bilingual in whatever variant of English they speak where they come from.
But uh..... guys ? Asking "do you speak English" in English is kind of counter-productive. Just sayin'
Coming from Colorado and going back home to Oklahoma I get "Good golly child, SLOW DOWN!!!" for a day.
If I speak to my pal in Ohio I have to get her to slow down as her words hit so fast and stridently I have to translate them for a while longer after she stops talking.
Coming from Colorado and going back home to Oklahoma I get "Good golly child, SLOW DOWN!!!" for a day.
If I speak to my pal in Ohio I have to get her to slow down as her words hit so fast and stridently I have to translate them for a while longer after she stops talking.
Yeah I do talk fast. Probably why I sell cars for a living. LOL
Were ya from southern Ohio? I am from the northeast and as far as I knew we didnt have any accent....hmmmm
Were ya from southern Ohio? I am from the northeast and as far as I knew we didnt have any accent....hmmmm
Um...yes you do.
Were ya from southern Ohio? I am from the northeast and as far as I knew we didnt have any accent....hmmmm
Cleveland area. Yeah I ain't got no accent.
We're on the North Yorkshire border, and my Dad was a Yorkshireman with a west coast Scottish Mother, and my mother was from a little further north than here.I never understand that!! I guess I have a good ear for accents. Had a new student in class and someone asked if she was from Sydney, before she could reply I laughed then said, "No she's not from Australia! She's Yorkshire born and raised with an interesting blend of Brighton somehow."
She looked at me like this
My Yorkshire accent is never far below the surface.
When I was small, My Dad worked in Bristol (south west England) for a few years, and there's a very distinct accent in that part of the country. When we came back north, people would often ask me where I was from as they couldn't place the accent!
But, as most of my long term friends and colleagues are in the US, I do have a tendency to say things and have people say 'that's very American!' - I probably 'talk' with my US friends far more than the English ones!
My MIL is still very east London and can whip out a cockney that is stunning though her parents raised her to speak posh so she was always getting crap from the kids at school as they all believed they were putting on airs.
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