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 Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2009 8:58 pm
I know I've watched to much British television. It's kind of what I live off of, ask Dee if you don't believe me. (Lucie = Anglophile) I'm at work tonight, checking in a guest when he stops me mid-sentence and says,
"Why are you in Nebraska?" I stood there, mouth agape, my only response being "Wuht?"
"You're English, aren't you? Why are you out here in the middle of nowhere?"
The look of shock on his face when I told him I grew up in this very town was classic. I think I'm one of those people that when they are around something or someone too long they pick up habits. I guess I randomly sound British. This isn't the first time, mind you. There was a time in college in one of my speech classes. The entire class, including the professor, thought I was British when I introduced myself. Then they thought I was trying to hide it behind an American accent. I just sat there and laughed.
I have been told I sound Scottish on occasion, too. I blame the fact that I'm a mumbler.
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Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2009 6:50 am
*facepalm* Again! It's still pretty cool.
[[didn't get that job, didn't even get an interview. sad ]]
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Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2009 10:29 am
That is toooo funny. Nice one, Luce. No one could ever mistake where I'm from, when I'm mad I revert to a Boston accent.
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Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2009 11:21 am
for the most part i dont think i have an accent, but i know that on esome words or somethines just randomly ill say things in a very country way or with a british accent. but its not from watching too much tv, my dad's side is all redneck and my mother and her side are from the UK
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Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2009 8:37 pm
Hot Brazilian guy that's been staying at the hotel the past few days hit on me tonight. I blushed and then after I turned him down (we're not allowed to fraternize with guests) and went back to the front desk, San (from India, his brother owns the place) was back there. He didn't look happy and I'm pretty sure he heard Brazil guy trying to pick me up. Did I mention that I'm pretty sure San has a crush on me? If I had to pick one, though, it would be Brazil guy, he's very, very good looking in an European kind of way. I had quite a flattering night, if I do say so myself.
On another note: A British guy walks in, asks if he could sit in the lobby and use our internet for his phone because he was travelling. Then he says
"I'm British."
I wanted to respond with a "No s**t!" but instead said "Of course, go right ahead." Talk about a WTF?! moment.
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Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2009 9:05 pm
I've got a very odd mixture of accents *aka people can hear both of em when I talk* I've got a mix of Kentucky n Iowa accents. Apparently newscasters are taught to speak with an Iowa accent...according to Mei-Mei, anyway
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Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2009 6:13 am
I reflect accents. I could be talking to anyone and mimic by accident. It's kinda fun because after awhile I'm conscious of it and eventually it fades. That's when I get sad. :'(
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Posted: Mon Nov 30, 2009 10:33 am
I would find that kind of flattering since when a lot of Americans think "British" they think sophisticated and refined.
I was mistaken for being foreign too, but at an old job. I worked with a lot of Mexicans, and one approached my friend and asked where I was from. I thought he meant town-wise. Then he said "No, no, what country are you from?" And I was like "...America?"
Apparently they all thought I was Asian-looking, but couldn't pin down what country I was from. Strangely enough, this has happened again since, and it's always people of different ethnicities that think I'm from somewhere else.
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Posted: Mon Nov 30, 2009 10:51 am
D_Marx I reflect accents. I could be talking to anyone and mimic by accident. It's kinda fun because after awhile I'm conscious of it and eventually it fades. That's when I get sad. :'( thats adorable
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Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2009 3:56 pm
Vampire Kylee I would find that kind of flattering since when a lot of Americans think "British" they think sophisticated and refined.
I was mistaken for being foreign too, but at an old job. I worked with a lot of Mexicans, and one approached my friend and asked where I was from. I thought he meant town-wise. Then he said "No, no, what country are you from?" And I was like "...America?"
Apparently they all thought I was Asian-looking, but couldn't pin down what country I was from. Strangely enough, this has happened again since, and it's always people of different ethnicities that think I'm from somewhere else. You should make something up next time, and come up with stupid cultural traditions so they--the questioners--make better assumptions next time.
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Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 9:17 am
D_Marx Vampire Kylee I would find that kind of flattering since when a lot of Americans think "British" they think sophisticated and refined.
I was mistaken for being foreign too, but at an old job. I worked with a lot of Mexicans, and one approached my friend and asked where I was from. I thought he meant town-wise. Then he said "No, no, what country are you from?" And I was like "...America?"
Apparently they all thought I was Asian-looking, but couldn't pin down what country I was from. Strangely enough, this has happened again since, and it's always people of different ethnicities that think I'm from somewhere else. You should make something up next time, and come up with stupid cultural traditions so they--the questioners--make better assumptions next time.
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Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2009 8:07 am
Hahaha! Loads of guests at the hotel where I work think I'm either American or Scottish xd I was born in England and have lived here all my life! In Yorkshire no less wink I just use the excuse that I've watched too much TV xd
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Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 1:07 pm
I pronounce words with o's(like old, mold, or cold) strangely, or so I'm told... My boyfriend tells me that when I say such words it sounds like I have a cold. I don't know if it's just my voice or where I live, but no one else pronounces it like I do where I live, or so I've noticed. ._.; (I live around Pittsburgh?)
Also, sometimes when I'm talking I'll blurp out words in a Southern accent. It doesn't happen often, dunno why it does though. I've never been to the South.
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Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2010 2:50 am
it doesn't happen often, but I get asked where I'm from too, I get "You have an accent, you know that?" I have no idea what kind of accent though...but sometimes when I hear my voice on one of those "voice comments" things I think I sound asian...so maybe all these J-pop/rock songs I hear and the anime I watch is rubbing off on my speech too...
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