So the guys who'll take care of the tree got here...

[conuly]

And asked me about my "English" accent.

I do not have an English accent.
I do not have a British accent.
I once cornered a pair of English ladies and asked them.
They said I sound very American.
I grew up in New York.
My dad was Texan.
I DO NOT HAVE A FOREIGN ACCENT WHILE LIVING IN THE US!

So why on earth do people think otherwise?

Comments

[feathered.livejournal.com]

Oh, people are always assuming the same thing about me. I don't sound british at all, but I enunciate words very carefully most of the time, and I think that that makes them think english for some reason. I've had people swear back to front that I am British, when I am so very not. It's always interesting & rather odd.

I can much better understand the people who think I am Canadian. My good friend Tess and her husband Dalain are Canadian, and when I spend a lot of time with them I unconsciously mimic their speech patterns. (I do that with most everyone. Sometimes I even extend it so that I am mimicing their physical movements. I usually notice before other people do, and make myself stop.)