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do english in america get preferntial treatment?

denty5

where in uk are you from??
let me guess, london/south?
they probably thought you sounded like harry potter
but yeah, my friend is southern but like he is kinda ugly so i was suprised :/

Well I currently live in Dorchester, Dorset but I don't have a specific accent as I've been travelling most of my life, plus I spent a lot of it in private school

But yeah, south I guess (I don't sound like a farmer before you assume I do)

Reply 21

ToryGirl

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An American woman once followed me round a mini golf course so she could hear my accent. Otherwise, they are pretty normal, just ask you a few questions and say "I love your accent" but they do go out of the way to make you feel welcome :smile:

Reply 22

MSB

17

Loo

American's really like my accent, I got followed in a mall in florida by a few guys asking "can you teach me to speak like you" and that load of crap

It's really flattering and I didn't find it annoying, it was quite fun actually :awesome:

You should've told them that there's a good video series on the internet on how to speak with a British accent.

Reply 23

denty5

OP

northerners dont sound australian though, they dont sound like the queen but they still sound more british than australian. south africans just sound foreign really, like some random european country

Reply 24

Of the Standard of Taste

12

Has your friend got a strong british accent?

Reply 25

rose_uni08

My step family are all American, the first time i met my brother, he asked me if i liked something, i remember i said "Nah, not really my cuppa tea" and he asked me to say it again haha. They also don't really get the whole "Pet" thing, when older people cal you pet, or other names. I got told my accent was adorable when i was in H&M haha. Quite funny.

Reply 26

Teao the Cat

17

They tend to rave at me, less so than they used to, though- I used to have pretty perfect Queen's English, but have more of a northern accent now. They really can't figure my dad out when he gets his Geordie accent out though! He's used to hiding it pretty well, having been in the international business world.

Reply 27

Myoclonic Jerk

8

Loo

Well I currently live in Dorchester, Dorset but I don't have a specific accent as I've been travelling most of my life, plus I spent a lot of it in private school

But yeah, south I guess (I don't sound like a farmer before you assume I do)

"I've go' a combine 'arvester, and you can 'ave my key..."
*bum, bum bum*

Reply 28

denty5

OP

queens english is pretty sexy, though i love cockeny cuz it reminds me of olivertwist n old english london. though now most people in london sound pretty weird, you know the black kids saying things like 'innit'..but also the white kids too now

Reply 29

Turdburger

16

Apparently I sound like Prince Charles

Reply 30

mad-cow-intuition

As I have to move all over the place (military family), I've picked up a mismatch of British and non-British accents; so before I moved to the US, I was living in Scotland... they asked me what part of Australia I was from (I've never been there).

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