The Accent Thread

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Originally Posted by Silver23

I have a mix of a Southern Appalachian English and some aspects of the Tangier/Outer Banks accent.
When I first moved back to E. Tennessee, my patrons accused me of lying to them about not being from England or Sweden due to the Outer Banks portion of my accent.

How... erm... charming of them. How on earth did they decide that Sweden or England were the two only possible origins of your personal accent?

Or perhaps I'm taking the use of "accused" in your statement too seriously.

Sometimes people at work ask me if I'm Irish (I'm Canadian), and when I say I'm not... if someone responded "Liar! Yes you are! That or Icelandic! One of the two, you big lying liar!" I think I might be a bit taken aback.

Thanks for reviving the thread, Silver23. I love this thread.