Re: Apologetic for accent in English?! (was: Hello to you all!)

Siyo!
My summer in England put me in an unusual position re:
accents.  After just one month of assimilating
Liverpool/Wigan/Manchester accents, I no longer
sounded American to most of the Americans and
Englishmen I came across--with the staccato and the
lilt, they thought me either Northern Irish or Dutch.
Then I came back to the States (Midwest), and people
were totally enamored with my accent (that took four
months to mostly get rid of--it never totally went
away).  They thought I sounded so sophisticated, even
though I had assimilated some of the most blue-collar
accents in England.  Funny, innit?

Ta and cheers!
Clint


--- "M.E.S." <suomenkieli@...> wrote:
> > BP Jonsson wrote :
> > What really annoys me is when I meet British
> people
> > and they get annoyed by my Americanoid English
> > accent.  It's like I feel obliged to apologize for
> > the fact that my grandmother had actually lived in
> > Chicago and that I picked up my accent from her!
>
> > And Jonathan Knibb replied :
> > Oh dear ... it would be dishonest of me not to
> admit
> > that I am one such Brit, although not usually
> > openly ... but it would be churlish to mention it
> > after such a sympathetic response from someone I'd
> > indirectly insulted .... <scratches head>
> >
> > Perhaps the best thing would be for me to stop
> > getting annoyed by it :)
>

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