Has anyone ever told you they liked your accent?

My accent is very much generic North American. I’ve even been told in the past that there’s a bit of upstate New York in my accent (I suppose it comes from living close to the area).

I definitely lack the stereotypical “Canadian” accent you see on TV (most often when we are being made fun of) which I believe is some sort of weird version of a Newfoundland accent (very regional).

I’ve been mistaken for an American before on a distillery tour in Scotland - when my group informed the guide that we were, in fact, Canadian, the poor guy felt so terrible and gave us extra drams!

I was on a call a couple weeks ago with a couple people from the States, and when I was confirming the price of something, I said “and that’s US dollars, eh?”. They were both absolutely tickled pink that the Canadian had used “eh” - I was confused for a moment because I hadn’t even realized I’d used it, it’s such a normal part of speech for me!
 
Herbaceous said:
My accent is very much generic North American. I’ve even been told in the past that there’s a bit of upstate New York in my accent (I suppose it comes from living close to the area).

I definitely lack the stereotypical “Canadian” accent you see on TV (most often when we are being made fun of) which I believe is some sort of weird version of a Newfoundland accent (very regional).

I’ve been mistaken for an American before on a distillery tour in Scotland - when my group informed the guide that we were, in fact, Canadian, the poor guy felt so terrible and gave us extra drams!

I was on a call a couple weeks ago with a couple people from the States, and when I was confirming the price of something, I said “and that’s US dollars, eh?”. They were both absolutely tickled pink that the Canadian had used “eh” - I was confused for a moment because I hadn’t even realized I’d used it, it’s such a normal part of speech for me!
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I've always loved the way some Canadians say about (aboot).
 
Over here in Ireland and also in the UK, occasionally I am mistaken for Spanish.
I can fully understand it as Spanish and Italian languages sound similar.
I smile when they say “ah Ittalliana! Gracias”
And I say “nope, that’s Spanish, we Italians say Grazie”
“Ah, grazias”
Ok 🤣
 
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After spending more than 25 years working in American companies, my English accent changed.
I went back to my home town in Kent in 2001 and went to the local pub, ordered a round, and the barman said:
"Haven't seen you in here before! Where are you from? Australia? " :eek: :eek: :eek:
"No", I said, a little crestfallen, "I was born 500 yds down the road!"
18 months in the UK in 2022-23 thankfully restored the original version.
Over in the USA, they loved my accent, especially when I walked into my favourite Cincinnati cigar bar and said : "Good afternoon, gentlemen!" instead of "Hiy' all":laugh::laugh: Bit of a giveaway, don't you think?
 
I've had someone tell me they liked my accent, it was while chatting on Discord with other gamers located in various countries.
Rather randomly I was asked if I was scottish one time while chatting on Discord. I wouldn't have said a scottish and a welsh accent were very similar :laugh:
 
I know this is an old thread but yeah - when I first got here, and even to this day, people (mainly females) told me they loved my accent. I just told them thanks - you can have it :)

Evidently American girls love the Aussie accent for some reason - I think I'll blame Paul Hogan for that :)
 
Wombat457 said:
I know this is an old thread but yeah - when I first got here, and even to this day, people (mainly females) told me they loved my accent. I just told them thanks - you can have it :)

Evidently American girls love the Aussie accent for some reason - I think I'll blame Paul Hogan for that :)
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It happened well before that I am sure. I didn't really like him. The movie was alright, but I heard some interviews with some Aussie musicians who I thought were cool, and back before Mel Gibson lost his marbles I thought he was pretty great.
 
I had a crush on the young Mel Gibson, but he doesn’t have an Aussie accent didn’t he, he’s actually an American.
He was born in America and didn’t move to Australia until he was 12.

But I don’t know about liking Aussie accent, but I went out on a date with an Australian and said never again after that date, the red corvette didn’t impress me either, lol.
 
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Growing up just outside London I have a home counties accent, often refered to as received pronounciation. Elsewhere in the country I get called posh, sometimes jokingly, sometimes seriously. I can exagerate it by slowing and deepening my voice, and always speaking with confidence.
I'm sure to others I sound like this.

View: https://youtu.be/i_iPCMmoGMw?si=cKuPrv-Ybj3csoED
 
SoCalZone10 said:
I had a crush on the young Mel Gibson, but he doesn’t have an Aussie accent didn’t he, he’s actually an American.
He was born in America and didn’t move to Australia until he was 12.
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But I don’t know about liking Aussie accent, but I went out on a date with an Australian and said never again after that date, the red corvette didn’t impress me either, lol.
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Every country has it's A Holes right ... I'm an Aussie and we seem to get on okay ... ???
 
Oh and I was referring the ACCENT not the person - you don't have to like aperson to like their accent ;)
 
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