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Re: American vs Canadian accents
Posted By: Faux Pas, on host 216.2.166.229
Date: Monday, November 1, 1999, at 13:28:08
In Reply To: Re: American vs Canadian accents posted by Brunnen-G on Sunday, October 31, 1999, at 23:20:29:

> For some reason, when I've been in the USA people think I'm Canadian. When I've been in Australia people think I'm English. When I've been in the Pacific Islands people think I'm American, don't ask me why. The prize, though, must go to the person in Washington DC who immediately said, "You're from New Zealand, aren't you?" and when I said yes, stunned by his perception, he answered, "Yes, that's just off the southeast corner of Canada, isn't it?" Aargghh.
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> Brunnen-"slightly foreign everywhere I go"G

Ah! That's why someone once thought I was from New Zealand.

-Faux "kiwi, eh?" Pas