By Anonymous - 19/02/2013 18:53 - United Kingdom - Birkenhead

Today, for the second time this week, I was asked to stop putting on such an obviously fake "British" accent. I am British and have lived here all my life. FML
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Keevarou 17

Tsk tsk, some people, just tell them straight that you are indeed British and such. Not your fault that you talk the way you do, some people like to notice the smallest things. I hope you are not self conscious about the way you talk.. Good thing it was not worse though, they could have commented the way you walk or something Or the way you breathe

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Alycat6363 15

If I had a British accent, I'd never shut up.

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fksfsdhfsdfh 26

Jusgemental locals...

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waschaffer 5

Putting british in quotes makes it seem like it wasn't a british accent... Just kinda a pet peeve "when" quotes are used incorrectly :)

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A_nonny_moose1 28

There's not really such a thing as a British accent given the hundreds of accents you find in Britain, so the op was just pointing out that the term is a misnomer I guess :)

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Bloodangel456 12

56-What do you think we talk like here?? And we're not all addicted to tea

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Satoaoi 13

you justhave a light accent not everyone has a heavy British accent. youknow what you are that's all that matters

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DelphiCat 17

Just so we're clear, there is NO SUCH THING as a 'British' accent.

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TrilliousDivine 9

So Brits actually know amongst themselves that they have accents? I thought it was one of those things ppl dunno bout til somebody, an outsider has addressed it. If I had an accent I wish one would tell me wht I sound like.

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interesting33 36

Depending on where you live in Britain you have different accents and dialects. There are different ways of saying things. We can't always understand each other if the accent of one person is thick. :) Not many people actually speak in the stereotypical Cockney accent Americans put on when pretending to mimic an English accent.

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provei 11

I live in Boston, and it's pretty obvious when someone here has an accent, even to the people who live here. I generally pronounce my Rs but have difficulty distinguishing between words with a certain sound, such as "chair" and "cheer", which is another aspect of the accent, so I get made fun of a lot, or people don't understand what I'm saying.

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NurseAbi 10

Where do you live? Don't you have a regional accent? Mine is bristolian mixed with london and welsh. I sound odd sometimes! Lol!

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xRezSynn 15

If you, yourself know that you're British then it's fine! :D

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carlistar27 10

People always tell me to stop faking an English accent but I am not, I have a speech impediment that just causes me to talk with my voice that I have

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