Anyone else get 'asked where they are from ?'

Spirogyra

and you happen to be local ? This happens to me quite a bit and I think it's amusing

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CameraBag

Yeah I think I must have a relatively neutral-sounding accent, despite being from Cork.

Unless I'm shouting! :P

kfallon

People now think I'm a Dub.....I've picked up some of the accent in the 15+ years I've been living here.

Get a bit of grief for it too when I go home to visit

NumptyB

All the time!

B00!

only all the time (sigh )

Speedwell

Oh, yeah. I live in Sligo. I immigrated from Texas. I don't technically have any accent but "standard American", the same neutral accent they teach CNN news announcers. That happened because I lived in so many places in America while I was growing up.

This happens a lot:

- Where are you from?
- Sligo.
- No, really (lol), where are you from?
- OK, I moved here from Texas.
- What? You don't sound like a Texan. You can't be from Texas.
- OK, fine, if you insist, I'm not from Texas.
- Well, then where are you from?

B00!

^ That's funny, cos i get the same thing, alot... Like:

Them: Where are you from?
Me: Scotland
Them: No, that's not it.
Me: :rolleyes:

Or the accusation some Texans are known for... the "You aren't from around here, are ya?!" ...(I've discovered there is no good answer to that)

Speedwell

B00! wrote: »

^ That's funny, cos i get the same thing, alot... Like:

Them: Where are you from?
Me: Scotland
Them: No, that's not it.
Me: :rolleyes:

Or the accusation some Texans are known for... the "You aren't from around here, are ya?!" ...(I've discovered there is no good answer to that)

There actually is a good answer. It's, "No, sir*, I'm from ____. But I got to Texas as fast as I could."

* "Sir" and "Ma'am" are not markers of inferiority, but of courtesy. You also use them when chiding your children or pets, like I do when I tell my kitten, "No, sir, you are NOT allowed on the kitchen table".

Corkgirl18

I get this question quite frequently but its what country are you from rather than what county!
I've dark hair and dark features but a lightish skin tone so I've never really understood it myself.
Both when I'm just at home and I meet someone new or abroad people are slow to believe I'm Irish adorned with a Cork accent and all! They usually ask then my ethnicity/where my parents are from.
I've gotten stopped in the airport a fair few times, passport examined and any other proof of my nationality looked for.
Strange stuff!

DopeTech

Corkgirl18 wrote: »

I get this question quite frequently but its what country are you from rather than what county!
I've dark hair and dark features but a lightish skin tone so I've never really understood it myself.
Both when I'm just at home and I meet someone new or abroad people are slow to believe I'm Irish adorned with a Cork accent and all! They usually ask then my ethnicity/where my parents are from.
I've gotten stopped in the airport a fair few times, passport examined and any other proof of my nationality looked for.
Strange stuff!

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Precious flower

Corkgirl18 wrote: »

I get this question quite frequently but its what country are you from rather than what county!
I've dark hair and dark features but a lightish skin tone so I've never really understood it myself.
Both when I'm just at home and I meet someone new or abroad people are slow to believe I'm Irish adorned with a Cork accent and all! They usually ask then my ethnicity/where my parents are from.
I've gotten stopped in the airport a fair few times, passport examined and any other proof of my nationality looked for.
Strange stuff!

Same here! I've been mistaken for Spanish, Turkish, (Italian - as a child as I was a lot more tanned), Polish and once, Slovakian! An Indian woman told me I looked German when I told her I was Irish. haha I'm not attractive enough to be any of the above!:pac: The Spanish and Italian were always from Irish people though - a Spanish girl I worked with said she didn't think I looked Spanish :pac: I mean I have sallow skin which has gotten paler as I've gotten older, blue/green eyes and brown hair. My father's family were quite dark though, both sides. He told me once his family were known as the yellow people :pac: as gaeilge as he's from Connemara

Spirogyra

I don't know why speaking with an Irish accent is so difficult for me, I've spent nearly my entire life here, but I just usually speak with a convoluted accent of some form....

This Fat Girl Runs

I've lived in Dublin for over 16 years, but as a Canadian and a Métis I am always mistaken for another nationality, like Spanish, Italian, Portugese, Croatian etc etc. Visiting those countries is great because I look like a local.

My accent is Canadian too so I'm also mistaken for being American a lot.

I do get a giggle when people ask where I'm from and I say 'Thomas Street'. Or when they ask how long I've been in Ireland...."16 years". Although the next question 'Do you like it here?' is a bit of a no brainer. :P

Persephone kindness

Only before they hear me speak. I am Irish.

People tend to ask if I am russian or scandanavian. I think it's cuz i am blonde.

Persephone kindness

This Fat Girl Runs wrote: »

I've lived in Dublin for over 16 years, but as a Canadian and a Métis I am always mistaken for another nationality, like Spanish, Italian, Portugese, Croatian etc etc. Visiting those countries is great because I look like a local.

My accent is Canadian too so I'm also mistaken for being American a lot.

I do get a giggle when people ask where I'm from and I say 'Thomas Street'. Or when they ask how long I've been in Ireland...."16 years". Although the next question 'Do you like it here?' is a bit of a no brainer. :P

I LOVE the French Canadian Accent

Lorelli!

I grew up in Dublin but don't live there anymore. A few people like my driving instructor mentioned that they knew i was irish obviously but couldn't figure out where in Ireland i was from. My accent is fairly neutral.

Was out a few months ago and got chatting to this woman and after we were talking for a few minutes she said that she originally thought I was Polish for some reason!