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chainguy

Does get a bit wearing though when you've been asked the same question 4 times that day.

They also need you to slow down your speech so much so they can understand you. I find if I talk so slow I feel vaguely !!!!!!, then I get on fine with Elmer and his mates!

alba37

scotgirl wrote:

I would correct someone if they thought I was English but I always put my nationality as British.

Me too, I speak English, but I am Scottish or British.

alba37

niccy wrote:

when do you "become" a Scot,English,etc

i.e. my twins born in aberdeen lived in scotland all their lives but english parents

IMO that makes them Scottish....

lost_soul_6

Dinna need to tell folk fin they hear the broad Dorin tongue they guess richt awa. even hubby he's fay glasgow has his ayn doric phrase book to keep up way the words.

elantan

i was born in england(i had no choice over this my mum wasn't about to hold it in was she) but have lived in scotland for the for 31 of my 34 years of live i class myself scottish ....but while abroad i have been mistaken for fench, german and swedish(yikes) and when this happens i take great pleasure in going into my most broadest scottish accent if ye ken whit a meen

lost_soul_6

Hubby keeps askin fa ken is?

Vicky46

While on holiday in the states, my sister was stopped by the police. They asked if she was English, no she replied, I'm Scottish, his reply was Oh its the same thing. her answer to this was well you'll be Canadian then. He was stuck for words.

johnmcn

If anyopne hears me speak and mistakes me for English then it would be pointless correcting them as obviously they aren't all there.

mleonard79

I used to live in the States and I swear I got asked where I was from several times every day!! Can drive you a bit mad but is also amusing. There's a vast number of americans who just don't understand the difference and then there's a lot of people who have Scottish, Welsh, Irish ancestry that do know the difference and are all fascinated. I got mistaken for English, Welsh, Irish (a lot - think that's mainly to do with the long red hair I'm sporting!), Australian, Kiwi and funniest of all Canadian (yes one man insisted I must be Canadian and looked at me blankly when I said no Scottish) and even Italian (and that was a doctor who asked me if I was Italian :rotfl: .) I always take pleasure in correcting them though and ended up very impressed when anyone actually asked me if I was Scottish!

browsingid

I'm from Belfast but have lived here in Edinburgh since 96 - I have also spent a fair amount of time in Canada (about a year) and South Africa (about 3 months) and therefore have ended up with quite a weird accent. Basically pick any country with English as a primary language (ok - maybe not places like Singapore!) and I have been asked if that's where I'm from.

The thing that confused me most was when people in the US frequently thought I was Canadian - bizarre! I would have thought they would recognise my accent as not being North American at all.