do you have an accent that you don't have?

[certainthings]

I live in Canada. I was born in Canada. I was raised in Canada. Mom and Grandparents both from Canada.

And yet, several times people have commented on my English accent, a few on my Scottish accent, once on my Irish accent. I've been asked once if I have a New Zealand accent and the new manager at work asked if I was Spanish. A friend who I've sent a few whatsapp voice messages to said that I sound like Jane Seymour.

I know that we don't hear our voices the way others hear them, but I'm fairly certain that I don't sound like any of the above. I mean, I like the idea of sounding foreign but I honestly don't understand it.

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I've been asked a couple of times if I was Australian, and really, what?

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

*snorts* Is this by other English people or by like ... tourists?

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Once by a tourist at a rock concert, and once by a someone who wasn't English but who has lived in the UK for around seven years, when I think it's pretty obvious I'm a Yorkshire lass :)