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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[certainthings.livejournal.com]

Amy mentioned that Canadians say a's a certain way, but I'm not sure how it's different. When I watch tv shows/movies when the Americans are talking their a's sound like ours? I mean, unless there's a like a new york or southern accent.

Oooh. Which sort of British terms do you use?

[alwaysenduphere.livejournal.com]

yeah i don't know how to explain it. they're just like...longer? more drawn out and open and less of a nasally sound.

i said 'summat' the other day and then had to explain what i meant. i think that's the most recent. i said 'bricking it' the other day too and no one knew what i meant, either, though, so it could just be the people i spend time with. sometimes i say boot instead of trunk i don't know where i picked that up from. just random things, and not consistently either, just sometimes my brain pulls a different term.