Scottish
October 4, 2009 - A-life & ENGLISH & Funny - (1) COMMENTRing ring….
D: “Hi, Daughter of Mrs.X speaking.”
Me: “Hi, this is Anja, is Mrs.X available?”
D: “Yes, just a moment”
Background noise. Mrs.X is busy doing something.
Mrs.X from the background to D: “Who is it, love?”
D to Mrs.X: “I don’t know, I think she is Scottish.”
Must I be proud now?
Or is it a typical case of “if you totally don’t understand an English accent it might be Scottish”?
I told my boss (who also has a very strong Norfolk (British) accent) and he laughed and said that I can be proud of my English. How funny, because I only said these seven words.
The other week a customer asked me if my accent is from Southern Africa. A friend growing up in Johannesburg said that the accent down there is quite heavy. Weird, do I have such a thick accent? Impossible…I still sound German in my ears. Ok, maybe with a tiny bit of American-Canadian-Irish-Scottish-Mix from Nathan.
Funny enough, people are never guessing that I am German. Mostly they guess all kinds of European countries, but they never think of Germany. Even not all Germans that I meet know/guess that I am German when I speak to them. Yes, I’m talking English as fast and as German now…ha ha.
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lol – ich denke mal du hast da recht: strange accent – must be Scottish
was übrigens der häufigste guess ist…
October 13, 2009but I know what you mean. Meine Brust schwellt auch immer wenn man denkt ich sei schwedisch oder so!