Do you have an accent?

[unojuno]

Everyone, of course, has an accent, but do you have an accent which is often greeted by a double-take and a response of  "You're not from around here, are you?,"  Or:  "What country are you from"?  Born and raised in England, I encountered this many times when I first moved to the U.S.  (MANY years ago).  But, even now, I am asked, "Are you from Australia--South Africa--Canada?"  I STILL cannot order fast food at a drive through window..I have always been met with the response.."I cannot understand you--would you please come inside to place your order?"  I guess some things never change (or little, anyway), and accents seem to be one of those things.  I don't think it is a bad thing, really (maybe a little frustrating), but it reminds me constantly of who I am and from where I originated.  Being an ex-pat of the UK, the U.S. is MY home, but the U.K. will always be my country.

[Biriwin]

Well i have a Florida accent.

[unojuno]

Well i have a Florida accent.

Would that be considered "swamp=ish?"

[PMZ908]

i guess i have a NJ accsent

[burnkate]

i got a TX accent ... (southern accent) lol born and raised on a farm ... I gotta admit it was mighty fun.

[selerson]

I have a southern drawl y'all 

[unojuno]

Well i have a Florida accent.

Would that be considered "swamp=ish?"

Really don't know--Just think of Florida (never been there), of being full of alligators--in ,pools, parking lots,toilet bowls, under homes, in cars ).  I think you would have to speak "swamp-ish" to coax those nasty little critters out of there!  It;s OK though, you don't probably have to deal with DiamondBacks(venomous snakes); Havelina (wild, and ferious, wild pigs),( AND, Gila Monsters--which are the reptile equivalent of a "Pit Bull")...So, if you speak swamp-ish, I probably speak  some other languaqe,to which I have not yet attached a label.I am open to suggestions!!!

[mlbevins]

Oh yeah!  Southern draw also.  My husband is worse than me.  He also has a problem ordering in drive-thrus.  Many people away from here have commented that my accent is simlar to a Texas accent.

[debraleesparks]

  That's funny because when my family went to Kentucky, everyone wanted to hear our "city accents".. hahahah I am from California.

[burnkate]

Oh yeah!  Southern draw also.  My husband is worse than me.  He also has a problem ordering in drive-thrus.  Many people away from here have commented that my accent is simlar to a Texas accent.

lol GO TEXAS!!!!! wooooo

[trista89]

i've got a bad country accent. I'm from a super small town in the south-west part of virginia and i always get looks.... and questioned.. oh where are you from?

[danndamanny]

No true accent, but I can do a heck of a british impersoination

[discardedheart]

i never notice my accent until i'm around northerners. my dad's side of the family all live up in ohio.. they've always commented on it ;p

[forseattle]

I have a Russian accent! That is according to most people. It's really a Greek accent. But seriously, Russians think it's Russian and Greeks think it's Russian... I can't hear it anyway.

[dsine223]

I speak swamp-ish