every single American I've told where I live (Switzerland), without fail, have asked me if I live in Sweden, or if I speak Swedish, or they just straight up don't think its a real country??
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I don't even really mean this in the sense that some accents may be harder to understand when speaking English, but in the sense that my accent has always been out of place.
I'm an Asian-Australian in the sense that I was born to a 100% Filipino family who moved to Australia when I was very young from England, and obtained citizenship. I have lived a majority of my life here in Brisbane, and I would sooner call it home before Bacolod City or (god forbid) Birmingham.
I have never, ever, ever had an Aussie accent. For as long as I've known, my accent has been the thickest "general American" accent ever. Only somewhat recently I learned I have the "International School Accent", which is a vaguely American sounding accent apparently picked up by students studying at international schools, something I never did.
I think the leading theory is that while I maintain some Australian pronunciations ("Aussie", "Australia", "mum", etc.) due to being around Aussies my whole life, I mostly speak "American" due to the strong amount of American media I was watching when I was still learning English (and as a consequence forgetting Tagalog sadly). Kinda cool!
To this day people will ask me "Are you a Yank?". I'm just happy to have such a common conversation starter.
Jan 15, 2025
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was born in the US but lived in London for 11 years then lived in the US from age 14-18 so my accent is very discombobulating to some people - I sounded completely British before I moved back to the US but it somehow changed a lot during 4 years - also I don't speak English at home so I have no consistent opinions on things like courgette/zucchini and aubergine/eggplant - anyway I seem to really throw people off with the way that I speak sometimes people assume I'm Canadian because I sound British and American??
I like to people guessing though - I feel like it makes me mysterious...
Feb 12, 2025
Community and life experience changes a mf. I find it very funny that the U.S. is not placed on the chart in their explanation lmao
Jul 30, 2024
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something abt zoning out while staring at a lake just hits different
Apr 27, 2024
no idea what sparked this but i just had a random meltdown over baseball. the next note after this one was also abt baseball so i think i was just going thru something
Apr 18, 2024
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in: reading by the lake / nature walks / bird watching like a grandpa / hanging out with my mom more because shes awesome / gardening / blasting chappell roan / running / napping / photosynthesizing / pointing my fan directly at my face while i sleep / reading before bed
out: stressing over my future / sweating / people asking why i'm wearing jeans and sweaters in the summer / sticky fingers / tequila shots
Apr 16, 2024