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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-23-05 06:20 PM
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8 out of 10 people ask me if I came from another country.
Okey doke then.

Can I hone my linguistic skills and proceed to sound like a (European) and start summarily insulting Americans on the street? :evilgrin:
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nytemare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-23-05 06:24 PM
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1. What other country?
I wanna know. Other countries are neat. Most of them, anyway.

:)
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-23-05 06:58 PM
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3. A non-US country.
:evilgrin:

But given my pasty white complexion, there could be but one country that isn't Canada... :D
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BelleCarolinaPeridot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-23-05 06:28 PM
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2. Someone asked me last week if I came from the West Coast .
And its funny for me because I am a North Carolina girl . He told me it was my vernacular and my character . Or maybe it was the time I spent in Europe that made me calmer , I have no clue .
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-23-05 07:03 PM
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4. If you're British
than you can use such fun and colorful phrases as "cock up" and "sod off."

I'd go for being British.
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Left_Winger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-23-05 07:04 PM
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5. I get the same question
I was born and raised in SC and my family has been here since colonial times, but I have also lived in Germany. When I tell others that I was born and raised in SC they respond, "You don't sound like it." How should we sound? Stereotypes stink!
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LaurenG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-23-05 07:04 PM
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6. Yes please do, you could start in DC nt
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Ready4Change Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-23-05 07:48 PM
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7. Make up a country.
Make it some outlandish place. See if the person knows their geography or not.

Slapbackystan or something. :)
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