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In reply to the discussion: Where I live: [View all]Skittles
(153,150 posts)33. my English mum lived in America for decades
when people told her they loved her accent she would say, "I'm speaking English....YOU have an accent."
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You would. I go out hardly at all, but I do communicate with others and I do read the local
Atticus
Aug 2021
#10
I've seen some of that nonsense on NextDoor here too, but usually only about vaxxing.
Treefrog
Aug 2021
#22
I was ridiculed as a child. Tiny, asthmatic, English accent. Picked last for teams.
Treefrog
Aug 2021
#25
lol. It's probably not ridicule but moreso peer pressure from people (friends/family)
ecstatic
Aug 2021
#40