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Originally posted by volante
In the past year of living in the USA, I've experienced this twice:
American: "You speak good English - where are you from?"
Me: "Er, England..."
American: "I didn't know they spoke English there..."
and this three times:
American: "Is that a British accent? Where are you from?"
Me: "England..."
American: "England? Is that near Britain?"
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Ouch. Again, "Sad but True."