Glens lad Posted July 3, 2017 Share Posted July 3, 2017 I've a southern Ireland accent. Never been mistaken for anything other than Irish glad to say ☘️☘️[emoji1132][emoji1132] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lambies Doos Posted July 3, 2017 Share Posted July 3, 2017 I've a southern Ireland accent. Never been mistaken for anything other than Irish glad to say ☘️☘️[emoji1132][emoji1132] What type of EIRE language you have. Very different in parts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Girth Posted July 3, 2017 Share Posted July 3, 2017 I get... London c**t when in Hereford Hereford c**t when not in London In Boston everyone thought I was Irish (ironic) I've had someone think I was Australian (the worst) but I can't remember where that was. My accent is a weird mixture of West Country/Brummie and Cockney. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunz Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 Mostly Irish and German. One of they beach salesman in the Dominican started talking to me and when I replied in English he went "oh you're German I speak German as well." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue-Toon Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 On 04/07/2017 at 13:46, Gunz said: Mostly Irish and German. One of they beach salesman in the Dominican started talking to me and when I replied in English he went "oh you're German I speak German as well." Why didn't he say - "Oh, sie sind Deutsche Ich spreche auch Deutsch?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJohn Posted August 3, 2017 Share Posted August 3, 2017 Polish in Czech Republic German and Russian when I was in Egypt - German by the hotel staff when we arrived and then Russian by some English twat I held a door for him and he said to his wife, that's a first a Russian with manners. In Hollywood studios at Disney I stopped one of the Cast Members to ask for directions - Español???? Portuguesa???? he look utterly bemused as this pasty white Scotsman tried to explain I was speaking English . Most people that aren't from Scotland tend to comment on how fast I talk, got a few friends out in Cyprus and if I get chatting to another scot they genuinely believe we speak a different language. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottmcleanscontacts Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 A rather scary bunch of natives thought we were Polish as we attempted to order McDonalds at walk through in Vilnius last month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karpaty Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 When I speak Ukrainian in Ukraine they think I'm Polish - apparently a standard stereotype for non local accents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheProgressiveLiberal Posted August 24, 2017 Share Posted August 24, 2017 On 6/17/2017 at 22:09, Kejan said: What nationalities have you been mistaken for when abroad? I often get Irish and even strangely enough from Irish people - mostly southern Irish think I'm from the failed statelet - but a Dundalk man which is right on the border thought I was from Newry! I sound like Christian Dailly aka polite Dundonian, so I have no idea why even Irish people think this sounds Irish. It works both ways though, my Irish friend is often mistaken for English because his accent is non-existent and diluted. Of course had the British/English thing too ; but strangely had South African more than once and most Yanks seem to either think Ireland or Australia - think its if you speak English with a non Hugh Grant accent you can't be from Britain. Thank f**k I've never been mistaken for north England though. Also, had a Portuguese man think I was Russia due to the R pronoun cation. If you don't talk like the Queen, I have trouble placing which type of English speaking white foreigner your are right away. I have to go through in my head a list of famous people from Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, Scotland, English who don't talk like the Queen, and try and see which one lines up the best. I can't process it in an instant like I can US or Canadian accents. I use Sean Connery for Scotland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheProgressiveLiberal Posted August 24, 2017 Share Posted August 24, 2017 On 6/22/2017 at 17:57, John Lambies Doos said: Scots Irish..... According to wiki that's actually Ulster Scots... as opposed to Scottish or Irish... I've heard the term a lot in movies I think it's because before you guys stole their potatoes and the Irish Irish came, the northern Ireland people were just called the Irish. Then half of Ireland moved here and the original Irish weren't very keen to claim the newcomers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Latino Lover Posted September 1, 2017 Share Posted September 1, 2017 As a Geordie mainly speaking of experience in Australia it was mainly Irish, often Scottish and occasionally Welsh. Never anywhere else in England. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kejan Posted September 1, 2017 Author Share Posted September 1, 2017 Not surprised at the amount of Scottish people who have been mistaken for something else by English people. I'm guessing if you don't have a weegie accent, then they'll think you are something else. In America, it seems if you don't speak like Groundskeeper Willie, then they'll have no idea either. They are almost as bad as the Americans for not having a clue about accents. I spoke to a English guy for about 20 minutes once, and then he pops up with ''what eastern European country are you from? You speak very well'' I wonder what they think when they hear south Welsh accents. ''Are you an Anglo-Indian by say?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted September 1, 2017 Share Posted September 1, 2017 7 minutes ago, Kejan said: Not surprised at the amount of Scottish people who have been mistaken for something else by English people. I'm guessing if you don't have a weegie accent, then they'll think you are something else. In America, it seems if you don't speak like Groundskeeper Willie, then they'll have no idea either. They are almost as bad as the Americans for not having a clue about accents. I spoke to a English guy for about 20 minutes once, and then he pops up with ''what eastern European country are you from? You speak very well'' I wonder what they think when they hear south Welsh accents. ''Are you an Anglo-Indian by say?" Have to admit thinking a couple of shop girls in Peterhead were talking Polish to each other when I was waiting to be served. Just strong Doric. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted October 9, 2018 Share Posted October 9, 2018 Irish. From a Glaswegian I was speaking to in a pub no less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Golden God Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 Never had anyone ask where I'm from as 99 percent of non Scottish people can't understand I single thing I say whenever I'm on holiday. Even had people who sounds like this from Ireland have the cheek to say I'm hard to understand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross. Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 On 10/9/2018 at 10:03, TheScarf said: Irish. From a Glaswegian I was speaking to in a pub no less. Ex of mine was a very middle class girl from Coleraine. Her accent sounded "generic northern Scotland but cannot say quite where", which I always found odd. There were only a few words and terms you could use to identify where she was from originally but most folk she spoke to tended to assume she was Scottish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hillonearth Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 20 minutes ago, Ross. said: Ex of mine was a very middle class girl from Coleraine. Her accent sounded "generic northern Scotland but cannot say quite where", which I always found odd. There were only a few words and terms you could use to identify where she was from originally but most folk she spoke to tended to assume she was Scottish. The north coast of NI seems to have a lot of Scottish in the accent - by the same token though a broad Stranraer accent has got more than a whiff of the failed statelet about it. Weirdest one my accent's been taken for happened in America of course. I was talking to a mate of mine in a shop - might have been one of the Carolinas we were in - and one of the assistants asked us: "Wow, I love your voices - what language is it you're speaking?" "Errrm...English." "Oh, thought you might be French..." Chances are France was the only foreign country she'd actually heard of, though. It was America. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackislekillie Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 German, Danish, Australian and English. All in the space of 18 days in Turkey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Master Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 Having a beer while waiting at Frankfurt Airport a few weeks ago, the barman thought I was American. While my accent has moved away from Dundonian to, er, less Dundonian over the years, I'm not sure it's gone that far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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