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Old 30-11-2004, 16:04   #3
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You should learn to distinguish the British and Australian accents. It really isn't that hard. British accents are not limited to Cockney, upper-class twit or Mancunian (Daphne in Frasier).
How true. When I was working in York, Pennsylvania, a few years ago, I was constantly asked this question. Once the conversation went like this:

"Where you from, Australia?"
"Nope," I said.
"You must be from England then."
"Yes." I replied.
"You drive here then?"
At this point, I bit my tongue,and said, "No, I flew here."
I so much wanted to say I rowed across the Atlantic Ocean, but my inquisitor probably wouldn't have understood the irony or sarcasm of my answer.
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