“I love your Aussie Accent!”

Sometimes when I meet someone new here I have this terrible moment of realisation when they say something like “I’ve always wanted to visit Sydney” that they have misinterpreted my British accent as Australian. I don’t have anything against Australians of course but I’m really awkward and when that happens I am left with three choices.

My Conversations With Americans Represented in Pie Charts

For this weeks post I thought I’d try something different. One of my favourite things about living in America is my interactions with Americans: people are so friendly and the fact that I’m British is often a really good icebreaker.

How to Not Look Like an Idiot in America

Living in a foreign country can be a great opportunity to look worldly and sophisticated or an easy way to appear absolutely clueless. There are times when you are

Accent Anecdotal

One of the most interesting things about being a British expat is seeing the varied responses that my accent generates. Sometimes people are friendly, sometimes they are indifferent and occasionally they are plain rude! The best responses of course are the funny ones, often by people who can’t place my accent.