wdolson
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ORIGINAL: wdolson Americans have a weak spot for any UK accent. I once worked with a guy from Scotland who said his accent placed him on the bottom of the pecking order in the UK. It was a working class Scottish accent. He was brilliant and had gone to school at Cambridge or Oxford on a scholarship (I forget which, I know the distinction between the two is a big deal to those in the UK). He said he couldn't get a date in the UK with his accent, but once he emigrated to the US, suddenly he was cool and exotic and got a lot of attention. quote:
ORIGINAL: Bullwinkle58 I had the same experience in Oz. Attention American men! Go to Oz before you get married! That is all. I know an American who wouldn't exactly be considered a "catch" here (overweight, bad PTSD with night terrors, physically disabled from multiple injuries, introvert to the point of being anti-social, divorced three times) who moved to Australia and got remarried a few months after moving there. Once you get to know him, he is entertaining (very quick wit), but it takes a long time to get to know him that well. Bill
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