Was the person in anecdote 3 British? Because if so, I am very unimpressed that they don't know Canada doesn't have a president because they have the same bloody head of state as us!
On the other hand, at least they got to North America...
Accent mashups are weird. My f-i-l, who grew up just south of London and emigrated to the US in his early thirties - but has spent most of his life in the lab - has this odd hybrid accent that regularly gets mistaken for Australian. He thinks this is bizarre, but actually I think his vowels have gone quite Aussie, he just doesn't have the same melody/ tendency to uptalk.
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On the other hand, at least they got to North America...
Accent mashups are weird. My f-i-l, who grew up just south of London and emigrated to the US in his early thirties - but has spent most of his life in the lab - has this odd hybrid accent that regularly gets mistaken for Australian. He thinks this is bizarre, but actually I think his vowels have gone quite Aussie, he just doesn't have the same melody/ tendency to uptalk.