For some reason I've always assumed I have no accent, that I'm a sort of civilian version of the newscasters 'round the country who also lack discernible accents.
But I've been recently told that I'm mistaken. And that I talk way too slowly to try to get by in Rhode Island without raising an eyebrow or two as people try to figure out where I'm from.
They know for sure I'm not from there because:
A. I use more than four words to answer questions most of the time. Locals don't. Ever.
B. I fully enunciate words. Locals clip and skip. Always.
C. I speak very slowly compared to the locals. Very. Enough so that they look at me like we might be operating on different time planes. Seriously. Nobody actually held their hands out and wiggled their fingers in a 'hurry up already' motion, but they were tempted. I could tell.
It's good to know these things about oneself, yes?
But I've been recently told that I'm mistaken. And that I talk way too slowly to try to get by in Rhode Island without raising an eyebrow or two as people try to figure out where I'm from.
They know for sure I'm not from there because:
A. I use more than four words to answer questions most of the time. Locals don't. Ever.
B. I fully enunciate words. Locals clip and skip. Always.
C. I speak very slowly compared to the locals. Very. Enough so that they look at me like we might be operating on different time planes. Seriously. Nobody actually held their hands out and wiggled their fingers in a 'hurry up already' motion, but they were tempted. I could tell.
It's good to know these things about oneself, yes?
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