I cringe sometimes when I watch people try to imitate our accent. I remember watching JAG and the character Mic Brumby and also watching that episode of The Simpsons and I was thinking: 'We so don't talk like that! I mean come on we all don't live out in the outback'!'
It's amusing to say the least. I've met many Americans who know from hearing me talk that I was brought up here an Aussie girl through and through well except for how I look. They are surprised when they hear me speak Chinese because I've no trace of any Asian accent whatsoever when I speak English unlike most of my Asian friends who still have a little trace of an Asian accent. My aunt once thought I had a problem speaking Chinese because apparently I sounded like a Westerner learning to speak it!
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