invisiblesilent wrote:
I am from Liverpool, UK but don't have much of an accent. Some people are able to recognise that that is where I am from but others - including other people from Liverpool - insist I sound like I am from elsewhere. I have been told I sound like I am from Scotland, Ireland, the USA, Canada, South Africa, New Zealand, "the Southern Hemisphere" (because that is totally specific O_o). Personally I think I just have a relatively neutral "English" accent with a degree of Liverpool (aka Scouse) thrown in. Another way of looking at it might be to say that I am a well-spoken Scouser. Because of that I can understand if people think I am from Ireland - the Scouse accent was heavily influenced by Irish immigrants - but I have no idea where people get the rest of their, frankly bizarre, ideas about my accent from.
Am from Liverpool too!
When I was younger I had speech therapy from a woman with a posh midlands accent. I had people ask why I talk like am from out of town. My accent is a posh mix of Scouse, West Midlands accents and RP.