Have you ever had people think you’re a foreigner?

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I have had many local people thinking that I was English. It could be because I speak slower and I think my voice does not go up and down in note as much as other peoples do? But I am not quite sure. Somehow local people assume I am English because I sound a little different to how they sound. I don't know...

An elderly lady who could not hear much would ask "Where are yo from?" Every time I would say my village name she would say "I don't know you" and put the phone down on me. Yet if I said I was from the next village along she would say "Oh I will get Mark..." (My friend who I had been phoning). I told her many times where I lived and she still would repeat the proceedure if I tried to phone.

Phoning.... I prefer not to phone as I have to think quick. I like to talk and think at my thinking pace. I am a deep thinker.

Yes as I am, but aren't we all? I have an Aussie accent, but live in England. When I've lived in the US, or have returned to visit at any time since, people think I have an English accent(which I don't). I love accents and find languages fascinating.

Precious lil "people"

sometimes ask if I speak English, but that might have to do with being Chinese

Usually assume I am younger

Sometimes cashier's follow me around like I am going to take merchandise

Assume that I am less educated