Post AVuExWd2Pl24A53BOC by geffrey@pkm.social
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(DIR) Post #AVtJxSsEgEfn82zPhw by nicole@pkm.social
2023-05-21T20:49:25Z
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Coming back to a previous home is weird.Me, to my husband: Australia feels like home. I understand everything without trying, everyone understands me, everything sounds and smells familiar... Maybe we should come back.Lady at the cashier: I couldn't help but hear your accent. Where are you from?
(DIR) Post #AVtMQh2fHXkVNQvstU by dhrystone@techhub.social
2023-05-21T21:18:07Z
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@nicole Almost every single day of the week for me. Source: Aussie living in the US.
(DIR) Post #AVts475ZTHQ425ZKqW by leah@pkm.social
2023-05-22T03:12:36Z
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@nicole If it makes you feel any better, I’ve had people in Canada ask me that… at a time where I had never lived outside of Canada.(And then when I lived outside of Canada, people had no problem placing my accent, and called it “exotic” which still cracks me up to this day. Once even had a client interrupt a presentation to ask if I was Canadian…)
(DIR) Post #AVtyCVqptAQWsD45nU by kmaustral@pkm.social
2023-05-22T04:21:21Z
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@nicole That's a very Australian question.
(DIR) Post #AVuBjmF5GbW0fabBiq by nicole@pkm.social
2023-05-22T06:53:04Z
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@kmaustral Yeah, I'm not offended by it, just a little amused that I get that question everywhere (because every country clocks me as not being "from" there).
(DIR) Post #AVuExWd2Pl24A53BOC by geffrey@pkm.social
2023-05-22T07:29:07Z
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@nicole I struggle with the exact same thing here in the Netherlands. “You speak Dutch very well! Impressive! You’re not from around here, right?”I did experience the same familiarity coming back to The Netherlands.(Lived 8 years in Germany. Do most of my job in English)