Things we do to fit in"When I was fifteen," writes No3L, "I curled up in a Budgens trolley while someone pushed it through the supermarket doors to nick vodka and Benny Hedgehogs, just to hang out with my brother and his mates."
What have you done to fit in?
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chthonic, Thu 15 Jan 2009, 12:30)
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John BarrowmanHas this odd thing where he speaks with a Scots accent when he's with his family but American when he's anywhere else.
He moved from Scotland to the states as a boy and had to adopt an American accent to fit in at school. However he kept the Scots one for home use.
Very odd when you hear him talking with his family.
It's a bit like a lot of young Asians I know. Almost no accent at work or what ever, but really thick accent when with their folks.
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Mrs Entity is in hiding., Mon 19 Jan 2009, 18:19,
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YupThat used to be me. Having friends around was an awkward experience, particularly when it came to balancing between speaking heavily Indian-accented English to the parents (which would make my friends think I'm weird) or speaking English with my Kiwi accent (which would confuse my parents) or speaking Gujarate (to avoid exposing the accent I used when talking to the parents, however that's considered rude when we have people round). Makes me feel like a daft tit when I think about it...
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