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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Very familiar!I was born in England, to English parents, but we moved north when I was just a baby.
I learned soon enough that a Scottish accent was a vital defence, but still managed to speak with a Yorkshire accent around the house. Very confusing when friends came round!
As I got older I started to drop the English accent even around my family, but I still consider myself English although I do love living in Scotland, for all it's faults.
One thing that I have noticed time and time again though - particularly when meeting other Brits on holiday etc, is that there isn't really an English/Scottish divide - it's more of a north/south divide. We've got friendly with families from the north of England and had far more in common with them than families from down south. Similar sense of humour I think, but perhaps I'm talking out of my arse here....
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