a few weeks ago
a friend of mine picked up this horrible girl from the club. we all left and he got her to join us. she started talking to me, and after awhile she came out with this:
her: do you have a scottish background?
me: well, my mum's grandfather was from scotland..
her: oh my god i thought so, i can TOTALLY hear your accent!

she would not stop gibbering about this. i explained, several times, that i was just quiet, and spoke in complete sentences, but she didn't believe me. i also pointed out that it was impossible to inherit an accent purely from your dna, but that was just too much for her to grasp, apparently.
(harmless kitty, Sun 9 Jan 2005, 9:12, Reply)