Accents Are Amusing

Although I’ve lived in Australia for the vast majority of my life, I did spend some of my formative years in the United States. This has led to my developing a somewhat unusual accent. When I first arrived in Australia, people would routinely remark on my American accent. Over time, I had assumed that I had lost that accent in favour of a more Australian one.

Not really.

Apparently, I still have something of an American accent. However, whenever I speak to someone who isn’t Australian (e.g., an ...