I used to believe that as a Canadian, I spoke English without an accent; that Canadians and most Americans simply did not have an accent and that British, Australians and everyone else had an accent.
Along with this I also believed this lack of an accent made it so that only Canadians and Americans could pretend to have an accent.
A childhood belief about speaking
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that if I spoke with whatever accent a language was in, I was speaking that language...— Renae
- I used to believe that a "No Loitering" sign was "No Littering", inexplicably spelled with a Brooklyn accent.— erin
- Because of Pocahontas, I grew up believing Native Americans noises sounded like English to Native Americans.Anon
- I thought Canadians came from Canadia.Anon
- I usd to believe that, all Americans were left handed and we all died when we reached our 100th birthday!— Greg Baron
- At the age of four I believed I was soooo smart. I spoke TWO languages...English AND American!— Melinda