I have been accused of being English

People normally assume (correctly) that I am English (Southern English, specifically, because of my accent, which is a fairly non-specific one). I do seem to pick up accents from the people I talk to, however, which is annoying because it can sound as though I am trying to mimic them or make fun of their way of talking. I was once on holiday in Ireland and, towards the end of the holiday, I went into a small shop in a village somewhere. The lady clearly thought that my accent was odd (I wasn't consciously trying to sound Irish but I must have picked up a twang) and asked me where I was from. Again, whilst in France - my French is not good but I can make myself understood - I was told by a shop-keeper that she thought I must be Belgian. At the time, I took it as a compliment that she didn't write me off as English (the French find the way that the English speak French almost painful, I am told) but as Belgians are often the butt of unkind jokes, much as the Irish are in England, I wonder now whether it was so complimentary!

Yes they do but it is because I have my Mother's brogue RIP and some traces of Oxford accent when I lived over there.

I had to learn to talk differently when I was a child. The children made fun of me because I pronounced too well. My parent´s home was blamed for it.

I have a southern accent that people up north find intriguing.

Yes, they want to know what planet I'm from:( I'm considered an odd ball, which is O.K. My Aunt lived in Massachusetts most of her life. She had an accent, quatta for quarter, wadda for water, and other words I can't remember.

The people that I grew up with always get a kick when they hear me talk now, because they swear that I have developed a southern accent in the almost eleven years that i have been in Florida. i dont notice it unless I am drinking, then there are some times ill slip up and ill get a super southern accent.

All the time. I was born and raised in California - I'd say I have no accent of any kind - but still people ask me where I am from - I am American, but I am of Asian descent (Japanese). They ask if I'm Korean, Chinese, Hawaiian (?), Filipina, but they mostly never guess Japanese .

Yes, people often ask me where I come from as I have a French accent.

I've never heard of "whatn't". Does it mean "what not?" I get asked where I am from. When I tell them I am from Belarus (that is where I was born) they ask me where that is.

Nope

Some asked me where I come from. They couldn't recognise a Filipino from a Thai or Chinese woman.

@ScribbledAdNauseum Yes, I have gotten people ask me where I am from here. People here in Israel are from all over.

No. No one asks where I am from.

People never pronounce my name the right way, making me want to pull my hair out!

I'm rarely asked where I'm from but I have had some people think I'm from somewhere I'm not. You shouldn't apologise for people thinking you're English - you should take it as a compliment There have been times when people recognised my accent because they were from the same place. Others have thought I was from a city that's over 20 miles away because they couldn't tell the difference between the variations of accents. I remember once being asked if I was from Australia - I have no idea why anyone would think that. I mean, a city that's 20 miles away is one thing but a country the other side of the world...??!! On the other hand, I've been told I am 'well spoken' and this, apparently, makes it difficult for some people to place my accent. There are certain things in our local accent and dialect that I don't do so that probably explains that one.

In the United States all the time, that was the first question we were asked followed "are you from the other side of the pond?" (meaning UK?). No one ever guessed right.

I told my great-aunt a few days ago that I was British not American because the past few weeks I have been watching the PBS show Victoria which is about Queen Victoria. I even had the theme song stuck in my head that last few weeks. But Seriously no, no one has never asked me where I'm from. I do have a southern accent.

Yes. Here people judge you from your name and surname. Many assume that I am a Bengali from my name, a Sikh Punjabi from my surname etc. But I am none of these. I can't hear your accent here and so can't judge

Yes I have had people ask me where I am from.

Yes, and having to do with accent too.