Has anyone ever told you they liked your accent?

My accent is very much generic North American. I’ve even been told in the past that there’s a bit of upstate New York in my accent (I suppose it comes from living close to the area).

I definitely lack the stereotypical “Canadian” accent you see on TV (most often when we are being made fun of) which I believe is some sort of weird version of a Newfoundland accent (very regional).

I’ve been mistaken for an American before on a distillery tour in Scotland - when my group informed the guide that we were, in fact, Canadian, the poor guy felt so terrible and gave us extra drams!

I was on a call a couple weeks ago with a couple people from the States, and when I was confirming the price of something, I said “and that’s US dollars, eh?”. They were both absolutely tickled pink that the Canadian had used “eh” - I was confused for a moment because I hadn’t even realized I’d used it, it’s such a normal part of speech for me!
 
Herbaceous said:
My accent is very much generic North American. I’ve even been told in the past that there’s a bit of upstate New York in my accent (I suppose it comes from living close to the area).

I definitely lack the stereotypical “Canadian” accent you see on TV (most often when we are being made fun of) which I believe is some sort of weird version of a Newfoundland accent (very regional).

I’ve been mistaken for an American before on a distillery tour in Scotland - when my group informed the guide that we were, in fact, Canadian, the poor guy felt so terrible and gave us extra drams!

I was on a call a couple weeks ago with a couple people from the States, and when I was confirming the price of something, I said “and that’s US dollars, eh?”. They were both absolutely tickled pink that the Canadian had used “eh” - I was confused for a moment because I hadn’t even realized I’d used it, it’s such a normal part of speech for me!
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I've always loved the way some Canadians say about (aboot).
 
Herbaceous said:
My accent is very much generic North American. I’ve even been told in the past that there’s a bit of upstate New York in my accent (I suppose it comes from living close to the area).

I definitely lack the stereotypical “Canadian” accent you see on TV (most often when we are being made fun of) which I believe is some sort of weird version of a Newfoundland accent (very regional).

I’ve been mistaken for an American before on a distillery tour in Scotland - when my group informed the guide that we were, in fact, Canadian, the poor guy felt so terrible and gave us extra drams!

I was on a call a couple weeks ago with a couple people from the States, and when I was confirming the price of something, I said “and that’s US dollars, eh?”. They were both absolutely tickled pink that the Canadian had used “eh” - I was confused for a moment because I hadn’t even realized I’d used it, it’s such a normal part of speech for me!
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We say "eh" here a lot. Habit but a bit rude?

Russ
 
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