tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14690833.post186669368552444780..comments2023-06-21T11:46:36.869-04:00Comments on Isn't the Lettuce Brave?: Different.Nancy E. Dunnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09981214233787620842noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14690833.post-2811706887093912602011-02-23T04:07:13.289-05:002011-02-23T04:07:13.289-05:00I know the feeling. I once asked my dad how he fe...I know the feeling. I once asked my dad how he felt (he's a Hungarian living in California and has spent most of his life as an expat) about having an accent and sticking out, and he said it didn't bother him in California, because MOST people were from somewhere else originally. But here, where immigration is still not quite up to California standards (where Caucasians are in the minority now), being different in terms of your accent is enough to get a mention - a lot. Luckily I've noticed it less and less with people over the years - not many comment on it anymore, and strangely, when I've come across people from India/Mid East for whom English is a second language, I am pretty sure they don't even notice that my accent isn't British! They seem genuinely surprised when I tell them I'm from the US (and my accent hasn't Britified, before you ask, not an iota). But I know that when I go 'home' to the US (and it always will be home) I feel instantly more confident because there I blend, there I don't have to worry about people noticing everything about me especially (including possible faults, or having stereotypes about me based solely on my accent). So, yeah, I hear ya. It is tiring sometimes to be the novelty act... Hang in there.Genevievehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15030807403845110127noreply@blogger.com