Posted By: Sheri (Sheri's Web International) on 'Humor'
Title:     Accents Will Happen
Date:      Sun May 16 19:42:37 1999

We often tease a business colleague, raised in East Texas, about his strong 
accent.  One day he confided that a college English professor told him, "I'll 
pass you on one condition."

"What's that?" he asked.

She replied, "You must promise never to leave the state of Texas!"

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Our friend Alex emigrated from Russia to the United States and was looking 
for a job in engineering.  During one interview the personnel director 
remarked how difficult it was to pronounce typically long Russian names.  
"What?" Alex said.  "And you think Massachusetts is easy?" 

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I was paying for gas at a convenience store in north Georgia when I noticed 
that the clerk looked exhausted.  "Rough day?" I asked.

"Nothing's been going right," she said.  "And to top it off, some guy just 
came in asking directions, and he didn't speak a word of English." 

"What nationality was he?" I asked.

"Oh," she replied, "I think he was British."