It's okay, we won't shoot you.

[Opalin]

I used to work at a fairly common brick and mortar game store on a military base used to train medics, assist with recovery of those with missing... well, ranged from missing fingers and extended to missing faces & limbs and we'll leave it at that, and put old generals out to pasture. As a result, we got quite a few people who were on drugs legally, and occasionally irrational. This is vital to understanding that this incident was fairly normal.

Me: Soldier named game girl goddess still not sure on that one.
RG: random guy
CW: coworker

Me: Hello sir, anything I can help you with today?
RG: "You.... you're from England aren't you."
Me: "um.... no?"
RG: "YOU ARE FROM ENGLAND!"
Me: "Sir, I assure you, I'm not. I was born in *state on the east coast*"
RG: "England. I can tell!"
*a note, when I lived in Germany, we got British channels, so when I get stressed, I do start to sound British, though I've never set foot there. I'm told it's charming, but this is not helping my argument*
Me: "Sir, I've never been in England, is there any game I can help you with?"
I can see CW laughing his head off in the background.
RG: Leans close, gives me a conspiratorial whisper. "It's okay to admit it you know, we don't shoot you brits anymore."
Me:

[BeenThereDoneThat]

Whoa. Makes me wonder who RG *does* shoot these days.

[vikingchyk]

Quoth Opalin

Me: Hello sir, anything I can help you with today?
RG: "You.... you're from England aren't you."
Me: "um.... no?"
RG: "YOU ARE FROM ENGLAND!"
Me: "Sir, I assure you, I'm not. I was born in *state on the east coast*"

I used to get this all the time when I was a kid (9-13 age range). No idea why, aside from the fact that I had manners, and spoke grammatically correct (American!) English. Born in CA, grew up in Chicagoland, no discernible accent. In 7th grade, half the people in my biology class were convinced I was English because I "talked funny"

[dragon_wings]

I get this all the time. I get asked I I'm British occasionally. I've been asked if I'm German once. And most often I'm asked 'Where are you from?' My accent is American but not from any specific region. And in very proud of that fact.

[houdini]

I just got "your accent is so cute!" when I visited the States, or people couldn't understand me and gave me a really blank look before going "oh, you meant *word*!" I'm so glad no one tried to shoot me...

[Little Retail Rabbit]

Going by how stupid this guy was, in all likeliness, he would probably have not have understood you if you really were English.

I get this so much it's stopped being funny and is starting to be a real pain in my arrrse. Some people at least try, but some people are downright rude about and even refuse to speak to me.

I'm from southern England; my accent is NOT strong. It's not like trying to make sense of the crap that comes out Cheryl Cole's mouth

[Gizmo]

I keep getting asked if I'm South African. I'm Hampshire born and bred with a little Queens English taught in for phone manners. Now if only I could get people to believe me!

[Spork4pedro]

I get asked ALL the time where I'm from. I've been told that I'm Canadian at least 5 times (born and raised in Orange County, CA). Apparently it's how I pronounce my "a"s and "o"s . People only believe me when I tell them where I'm from is when I slip and add "like" alot

[Sheldonrs]

Maybe he's just a Britiot.

[MoonCat]

I've been asked if I'm from Minnesota. Never set foot in that state, so I'm not sure why they would ask that.

I think British accents are way sexy, btw...