Real Stories of People Who Lead Incredible Double Lives

Across the Pond

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I’m English, but have spent much of my youth in the US, and live here now with a green card. When I worked retail, I adopted an American accent, because it’s more efficient than having to explain to everyone that I’m English and moved here when I was 14 etc etc. It was just more efficient.

This continued into office jobs until we were in a meeting with some English clients, who spoke first. I immediately went English. By boss looks at me for second, stops the meeting and says “Are you having a stroke?”

Then I had to explain and we wasted half an hour. Sigh. Story credit: Reddit / UnknownQTY

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