Discouraged

I have a South Louisiana kind of "Cajun" accent but I wasn't born in the middle of the swamp so I have some "city accent" qualities XD

I've been asked in my hometown before, "Where are you from?" So....I have no idea what I really sound like but I do say things like "Ya'll" LOL

Hahaha, well it's good you're already used to that question. I'm sure you'll be getting it a lot soon!
When I was studying abroad in England a classmate asked me if I was Canadian, and it felt like SUCH a compliment. LOL

Hahaha, well it's good you're already used to that question. I'm sure you'll be getting it a lot soon!
When I was studying abroad in England a classmate asked me if I was Canadian, and it felt like SUCH a compliment. LOL

I was at the Imperial War Museum in London and I got on the elevator to go up, and a couple comes in and asked if I was Australian. I was like AUSTRALIAN?

I was at the Imperial War Museum in London and I got on the elevator to go up, and a couple comes in and asked if I was Australian. I was like AUSTRALIAN?

hahaha, Australian is even better!!!

hahaha, Australian is even better!!!

That's what I thought! Maybe it was the hint of Cajun/Southern? Maybe I had a twang!! I have no idea lol!

My inlaws live in Bristol and traffic there IS a nightmare, but outside of Bristol should be fine.  It's their terrible traffic planning inside the city that's bad.

How about Cribbs Causeway? It's just off Junction 17 of the M5, so you don't have to go into the city centre, and there are several restaurants in the complex area (plus it's only 20 minutes drive from my parents' house).

I'll be in Leicester! Let me know if you guys are ever near there Also love any excuse for more day/weekend trips

I live in Lincoln, which is only about an hour from Leicester .

I know a woman here who is a Brit but moved to the USA like, in 1970. She's now in her 60's and she's been in the US longer than the UK and is a dual citizen. Unfortunately, she's lost a lot of her accent. I don't mind developing a British accent and losing this one though 

My aunt moved from the UK to the US in 1978 - she only intended to live there for 1 year (they were advertising for British nurses to work in the US), but she's been there ever since! She became a US citizen in 2001 and has now lived in the US for 14 years longer than she lived in the UK. She hasn't really lost her accent though, as she has lived with a fellow Brit for the entire time... their accents have changed a little, but they still sound mostly British (they have a bit of an Australian-sounding, transatlantic accent). In comparison, one of their friends married an American and ended up living in a small, rural town in the Deep South, and when I met her, I had no idea she was British and originally from Devon, because she had a full-on Southern US accent !

My aunt moved from the UK to the US in 1978 - she only intended to live there for 1 year (they were advertising for British nurses to work in the US), but she's been there ever since! She became a US citizen in 2001 and has now lived in the US for 14 years longer than she lived in the UK. She hasn't really lost her accent though, as she has lived with a fellow Brit for the entire time... their accents have changed a little, but they still sound mostly British (they have a bit of an Australian-sounding, transatlantic accent). In comparison, one of their friends married an American and ended up living in a small, rural town in the Deep South, and when I met her, I had no idea she was British and originally from Devon, because she had a full-on Southern US accent !

People keep joking that I'll have a British accent! I think, realistically, it would take a very long time for it to even begin to rub off on me. I'm stuck with this Southern accent!

I'll be in North West London too! I'm near Wembley what about you?

I’m going to be in the Pinner/Hatch End area! Omg we’ll be super nearby

I’m going to be in the Pinner/Hatch End area! Omg we’ll be super nearby

Okay, I'll actually be in Harrow, i said Wembley because it's the most well known place nearby I could think of. lol
So we're actually even closer! That's crazy!

Okay, I'll actually be in Harrow, i said Wembley because it's the most well known place nearby I could think of. lol
So we're actually even closer! That's crazy!

That really is!! I’m in HA5 to be slightly more specific. We’ll have to meet up sometime!

That really is!! I’m in HA5 to be slightly more specific. We’ll have to meet up sometime!

HA1 for me!  We definitely should.

So many friendships blooming here!

May this forum be blessed lol!

I just love the irony that a post called "Discouraged" has become one of the most positive and uplifting threads on the site.

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HA1 for me!  We definitely should.

Wow super close! That’s awesome  when do you plan to arrive?

Wow super close! That’s awesome  when do you plan to arrive?

I would like to move before the end of the month or the first week of September at the very latest. (obviously depending on what answer I get tomorrow...)
What about you?

I would like to move before the end of the month or the first week of September at the very latest. (obviously depending on what answer I get tomorrow...)
What about you?

Ideally I’ll have a flight for next weekend! It’ll be a bank holiday weekend so that would be best for settling in