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[JDPriestly]

34. I have lived in other countries. That's just the way people are. It is really nothing to be

sensitive about. I have been treated much worse as an American in other countries simply based on my accent. We can be over-sensitive. If you want to live in a country that is not your native country, whether it is America or France or Germany or any country, you have to be expected to find a certain amount of curiosity and if someone is in a bad mood, even hostility toward you. That is just part of living in a country in which you were not born. You talk funny. I talked funny -- especially in England. A foreigner is spotted right away. If a person does not like that reaction, then they really should either be very quiet or live where they were born. I hate to be so cold about this, but it is a pretty universal experience for people around the world who live in a country in which they were not born.

I recall a woman from Scotland who applied for a job in a company in London where I was working many years ago. She explained to me that she was taking lessons to get rid of her Scottish accent because the Scottish accent was such a problem for her trying to get a job in London.

This is just normal. Sorry. But it is just normal.