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24. Well, that's the funny thing

When I first emigrated, and for many years afterwards, people would often say "I love your accent!" after hearing it. Fortunately for me, while people can almost always identify what country an accent is from, they're not so great at differentiating between regional accents.

This meant that I was able to thank them for the compliment without feeling the need to mention that a nationwide poll taken a few years earlier had determined my particular regional accent to be "Least employable in the UK."