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AtheistCrusader

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3. There are subtle differences.
Fri Oct 24, 2014, 01:43 AM
Oct 2014

I've always seemed to have the gift of detecting, fairly reliably, where people are from. I don't make a huge deal out of it like a game or a party trick, but when it somehow comes up, I've shocked more than a few friends/co-workers.

I don't know how I picked it up, I can't even explain the differences in any meaningful way. With people of European, or east Europe/west Asia descent, that's harder for me. I have to hear them speak.

But it is a gift, not everyone can do it, and not everyone can be expected to know it. Just like I have a tin-assed ear, I can't tell one musical note from another. Can't be helped.


"Gaaahhh!!! At least she didn't tell me that she liked my desire to be more mediocre "

AHahahaaa nice
That post is the gift that keeps on giving.

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I wonder if it's anything like defacto7 Oct 2014 #1
How about even more locally.... AlbertCat Oct 2014 #7
But most questioners would both understand and accept that answer whatthehey Oct 2014 #9
True... defacto7 Oct 2014 #11
The perception though is global whatthehey Oct 2014 #15
...and more and more globally disliked. defacto7 Oct 2014 #16
There is a bliss in being simple Mariana Oct 2014 #2
There are subtle differences. AtheistCrusader Oct 2014 #3
Anyone who thinks only white folks are racist... onager Oct 2014 #4
It's a curse, Heddi. trotsky Oct 2014 #5
sigh. if only I could be LESS self aware Heddi Oct 2014 #6
Just don't charter a boat with a mediocre captain... onager Oct 2014 #8
Mediocre? FiveGoodMen Oct 2014 #10
A sing-along that ain't "Kum-ba-ya!" onager Oct 2014 #12
! FiveGoodMen Oct 2014 #13
Lol Gelliebeans Oct 2014 #14
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