thursday nite i waited on this woman who spends her summer in queensland (lovely weather, where the reef is, but considered to be pretty slow and backwards and filled with retirees) and her summer in denver. yes, i’m jealous of the eternal summer (though denver?!?!). she’s also lived in CT and NYC and somewhere else.
she had the oddest accent. it was definitely american but something was wrong. i’m assuming it was the aussie creeping in. not a really good accent either. it just sounded ‘off’.
and then last nite i waited on a couple and was trying to place the woman’s accent. it sounded american but it didn’t. finally we got to talking and she’s from houston and has been here almost 5 years. her accent wasn’t as weird as the first woman’s but again, it was slightly ‘off’. she was talking about how you don’t fit in anywhere – u dont sound american when ur in the states (and everyone sez you have an aussie accent) and you don’t sound aussie so people here still see u as american. it was an interesting conversation that i wish wouldnt have been cut off by other fucking customers wanting coffee and drinks. bastards.