Could you pass as a Brit?

I don't have to worry being a Brit and all.
But some day you will need to convince somebody.
Could you?

 

i'm terrible at accents, and i tan. no luck there.

 

No. And I wouldnt want to.

 

as if brits don't tan...

 

Brits are pale....Duh

 

Not many Brits around this summer with tans, I'm off for a sun bed sesh later this week actually just for the vitamin D alone!

 

i have the teeth to pass for a brit..

 

You're 43, and you still have teeth?!

 

lol,, at least half of them..

 

Hmm , I'm British born , always lived here.And 3/8th by blood.: )
But people always say "Hmm u arent from here originally..."

Looks , psychology+surname , I couldnt pass for Brit one bit.
I've got black hair , SE Euro features + skin which tans pale to Slavic sallow.

Still ,atleast I dont look like a Kalderashi...
( anyone see that on TV?)

 

I probably could but then my passport is British and I have lived most of my life here...

Hilariously, one afternoon a couple of months ago I bumped into a girl I've known a couple of years and went for a beer.. When I told her I was off to germany in a few days she asked if I was going to see my family etc.. I then told her my family (for the most part) and myself were from the UK and she looked deadly embarressed.

I took no offence but all the time I've known her and despite all the times we've hung out and friends we share, she thought I was German? My town/peers are very international, half my mates are from all over the shop and I rarely have British gfs but I thought I was pretty obviously english. Obviously not...

 

I've lived here for over four years now and my accent is still very clearly non-British. So just because of that, no I couldn't.

 

i definitely speak english well enough to.

 

no way. at least not to an actual pommy.
I've got some phrases down, though.

"would you care for a spo' o' wa'er?" for example.

 

wtf is that?

When I was travelling with an american girl I asked her what she fancied eating that night and she cracked up... Apparently using fancy in that sense is hilarious

D'ya fancy a cuppa?

 

I have too much self respect to even try to act like a Brit.

 

Dr House is a Brit, born and bred. Not a lot of people know that.

 

You could pretend you have that mental disorder where you have to put on a foreign accent! And I wouldn't worry about anyone contradicting you, Kozmic. You're hardcore. One bitchslap will put them into line

 

Hey wow, you almost made me sound cool there.. Cheers. :cheers2:

I quite like my accent though so I don't mind, and at work it used to be the best ice breaker when people would start asking me the origins of it. So it's all good.

I'll go make myself a cup of tea now and read Heat..

 

He's been pretty famous over here for years and so I wasn't that suprised when I heard he was doing an american series, I just thought he'd keep his normal english accent.. First time I ever watched House I was shocked at his american impression- it doesn't sound perfect either IMO..