You do realize that we could get into a deep philosophical discussion about this?
The label thing is something that has bothered me since as long as I can remember. I never understood why some people were "better" than others. That's not how I was raised, but as a child you do pick up that "better than thou" feeling from others. I was the kid who would have been your friend when you started school in a new country. For me, it would have been "cool" to be friends with the new kid, the accent would have been an added bonus. :)
I realize that I try to erase some things since living on the other side of the country. I can't erase my accent and that's the dead giveaway that I'm from the East coast. Made worse because it is a southern accent, which means I'm a backwoods, redneck, hick to all these Californians.
So do we become a "Displaced Person" on the outside, the inside or both?
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The label thing is something that has bothered me since as long as I can remember. I never understood why some people were "better" than others. That's not how I was raised, but as a child you do pick up that "better than thou" feeling from others. I was the kid who would have been your friend when you started school in a new country. For me, it would have been "cool" to be friends with the new kid, the accent would have been an added bonus. :)
I realize that I try to erase some things since living on the other side of the country. I can't erase my accent and that's the dead giveaway that I'm from the East coast. Made worse because it is a southern accent, which means I'm a backwoods, redneck, hick to all these Californians.
So do we become a "Displaced Person" on the outside, the inside or both?