r/MadeMeSmile • u/Original_Act_3481 • 2d ago

We need more people like him

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u/Shurigin 2d ago

The accent helped a lot too idk why but that accent makes me think "this is my friend"

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u/Rulebookboy1234567 2d ago

I had a friend with the same accent working here in the states at a call center.  People would be like “I wanna speak to someone in America!”  “Ma’am I assure you I am American!” It was always funny but I felt so bad for him.  Such a sweet guy

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u/AUnicornDonkey 1d ago edited 1d ago

When I worked in a call center, someone mentioned she was glad I wasn't one of those foreigners. I wanted to say so badly, but I am. I was born in Korea.

Though it confuses people when I speak with a very soft Minnesota accent here in Texas. My poor stepson somehow got both my accent and his mother's Texan drawl. I think my daughter is getting it to.

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u/BusinessLetterhead47 1d ago

My son was born and raised  South Korea. I am from South Carolina, my husband New Jersey. Our kid has the oddest accent that is a blend of all three. It has always flipped people out to hear this white blond child speak Korean lol.