My Accent

I've sorta come to realize that what I speak is not really "English", it's more American than anything else... my current company is quite diverse and you hear all these accents around the office: British, Indian, Australian, Spanish, Portuguese and of course Japanese and American.. and many more.. You'll be amazed how different that one language can sound. Some accents are harder for me to comprehend than others. Guess it's something that I've got to get used to..

Ever since I came to Japan, I've had people telling me that I have an American accent. Never really thought of it that way but I guess that makes sense... All those years I spent in ESL thinking I was learning English, ah well :)