On Wed, Dec 15, 2004 at 09:17:07AM -0500, Bato001 at aol.com wrote: > I have long believed that the one phrase an American needs to learn when > visiting a foreign country is, "I do not speak your language. I am > Canadian." This works well, according to second-hand reports from friends who've tried it. Don't bother with faking the accent; most Europeans can't distinguish middle American accents from central Canadian. Try to avoid speaking in a Southern US accent; some Europeans do detect them and realize you're lying. 'Oot and aboot' is right out.