Back when I was a cashier at Big 5 I would get a lot of comments about my name and questions. One time a lady asked me what my last name was. I told her “Helberg” and immediately she said, “oh, what brings you to our country?” hahaha it was all I could do to not crack up as I explained that I was born here. I have looked up my full name and found a girl in Norway with the same name so it is pretty reasonable I guess that someone could think I had moved to America. (minus the completely Utahn accent that I have haha)
Yesterday I was out Christmas shopping. I showed a cashier my ID and she asked me where my name was from and how to say it. Then she proceeded to say,
“You know it amazes me how you don’t have an accent. The other day this couple came in from Finland, they lived there their whole lives and didn’t have an accent. And then today you come in from Norway and you sound perfectly American. It is just incredible, you really have no hint of an accent at all. Your english is perfect”
hahahaha I almost died. I really need to have my dad teach me a little bit more Norwegian so I can play off these moments better. ;)
P.S. While I was out shopping little did I know my sweet hubby was cleaning the ENTIRE HOUSE. I came home to him with spray bottles and washrags in his hands :) So sweet, out of everything he could have done with his day off he chose to clean up for me. I love him. Sorry ladies of the world, I got the best one.
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