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Originally Posted by Patricia
We're UK citizens. A few years ago my partner was taken ill in France on the last days of a holiday. When we packed to go home, he discovered that he had lost his passport somewhere in Nantes. I got him to the Eurostar terminal in Paris and spoke to the British immigration official who let him on board with no problem because he sounded so very British.
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The moral seems to be that one should perfect one's accent.
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That and act like you're doing what you're supposed to be doing. (I hate accents, I pick the sodding things up far too easily)