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I’m originally from

Posted by qmonkey on May 7, 2008

A very subtle moment occurred in my life this morning, so subtle that it passed me by. I met a new person in my new job and upon hearing my accent he asked where I was from. My automatic answer was ‘Bristol’, then followed by ‘but originally from Belfast’. I think the moment when an ex-pat starts saying the phrase ‘…originally from…’ is a moment of transition from long term visitor to resident. This status has crept up on me.

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One Response to “I’m originally from”

  1. carrieohara Says:
    May 7, 2008 at 10:06 pm

    You need to do the how ‘Norn Iron’ are you test on the dreaded FACEBOOK!
    Whatever happened to you can take the boy out of Belfast but not Belfast out of the boy?

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