Accents.

You would never be able to guess where I come from by hearing my accent. Never.

Every time I meet somebody new, I have to go through the same situation:

"You're not from around here, are you?"

"Yeah, I am."

"Really? You sound *insert accent here*"

"Really. I'm from here."

"Oh."

Usually, it's American, South African or Australian. If you heard me speak, you'd laugh. I have this crazy accent that has adopted little bits of everywhere I've been and formed together into one really strange accent, causing most people to question whether or not I'm legal to be in the country.

I guess the tan doesn't help.