Daily Writing Prompt: What is one question you hate to be asked? Explain.
It does not happen a lot, but it happens enough to really annoy the heck out of me.
I will be standing in line or riding the bus or waiting for the train and sometimes I will find myself in a conversation with the person next to me and sometimes they ask,
” So. Where are you from? ”
Now to clear one little point up, I have lived in Washington state for most of my life and I have never lived in one of those towns around Seattle / Tacoma where it’s vogue to affect a Southern accent.
There’s lots of theories for why that happens. Once someone on my Facebook page said that the town called Puyallup and other towns around the area were farming towns (like 100 years ago) and a lot of people moved from the South to work in the fields. So they passed their southern accents from one generation to the next.
That’s a theory and it doesn’t explain why some of my friends who lived next door to me in the suburbs move to one of these towns and end up sounding like John Travolta or Debra Winger in “Urban Cowboy”, but it is what it is.
As a side note Puyallup is not exactly lost in the Cascade Mountain Range. It sits on the I-5 corridor and if you literally cross the street to the next town, nobody sounds like that.
Back to my point. I guess I have a bland West coast accent- though I’ve been told we talk pretty fast, which is true.
However, every once and awhile someone will ask me, ” Where are you from. ”
I’ll say I was born in Seattle and have lived around it for most of my life.
” Sure. But where are you from? ”
” Seattle. ” I will say.
At this point you’d think that would end the inquiry ( or maybe you could call it an inquisition ) but it did not.
” No I mean. What are you. Where are you from ” they will gently demand.
Before I would go into my family history ( which is culturally blended, we are a pretty diverse bunch) but I got tired of having to give my racial makeup so I started to say:
” Well. My Mom always said I came from Heaven. ”
Me by Me
2022
I hate when people ask me if they can ask a question question. It would seem they should say can I ask two questions since you already asking one
Great answer
Really sassy remark, I love it!😄
Totally relate to this!
In LA that question can mean your are about to fight! Good post!
Wise ANSWER oo
Omg. Every time. My mother is French and my Dad is Haitian. I confuse the heck out of people when they look at me and they make that very apparent 😂
My Dad’s family were English and my Mom’s were Filipino, so I know exactly where you are coming from 🙂
Great answer 🙂
I agree it’s an annoying question!