The WorkHouse Coffee Company (10-12 King St. Reading RG1 2HF) has been on my radar for a while and today I finally made a visit!
The nice young woman behind the counter was American, I am terrible as I don't hear accents. I had no idea until she said something about "us Americans" and I was like "oh you're American??" She replied "no I just speak with this accent" and then I sheepishly apologized for not really hearing accents any more.
Once when I worked at a bank I had an American family closing an account because they were moving back to the states. They were asking me the usual questions: where are you from? what are you doing here? and so on. They said they were moving back and again I hadn't even noticed their accents. At that time I covered it up smoothly, but I'm not always so lucky. I just don't hear the difference if people are speaking English to me. Maybe there is something wrong with my brain. Anyhow my thoughts on the place....
I love the feel and look of this coffee house it's comfortable and rustic. Here check it out:
I had a blondie; it was very tasty but a bit big for my mid morning coffee! :0) Accompanied by an iced latte! It was actually warm today so it was suitable! I could find myself visiting this coffee place on a regular basis!!
Found this video on YouTube check it out!
Do you feel like you accent has changed? Lol you are so funny that you don't notice!
ReplyDeleteI never have been able to hear accents very well, I also am hopeless when trying to copy an accent on purpose. but I have very much kept my american accent, all the mums at preschool commented on how I still sounded very American! And they were all surprised that it was so strong after 7 years!
ReplyDeleteScottish, strong London and other northern England accents I hear! Who knows!?!?