You should have lived my life as an employee at the University of Iowa living in the center of Iowa City. It was a huge nightmare. The whole mid-western world is a place I had to live in, as a foreign languages and literature professor, for a few years. I just tried to survive avoiding using English. Stuck around with my Spanish-speaking pals. Until I escaped. Disguised as a Spanish speaker, I was actually better off. Otherwise, I spoke English, to be humiliated by higher-ranking administrators with their smooth, mid-western neutrality. So many times I had to hear about how my accent was just a matter of the forgetting of the letter R. Thankfully, I found a job back East, in Boston, in fact.
Dang, that sucks and I’m sorry you had to deal with that. I’m actually from Iowa, so I feel extra bad–at the state’s flagship university no-less. There’s certainly plenty of judgemental and close minded people around here. I’m glad you found a better environment.
Don’t worry! As soon as I knew I had to move to there to have a job, I was looking for another job. I really didn’t want to live there. I just kind of put up with it and found a way to go back to my east coast, where I could speak freely with my trashy accent and be in good company. No offense to you and where you live, which I dislike. Just not a place I wanted to live in. I worked there and found my escape. If you ever wish to secede from the United States, by the way, feel free. I’ll vote in favor.
No shame in that, you should embrace it! I sound like a bland mid-westerner; at least you have some character to your voice!
You should have lived my life as an employee at the University of Iowa living in the center of Iowa City. It was a huge nightmare. The whole mid-western world is a place I had to live in, as a foreign languages and literature professor, for a few years. I just tried to survive avoiding using English. Stuck around with my Spanish-speaking pals. Until I escaped. Disguised as a Spanish speaker, I was actually better off. Otherwise, I spoke English, to be humiliated by higher-ranking administrators with their smooth, mid-western neutrality. So many times I had to hear about how my accent was just a matter of the forgetting of the letter R. Thankfully, I found a job back East, in Boston, in fact.
Dang, that sucks and I’m sorry you had to deal with that. I’m actually from Iowa, so I feel extra bad–at the state’s flagship university no-less. There’s certainly plenty of judgemental and close minded people around here. I’m glad you found a better environment.
Don’t worry! As soon as I knew I had to move to there to have a job, I was looking for another job. I really didn’t want to live there. I just kind of put up with it and found a way to go back to my east coast, where I could speak freely with my trashy accent and be in good company. No offense to you and where you live, which I dislike. Just not a place I wanted to live in. I worked there and found my escape. If you ever wish to secede from the United States, by the way, feel free. I’ll vote in favor.