My parents were from New England. It's very funny, but when I grew up, you always had to say, 'Yes, ma'am' and 'Yes, sir.'
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Y'all have no idea how many times I say, 'Yes, ma'am.'
I went to a military school, so I'm always talking like 'Yes, sir,' or 'No, ma'am.' I was doing that even before military school, so I've always had it, I guess.
I was born in England - though both of my parents are American - and there's something about the 'Muppets' where they have this combination of English and American humor.
I grew up in Brooklyn, N.Y. For part of my life, I was living in Detroit, and I remember a friend of mine commenting she could always tell when I had been speaking to my mother because my New York accent had come back.
My mum's parents were from Ireland, my dad's mum was American-Irish.
Whenever I'm in the U.K., people say I have an American accent. Which is, obviously, funny.
I'm the only one in my family with an American accent.
Most commonly, I've been recognized from people who aren't actually from England.
My mom is in the navy and my dad works for the army, but I never called them 'sir' or 'ma'am' or anything like that, and we never really moved around a lot because both my parents were stationed in D.C.
As soon as I would say I'm from Boston, people would just say, 'Naaaah!'