I absolutely did not read the origin question as country based. Only as one wanting to know if I was born in the city I live in. When you talk to someone who speaks German you just assume they are from Germany but I get now how this might play differently in English speaking countries.
(I'm sure there is a huge difference between Austrian and German dialects but since I don't have the ear for them I would never reveal my own stupidity of asking someone in Munich if they are from there. Don't want this Viennese person to snidely ask me if I can't hear it. *g*)
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I absolutely did not read the origin question as country based. Only as one wanting to know if I was born in the city I live in. When you talk to someone who speaks German you just assume they are from Germany but I get now how this might play differently in English speaking countries.
(I'm sure there is a huge difference between Austrian and German dialects but since I don't have the ear for them I would never reveal my own stupidity of asking someone in Munich if they are from there. Don't want this Viennese person to snidely ask me if I can't hear it. *g*)