I know that apparently, some American travelers put Canadian flags on their luggage or carry on then claiming they’re from Canada (the dead giveaway on debunking this is their passport, since how can you be “Canadian” when you have US citizenship unless you’re a dual citizen in possession of both nationalities) since some of them have hatred towards the US or feel ashamed of the country due to its internal affairs.
Only heard about this anecdotally, but it’s plausible that it would work. People who aren’t from North America often have trouble distinguishing at least some American accents (generally the more northern ones) from Canadian accents. Like, you won’t get away with it if you’re from Texas or Louisiana or some such, but if you talk like Dan Rather or David Sedaris you can pass for Canadian in most places that aren’t Canada.
That is quite the range.
Now I’m imagining The Santaland Diaries in Dan Rather’s voice.
I think that’s kind of my point - to us Europeans, those accents sound the same.
Oh, point taken! I just thought you did well to show the range.