He Had Me @ Hello

It has been said that the English language is for business, French is for romance and Spanish is for talking to God.  Why is it that when Mexicans come to Canada, they have sexy accents in English, but when us Canadians go to Mexico, they say we sound like dogs barking when we speak Spanish?  Sometimes I really cringe when I overhear Americans and Canadians speaking Spanish, it's the worst accent ever, and I think 'Gosh, do I really sound like that?'  The European accent however is more fluent and understandable. 

A typical conversation at the gas station might go like this:

Me: "Hola"

Him:  "You're not from here, are you?"

Me: "Why?"

Him:  "Well, you speak kind of crooked"

All I said was hello!

Now I joke with the gas station attendants and I will say, "Yes, I was born here but I didn't learn how to speak Spanish properly" and they will give me a puzzled look and are not sure how to answer that.

A typical conversation in the market might go like this:

Me: “numero seis (6)” 

Him: “tres (3)?” 

Me: “no, seis (6)”

Him “diez (10)”

Me: “SEEEIS.”

Him: “Ahhhhhh seis.”