I am an Australian but I live in Canada now 
I was homeless from the age of 16-23.
My name is English (originated from Welsh/ Irish) but most native English speakers have trouble reading it/ pronouncing it correctly for some strange reason. My foreign bilingual friends have no problem with it however. 
I have a bad tendency to absorb accents and speech patterns wholesale. I speak perfect Canadian now and Aussies back home think I'm an American. I played Saints Row for a while and I subconsciously picked up a horrible fake Russian accent for a bit.
My boyfriend and I took up martial arts to gain first hand experience for writing/ choreographing action in our stories. 