I asked for diet chips in a chippy in Kettering & the girl went to ask the owner out the back - he came out & asked (Eastern European accent) "Are you from Liverpool?"
It seems that when he was first over here, the ex-Pat Scousers in the area (there's quite a few of us) were the most friendly to him & he soon realised that there was no malice in the mickey taking.
I got a double portion for the price of one.