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Have you had difficulty communicating while overseas?
I struggled at a McDonald's in the US
After placing my order the staff member rapidly said what sounded like "izitagaw". I said pardon a couple of times and she kept saying "izitagaw".
Eventually I said "I'm sorry, I don't understand"
"Is ... it ... to ... go?" She asked.
In my strongest Queen's English accent I replied "Oh, a takeaway, yes please"
I struggled at a McDonald's in the US
After placing my order the staff member rapidly said what sounded like "izitagaw". I said pardon a couple of times and she kept saying "izitagaw".
Eventually I said "I'm sorry, I don't understand"
"Is ... it ... to ... go?" She asked.
In my strongest Queen's English accent I replied "Oh, a takeaway, yes please"
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I had a misunderstanding, also with an American. During my RAF career I was sent to Christmas Island in the Pacific while the Americans tested their atomic weapons there. Because there was a sudden influx of them, facilities had to be shared. One morning while I was shaving, an American Marine mentioned that his tap didn't work. I said it's probably U S. I was immediately seized and his knife was at my throat. Are you saying it doesn't work because it's American? he said. I hurriedly explained that in the RAF if something doesn't work it's referred to as being US meaning it was Un- Serviceable. He begrudgingly accepted my explanation and released me. These Marines are very touchy.:o)
Noo quine jist whit's wrang wi' the Aiberdeenshire accent. Fair foonert i day.
An Aberdonian is in a shoe shop and the assistant hands him a pair of shoes. Puzzled, the customer asks: Fit, fit, fits on fit fit?
To which the assistant says At een on at een, an at een on at een!
Perfectly understandable!!
An Aberdonian is in a shoe shop and the assistant hands him a pair of shoes. Puzzled, the customer asks: Fit, fit, fits on fit fit?
To which the assistant says At een on at een, an at een on at een!
Perfectly understandable!!