Lived here for 7 years, my spouse is English, still only get about 50% of context in a new area.

by Whisky_Delta

14 comments
  1. “Hope you’ve got a permit for that patio extension”

    “I do for this’n”

  2. I’m a Southerner living in the Midlands. Most days people ask me to repeat myself, don’t worry about it.

  3. Canadian newly living in the UK now. I just spent the last month doing interviews. Several of the interviews I knew straight away I wouldn’t be getting the job because I couldn’t understand half of what the interviewer was asking me

  4. Haha, I’m in the same situation. My English partner had to translate for me “DO YOU WANT SALT AND VINEGAR” and then I felt properly vindicated when we visited my home country and I had to translate for him “DO YOU WANT BLACK OR PINTO BEANS”

  5. He said an ‘edge is an ‘edge, he only chopped it down cause it spoilt the view. What’s Reaper moaning about?

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