Saturday 23 January 2016

We’re all speaking English but....part 2

  • Here, when you do something silly like trip or drop something, everyone around goes ”oh sorry sorry” when actually it’s you who should be apologising for being clumsy! It’s sweet.
  • This side = over here/at our place. That side = over there/at your place. E.g. “how are things that side?"
  •  R/L  syndrome. Many people here, who have perfect English, occasionally swap their Rs and Ls. Apparently it’s contagious because recently I have caught myself saying both “there’s a ploblem with the tap” and “what is your favourite TV ploglamme.” My favourite one though is when an MC at an event exhorts everyone  to give someone “a big crap.”

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