Language Barrier: Difficult, Yet Highly Amusing at Times.

Exasperating though it frequently was, some of the best fun I ebcountered whilst out there recently was trying to actually communicate with people. I must confess though, I found this very difficult at times even using simply constructed sentences such as :'; Can I take pictures on my Camera in this Mall?'; to which I got a blank expression from one of the uniformed staff at the Mall at the Mellenia, and a shrug of the shoulders.

On one occasion I was waiting for my mini-coach to arrive, and another Coach from the same tour operator pulled up instead at which point I went up to the driver and said ';Are you Kennedy?'; ( Meaning are you for you Kennedy Space Centre-Going there, that is) to which she replied '; No Sir I am not Kennedy-I am not that big Sir';. I mean OK she was a big girl, but I didn%26#39;t mean my question to be taken in the way she had interpreted it.

It was hard work I can tell you, even when using simple language, but given our close affinity with our US Cousins-I did struggle, quite often to get my message across.

Language Barrier: Difficult, Yet Highly Amusing at Times.

Rev

Where you sober at the time?

Language Barrier: Difficult, Yet Highly Amusing at Times.

Mike:

As sober as I am right now......Hiccup, Hiccup, Hiccup.

Seriously though-It was hard work at times trying to get answers to simple questions!

If you asked me, ';Are you Kennedy?'; I would think you were asking if that was my name. Perhaps she thought you were asking about another driver named Kennedy who is a big person. I doubt many Americans would know you meant otherwise. You would need to say, ';Are you going to Kennedy?';

Apologies:

In fact what I said was: '; Are you for Kennedy';-Still, perhaps I should have been clearer and said ';Are you going to Kennedy';-I know it may sound a little petty but there you go.

being from liverpool and with a strong scouse accent, everytime i%26#39;ve visited the states i might aswell be speaking ancient Egyptian. the only way some of the local can understand me, is if i talk really really slow making me look either a bit thick or patronising.

i was even asked once if i spoke english, if you can believe that.

haha at lease i can laugh about it.

Ah, thanks Reverend! You remind me of the time many years ago when my husband and I were driving to Florida to pick up the rest of my belongings in Florida. I was moving back to New York after living in Florida during my teen years. We picked up some poor hitchhiker in the middle of a thunderstorm somewhere in either North or South Carolina. My husband is a Bronx boy. Since I had lived in the south for so long, I was used to ';the twang';. Even though they were both speaking english, I actually had to interpret for my husband and this young man! So even in the same country, there can be a slight language barrier! My brother-in-law lived in N.C. for many years and had the strangest Bronx-Southern U.S. accent I had ever heard!

I can%26#39;t stand the fact that all Americans think we are from Australia if we don%26#39;t talk like Richard Van Dyke in Mary Poppins.

TA says his shorter name is a profanity.

Vegas you%26#39;re so right! I%26#39;ve been mistaken for Australian, German and Swedish in the times I%26#39;ve been to the US - I would say that I have a well spoken southern accent (not posh), my husband has a true Brighton accent (very slightly rough around the edges) and he%26#39;s recognized as English straight away!

I most assuredly Vegas do not think everyone from the UK is from Australia if they don%26#39;t speak like Richard Van Dyke in ';Mary Poppins';. Did you find your August visit so objectionable?

Vegas has apparently booked his flights already for next July@ approx over 拢650 each. He said that he made the bonus from overtime work.........As a Chinmey Sweep.

Watchya Mate!