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Originally Posted by gammawolf
My firsthand exposure to that accent was when I first arrived in London. Took the underground out of the airport and then asked one of those information booth guys, "how do I get to Paddington Square?"
"blah blah blah, blah blah blah, blah blah blah" and then he pointed.
My cousin and eye looked at each other with this look of, "what the fuck did he just say???  "
I then had to ask him again, "uhm can you repeat that?" He said it slower and I was able to understand. My cousin however, still looked at me clueless.
English my ass! |
I acutally understand the Brits pretty good. That could be due to my training in Georgia/Alabama/S & N Carolina's.
My first experience with the South was when I landed in a small airport in Columbus, Georiga. I had to take a taxi ride, about 30 mins, to Ft. Benning, GA. The cab driver never stopped talking for the entire ride. All I remember making out were two words, Ft. Benning and Army. Everything else might as well been French. I arrived in Columbus like 11:30 pm and if I wasn't nervous enough I was then. Man those dark lonely two lane hwy's in the south are something to see when all you've ever seen in your life were big 5 lane fwy's. I thought I was in another country.