Speaking of comical, standing at a hotel bar in Helsinki I had a conversation with a man speaking the queen's English and a man speaking Cockny. We were able to communicate but we may have sounded like we were speaking three different languages to a non-English speaker.
When my wife first started learning English while in Thailand the ref…
Speaking of comical, standing at a hotel bar in Helsinki I had a conversation with a man speaking the queen's English and a man speaking Cockny. We were able to communicate but we may have sounded like we were speaking three different languages to a non-English speaker.
When my wife first started learning English while in Thailand the reference books were English English and she did notice the differences with American English. She was a maid and cook for an American USAF Major who paid for her to go to language school and that's what they had fifty plus years ago. It got her into the American community.
Speaking of comical, standing at a hotel bar in Helsinki I had a conversation with a man speaking the queen's English and a man speaking Cockny. We were able to communicate but we may have sounded like we were speaking three different languages to a non-English speaker.
When my wife first started learning English while in Thailand the reference books were English English and she did notice the differences with American English. She was a maid and cook for an American USAF Major who paid for her to go to language school and that's what they had fifty plus years ago. It got her into the American community.