We don't know what it is, but for some reason Americans just cant understand us, even though we can understand them perfectly well. Here are some examples of words they just don't get:
1. Ryan. Yep. Every time Ryan says his name, they think he says Ron, Roy and has even had Lynn once!
2. Meatball Subway. They thought we wanted a maple flavoured sub. Yuk!
3. Beer. Every time Kristy asks for a beer, they think she is asking for a 'B'.
4. Salmon. We ordered salmon for dinner, and they though we were ordering a samii!
5. Mobile Phone. We had to do full on hand signals for them to finally understand we were asking for a cell phone.
6. Note (as in $10 note). Unless you say bill (as in $10 bill) they just don't get it.
We also had one lady ask us that apart from Sydney, does Australia have any major cities, or is it all just desolate? We had to hold back from laughing at that one, considering Newcastle is bigger than Erie!
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