do people from England understand US English well? (beaches, eat)

[CCc girl]

Wah, wut evuh do you mean, mistuh Mac?

Holy cow you have black women AND McNuggets there?

(joking, joking)

It makes me laugh the insurance commercial that has a Brit say the slogan, and the cockney lizard; to us the accent makes y'all smarter, of course LOL

[BECLAZONE]

Originally Posted by mr bolo

I know lots of Americans might not fully understand a native from England because of the different words & phrases or slang used in the UK

but what happens if a person from England visits the US? do they ever get confused by the way Americans talk?

I think we normally visit places where the locals have a fairly neutral manner of speech.

Do get a bit confused by the way that many write though.

[SthrnCarolinaGrl]

Originally Posted by Mac15

Yesterday I was out and got Chicken Nuggets and this black woman called them a basket.

They call them baskets here too, but only if they come in a basket. Usually it is some meat (fish, chicken, barbeque, etc..) and fries.

Hush-puppies and rolls will come in a basket too. This is usually done in diner's, though a few other places might do that for lunch. Some sub, grinder, and hoagie places do that as well, and usually fries are replaced with some sort of chips. (Crisp??)

[Mac15]

Well it was an international venue so I didn't appreciate here using that word. How the hell did we know what that mean't

[Drover]

Originally Posted by Mac15

Well it was an international venue so I didn't appreciate here using that word. How the hell did we know what that mean't

Wah.

[irlinit]

Originally Posted by Mac15

Well it was an international venue so I didn't appreciate here using that word. How the hell did we know what that mean't

No, it was a branch in Florida.. they used the word that is used in the US language, where they are

[Mac15]

No Seaworld is international there are Germans, French, Australians, British all visiting

[Magnatomicflux]

There are precisely zero Seaworlds outside of the United States of America.


NOT international by any stretch of the imagination.

When in Rome, Mac.

[irlinit]

Originally Posted by Mac15

No Seaworld is international there are Germans, French, Australians, British all visiting

But it was in Florida.. so the locals use their own words for what they want

[newdixiegirl]

Originally Posted by Tall Traveler

On the other side of it, some Brits I have no trouble understanding although I may miss a word here are there. Some may as well be speaking Greek, especially many from Scotland and Ireland I just can't understand. I also struggled to understand this Brit I worked with that was from Manchester...I caught maybe half his words but usually that was enough to get the gist of his sentiments.

I'm sure, especially if you're not used to the accent.

Gosh, I have Scottish parents, so I'm very used to a Scottish accent. Yet, when I'm in Scotland, I really struggle to understand some of the accents and colloqualisms. In fact, my friend from Montreal, whose first language is (Quebecois) French, was with me and often had to "translate" for me. Weird, huh?