literally another aussie in london

The accent game

Being from Melbourne understanding accents is part of day to day life.

I can tell what a Vietnamese shop keeper is saying.

My Indian taxi driver is easy to understand.

The African bus driver is a doddle.

So I thought in London the last thing I would have trouble with would be accents.

Wrong.

Eastern European accents are my kryptonite.

I have no idea what they are saying.

In a restaurant the other day I asked for what drinks were available.

I understood one out of a list of 8.

7up.

I don’t even like 7up, but she had been through the list twice already, and I thought a third time might be pushing the friendship.

I will learn the Eastern European accent.

It is imperative over here, well imperative if you want to the waiter to get your order right.

And I do, I really do.

August 8, 2008 Posted by Jrod | living in london | accents | 2 Comments