So I’ve learnt a lot today - thank you! But obviously I still have to learn about about bad smells??
Another for your list: pronunciation of oregano.
Took me a few years living in Hong Kong to stop asking where the elevator is (it's a lift), to request a serviette at a restaurant if a napkin had not already been provided, and to give taxi drivers directions in Cantonese.
what about the green leafy stuff you call cilantro??
Then there's storeys v levels/floors of a building. Oh, and the whole dial-tone saga of whichever country you're in: I can't ever remember what they're meant to sound like so I can't tell if a call is ringing or engaged (busy)!
Edited to add: And I just found this related survey on the BBC site!
joanne said:
Edited to add: And I just found this related survey on the BBC site!
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-46846467
And then there's:
I particularly like the King ranking awarded to the employee at Wang computers (read the article).
joanne said:
what about the green leafy stuff you call cilantro??
Then there's storeys v levels/floors of a building. Oh, and the whole dial-tone saga of whichever country you're in: I can't ever remember what they're meant to sound like so I can't tell if a call is ringing or engaged (busy)!
Edited to add: And I just found this related survey on the BBC site!
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-46846467
When my brother lived in Luxembourg, I spent some while believing that his phone was always engaged for that reason.
dave said:
Another for your list: pronunciation of oregano.
Took me a few years living in Hong Kong to stop asking where the elevator is (it's a lift), to request a serviette at a restaurant if a napkin had not already been provided, and to give taxi drivers directions in Cantonese.
I once wrote a song to replace the "Tomayto/Tomahto" song on the basis that NOBODY says "potahto", it was just a lazy songwriter. I don't remember it all, but "oregg-anno/ Ore -ee- garno" was in there.
More from Jonesey's Journeys, this time mainly all about NYC.
dave said:
Another for your list: pronunciation of oregano.
Took me a few years living in Hong Kong to stop asking where the elevator is (it's a lift), to request a serviette at a restaurant if a napkin had not already been provided, and to give taxi drivers directions in Cantonese.
And I'll bet a flashlight is called a torch. The Brits had a word for it.
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Just added a little something to my blog - started a new thread here 'cos it's not about Ghana, or my Dad, which the titles of previous threads about the blog would suggest.
https://itsjonesey.wixsite.com/mysite/single-post/2019/01/09/The-Two-and-Eights-part-Two