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Originally Posted by Demunie
I'm sure they'll get used to it soon  So will you. I learned chinese for a year and then changed teacher. I didn't understand a word the new teacher said for about 5 weeks.
Same with english, I was in Dubling for 4 weeks. Had no problems there, but as soon as I was in Belfast, I was just standing there and thinking: "WTF, what are they talking about? What language are they using?"
Aaand... Many other examples as my country has 4 official languages  |
The Belfast accent is really strong. My dad has a friend from Belfast who is really hard to understand. Many years ago he said to my mum "I'm sorry to hear about your father's passing" and she replied "Fine thank you. How are you?"