I just don't get itPoor Semiret, he's foreign and has no idea if he "should laugh about the whole 'only playing music when they are out of ice cream' thing or not." There's also a Far Side cartoon that has had him stumped for almost 20 years.
What don't you understand? What have you politely gone along with whilst internally going WTF?
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chthonic, Thu 31 Mar 2005, 11:09)
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Strong accentsAt work, I often find myself able to understand some people with strong accents, usually Irish or Indian. Not all, I just find that some have really strong accents usually coupled with talking fast and mumbling and I genuinely can't understand what they're saying. It can be very embarrassing at times because I must come across like Marjorie Dawes!
Having said that, there are a couple of people at work with the same accent as me who mumble so much I have extreme difficulty understanding them. One of them's the deputy manager for God's sake!
(, Thu 31 Mar 2005, 16:32, Reply)
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