"S Viemeister" wrote in message
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On 1/4/2013 4:54 AM, Surreyman wrote:

This is all hardly surprising.
Even accents within the UK can cause problems, even with no dialect
words.
I (from Surrey) once had to 'translate' my MD's Paisley (Scotland) accent
in a Pennsylvania business meeting!

And I've had to translate between Lowland Scots and Texans. Both sides
believed themselves to be speaking English.

The denizens of Birmingham also believe that English is their native
language.

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JohnT