Do you know what part of England these folks were from?

Accents can vary tremendously in a fairly short distance here, and the accents in some parts of the country are like a foreign language to the rest of us!

Quite amazing that I can travel 3000 miles, speak to someone in the depths of rural Alabama and understand every word perfectly, but I can't make head nor tail of someone from 200 miles away in my own country.

Re the floor numbering, the American system actually seems far more logical to me.

Another point on numbers: You may already know this, but dates are written a different way here as well, e.g. today is 18/11/01 instead of 11/18/01. It can get confusing during the first 12 days of a month!

Some other language differences:
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FOOD (US = UK)
fries = chips
chips = crisps
Jello = jelly
jelly = jam
cookies = biscuits
biscuits = no direct equivalent
shrimp = prawns

CARS/ROADS
hood = bonnet
trunk = boot
fender = wing
gasoline = petrol
sidewalk = pavement
pavement = no direct equivalent (road surface)

TRAINS
caboose = guard's van
freight = goods
switch (track) = points
switch-tower = signalbox
ties = sleepers

Enough already. Common language? What common language?! [Linked Image]