Hah. Once when I lived in Seattle (I live on the other side of Washington state so my accent is the same as Seattle's local) I was in a shop and a guy came in to ask the owner for bus directions downtown. He had a Scottish brogue so thick that I could probably only understand him from watching so much British television and even then I was a couple beats behind in translating.
The owner didn't know which bus this guy should take and I did so I started to explain that they just needed to hop on the 75 and it would take them straight there. The guy just stares at me with this ridiculous grin then slaps the store owner on the shoulder and goes, "Would ya listen to her accent!" It was sort of bizarre and hilarious. And I thought, "Hah, it's not just American tourists who do stupid stuff like that."
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Date: 2011-06-27 05:29 pm (UTC)The owner didn't know which bus this guy should take and I did so I started to explain that they just needed to hop on the 75 and it would take them straight there. The guy just stares at me with this ridiculous grin then slaps the store owner on the shoulder and goes, "Would ya listen to her accent!" It was sort of bizarre and hilarious. And I thought, "Hah, it's not just American tourists who do stupid stuff like that."