Hey John I wasn't taking a swipe at you! Not one bit of it!
I have been fortunate enough to enjoy vacations in the 'States many times.
Once I was accused of being an Australian!! I have a London accent. No, not Cockney...that really doesn't exist anymore,
but the way I speak is regarded by many to be as common as $#!+. That's their problem! But sometimes over on
your side of the duck pond people didn't always understand what I was saying....and vice versa, so over the years I seem
to have learned to copy speech patterns and the last time I did Daytona Bike Week, a guy in a bar who I was
playing pool with for a couple of hours thought I was a local!! I was quite flattered!
Next day, the girl behind the bar shouted to me "Hey Geoff, when y'all movin' down here now you're one of us an' all?!" :roflblack:
I don't think that the answer I gave her is suitable for this forum.....I am after all a biker!! I believe the second word was "OFF!!":shocked:
Here on the forum, though, it's quite different and more difficult for me, because I'm thinking in British English and having
to make sure that when I write something it will be OK in American!. I'm sure that the Spanish speakers among you know
what I mean, when they speak Spanish they think in Spanish and when they speak English they think in English.
All of you guys on this forum are cool and some of you are having some real bad luck with your Rydes just now
I feel more than a little sympathy for you.