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Quote Originally Posted by miles;494424
Last year we had some noisy neighbors and they were making a racket outside our apartment at about 2am. I tend to get irate quite easily and so opened the door and not so politely asked them to shut the fuck up with their shenanigans. I had a bit of a rant actually. I tend to argue my case in English despite nobody ever being able to speak English. The couple quickly went into their home obviously not wanting to deal with the loony foreigner.

I felt a bit bad about having dealt with it so rudely and the next day asked the wife to apologise on my behalf for not having been a bit more polite. The woman explained that they had been frightened because they suspected I was American and may very well have had a gun!!;D

When I heard that I had a good chuckle. I dont think they had had much interaction with foreign types![/quote
Ha Ha funny that is!
I like you, went abroad assuming everyone would understand me. I was wroing big time.
I ended up having to explain my expressions, accent and coloquialisms even to English speakers!

Quote Originally Posted by miles View Post
Yeah, I agree with that. Normal hustle and bustle is fine. Children playing in the park, the sound of the howling wind on the window panes. I like those noises. I have issues with heavy industry and grating tannoy systems. They are really unpleasant.
Dead right, it's just on my Friday nights I can't stand excessive noise. It's my rest and recovery night and I simply detest when it's interrupted.
Damn this spreading the rep...will rep you later.

Yeah, you have to adapt the language you use a lot in a foreign land. A lot of idiomatic expressions just go over most heads. Heck, even basic greetings go over a lot of heads where I am!!