My accent is quite broad, Steve Bull broad.
My old man owned a house in Florida once and left me to sort everything out, absolute nightmare having to call the states. I was constantly having to spell everything out over the phone and even then they couldn't understand what letters I was saying. And this was in my best Queens English phone voice too.
I asked for a crate of Bud Ice once in some 7/11 near Joshua Tree Park in California. The entire store just turned and looked at me. "what you say?" the guy behind the counter said.
"Bud Ice"
"What?"
"Bud Ice"
"What?"
"BUD ICE!"
"WHAT!!"
"Forget it mate, I'll get Budweiser!".
Two god damn syllables and they still couldn't understand me.![]()
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