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English sayings that confuse foreigners.

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SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 19 Oct 2016 19:48

"How are you?"

"Fair to middling"

BrendafromWales

BrendafromWales Report 19 Oct 2016 20:53

Joy ...it was my memory going not yours. I was the one who had forgotten you had posted.
Got a lot going on at home this week a friend who is blind ,diabetic,has a blind diabetic dog and lives alone in a big house called me early this morning in trouble health wise .had to get paramedics .went to a and e sent him home this afternoon ,now he has called again not well should never have been sent home...waiting for out of hours dr

SuffolkVera

SuffolkVera Report 19 Oct 2016 21:21

Just sending an email to someone and found myself typing "He told a porkie"

Allan

Allan Report 19 Oct 2016 22:41

Just ask a foreigner to pronounce the name of Oswaldtwistle correctly, or even Featherstoneheath :-D :-D

JoyLouise

JoyLouise Report 20 Oct 2016 07:53

Sylvia, there's a shop (boutique-style) in Durham called Mugwump. :-D

Dermot

Dermot Report 20 Oct 2016 08:32

Try this smashing tongue-twisting Welsh village name on any visitor & local alike:- Llanfair­pwllgwyngyll­gogery­chwyrn­drobwll­llan­tysilio­gogo­goch.

The approximate pronunciation in English orthography is given at the station as:-

Llan-vire-pooll-guin-gill-go-ger-u-queern-drob-ooll-llandus-ilio-gogo-goch.

(From the Net).

BrendafromWales

BrendafromWales Report 20 Oct 2016 09:22

We call this welsh town Llanfair PG

We also have Llanfair Talhairn. Llanfair T h

Llanvire