More from Jonesey

Just added a little something to my blog - started a new thread here 'cos it's not about Ghana, or my Dad, which the titles of previous threads about the blog would suggest.

https://itsjonesey.wixsite.com/mysite/single-post/2019/01/09/The-Two-and-Eights-part-Two

So I’ve learnt a lot today - thank you! But obviously I still have to learn about about bad smells??

Another for your list: pronunciation of oregano.

Took me a few years living in Hong Kong to stop asking where the elevator is (it's a lift), to request a serviette at a restaurant if a napkin had not already been provided, and to give taxi drivers directions in Cantonese.

what about the green leafy stuff you call cilantro?? 

Then there's storeys v levels/floors of a building. Oh, and the whole dial-tone saga of whichever country you're in: I can't ever remember what they're meant to sound like so I can't tell if a call is ringing or engaged (busy)!

Edited to add: And I just found this related survey on the BBC site!

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-46846467

joanne said:
Edited to add: And I just found this related survey on the BBC site!
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-46846467

 And then there's:

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20151109-english-speakers-or-not-brits-and-americans-swear-in-different-languages

I particularly like the King ranking awarded to the employee at Wang computers (read the article).

joanne said:
what about the green leafy stuff you call cilantro?? 
Then there's storeys v levels/floors of a building. Oh, and the whole dial-tone saga of whichever country you're in: I can't ever remember what they're meant to sound like so I can't tell if a call is ringing or engaged (busy)!
Edited to add: And I just found this related survey on the BBC site!
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-46846467

 When my brother lived in Luxembourg, I spent some while believing that his phone was always engaged for that reason.

dave said:
Another for your list: pronunciation of oregano.
Took me a few years living in Hong Kong to stop asking where the elevator is (it's a lift), to request a serviette at a restaurant if a napkin had not already been provided, and to give taxi drivers directions in Cantonese.

 I once wrote a song to replace the "Tomayto/Tomahto" song on the basis that NOBODY says "potahto", it was just a lazy songwriter. I don't remember it all, but "oregg-anno/ Ore -ee- garno" was in there.

More from Jonesey's Journeys, this time mainly all about NYC.

https://itsjonesey.wixsite.com/mysite/single-post/2019/01/31/The-Two-and-Eights-part-three-part-three-so-good-they-named-it-twice

dave said:
Another for your list: pronunciation of oregano.
Took me a few years living in Hong Kong to stop asking where the elevator is (it's a lift), to request a serviette at a restaurant if a napkin had not already been provided, and to give taxi drivers directions in Cantonese.

 And I'll bet a flashlight is called a torch. The Brits had a word for it.