Okay. So I don't think my English is bad. In fact, it's great! (modesty - check). It's only after coming to New Zealand that I feel like I am speaking a different language.
Me: Do they have a desk?
Lady: A what?
Me: A desk.
Lady: I'm sorry a what?
Me: A desk - like a writing desk?
Lady: Oh, a desk! (which she pronounced more like disk)
Lady 2: What is the name of the session?
Me: Sleep Talk
Lady 2: I don't think we have that one.
Me: Sleep Talk?
Lady 2: I'm sorry - what?
Me: SLEEEEEP TAALK
Lady 2: Oh, sleep talk! (she pronounced talk more like tolk)
They like long e's here. Bed, yes, red...these all sound a bit different here. Sounds more like bead, yis, reed.
And Torontonians - next time you say Toronto, see if it sounds like Torono. Apparently we do that...drop the T when we say it.
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