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English is not immune to these sorts of variations. In South African English "now": sometime maybe/immediately. This is hard to decipher. "now-now": very soo

by buyx 9y ago

English is not immune to these sorts of variations. In South African English "now": sometime maybe/immediately. This is hard to decipher. "now-now": very soon/immediately (this usage seems less common nowadays) "just now": at some point in the near future

pbhjpbhj 9y ago
In South Wales they say "I'll be there now" meaning "I'm coming soon". Though the soon can be more like "a little later". It's quite ambiguous. If someone says "I'll be there now, in a minute, but" then they're probably coming soon, 10 or 15 minutes (but/butty is like "buddy"). A classic Wenglish phrase is "where to's by that then?" meaning "where is it?". If you can respond "[over] by er" ("by here") meaning "here" all the better.