Ha, my British wife had the same issue on exchange to Sweden. A bunch of non-British people were speaking to each other and only after a while did she realize i

Ha, my British wife had the same issue on exchange to Sweden. A bunch of non-British people were speaking to each other and only after a while did she realize it was in her own language. What's weird about English is the hugely wide range of "native" English dialects. My late father asked me where my in-laws were from. Then he asked me whether I was sure, because he'd heard they speak English in Scotland. The plus side is that everyone accepts that everyone else speaks good enough English to carry a conversation. In a lot of other places, once you miss a vowel they will switch to... English.