Subj : Re: hi
To : Maxim Apanovich
From : Carol Shenkenberger
Date : Tue Dec 13 2005 09:17 am
*** Quoting Maxim Apanovich from a message to Phipps ***
P> I can converse with you in american english.
P> but aus, uk, nz, ru or other englishes might
P> give me trouble typeing.
MA> Oh, I've never thought that americans may have problems with understan
MA> other modifications of English. What concerns me, I am from Belarus, b
MA> the language known to me is somthing like a literate British English.
MA> If something will be difficult to gain, just write!
It shouldnt be a problem unless one uses 'slang'. You probably speak 'english'
with what a North American would consider to be a vaguely 'British' accent.
You will find more confusion though if you talk about cooking as the words
arent quite the same. A North American thinks of a light fluffy white bread
with the word 'biscuit' but to the english it's a cracker (hard flat thing) and
to the Australians it's a cookie (hard baked sugar product). Can give some
suprises when following a recipe for 'biscuits' if you dont know the country of
origin.
