Every third Tuesday I teach a group of mostly retired, lovely French people, whose only goal is to improve their English.
I asked them the last time for suggestions on what they would like to do at the next class.
‘Tell us about England, about the colour, the life’ they said to me.
‘Speak about where you are from, tell us about Yorkshire’ they asked me.
‘We love hearing all the different ways you say things’ they told me.
They may regret their requests when they see what I have in store for them tonight. The handouts I provide aren’t just for reading you see, they are also for reading ALOUD.
Bonus points will be awarded for correctly pronouncing ‘sithee’ ‘ey up’ and ‘Eh by gum, tis chuffing cawd enuf t’freeze t’balls off a brass bloody monkey aht theer’
Mr Mum: The 'joy' of a stay-at-home dad 
I understand most of those expressions. JBC had their North American headquarters a few miles from here and about half the employees attended our Episcopal/Anglican church. As a result, the rest of us began to develop British accents. Yacker and yam are both new to me, but I’ve heard a child called a sprog forever. Of course, having a Nana from Australia may have had something to do with it, too.
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I won’t lie, some of them are complete gibberish to me, and I’m from there originally! I guess it depends how far back they have gone – as well as what parts they visited.
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