Apples and pears, or apples and oranges?
Translating between Japanese and English is hard enough most of the time. Throw in some proper British lingo, and the whole thing starts going a bit Pete Tong. I don’t think my accent’s too hard to grasp. Siri understands me, at least. (Sorry, Northerners!) It’s the colloquialisms that trip people up. How exactly do I […]
You silly sausage (roll)
“What’s a sausage roll?” “Depends how many dice it’s using.” Groan all you like, but that first question isn’t always a joke. There are people in this world who don’t know or understand what a sausage roll is. This revelation has apparently signalled the apocalypse in the UK’s mass media and given the Aussies the […]
UK humour everyone’s cup of tea
The Great British sense of humour can be a bit difficult for people to understand. Not everyone gets the hilarity of someone accidentally dropping their monocle into a cup of Earl Grey. BBC Worldwide asked 10,000 people why they watch UK TV shows, and apparently most of them do because we’re funny. The majority of […]
