Understanding Owen.....

In my time here there is 1 aspect of living in a foreign land i have learned to live with. You would think that coming from an English speaking country to another country of the same language with similarities all across the board, i would not have to deal with a language barrier.....that is not the case. I can not count the amount of times where i would be having a face to face conversatin with someone where i would speak clearly and directly to them only to have them completely misunderstand what came out of my mouth. Normally they will respond with something that has absolutelty nothing to do with the question posed or on the odd occasion they just chose not to respond. Seriously people - i am speaking the same language as you am i not - listen up or you might miss out on some pure gold!!