Refusal to speak English despite being English

I called a courier for a package to be picked up in my office. I heard the guys german accent and he was English (England origins) And i was like "Hey your English right?" he responds ..."Ja klar" i said... "thats cool your always welcome round here MATE" he then grunts mutttered something and gave me a death stare... then proceeds to speak to me in german (which is no problem) then leaves!

He's probably a spy and you just unearthed him.

As it happens he was probably pissed 'cos he reckons his German is so perfect that no-one could ever realise.

I had a mate of mine who introduced me to his seriously stuck up bitch of a girlfriend once in London. She said something condescending within about 20 seconds of our meeting at which point I asked "Which part of Birmingham are you originally from?"...and I got the death stare for being correct.

This happens sometimes. there's an Australian barman in a pub I sometimes go to in the West End and he is really pissy about speaking English.

@grtho

Reminds of that little unfriendly twat who ran the bar in the Ozzie part of kilians. I think he's home now. But he spoke English. He was simply and Ozzie twat.

If there's one thing that makes me sick, its foreigners desperately trying to blend in. I was born in SA and went to England aged 12. I still call myself half-S African because I sound it and I grew up in London in a S African family. (In London you can be anything - you don't become English. But Britain is such an "accents" place. You are what you sound like.)

I never tried to lose my accent which is why many still think its strong.

But I have met loads of Ozzies, Kiwis and Saffers who put on the "potato in the mouth" accent after approximately 14 months in London. I mean what a pretentious bunch of sh1t? And it sticks out a mile to people from back home who are sensitive to the local accent.

If that Ozzie barman tries that on me I'm calling his boss down there and then.

Twat

MTV, which aussie one in Neds?

The only two I can think of are wee Sean and big Greg, both sound lads with no pretentions

@Wee Mun

Nah, it was some little young prick who went home in December I think. Other ones are all sound I think. I like my Ozzies, don't get me wrong. They've got a lot in common with the Saffers in terms of their outlook on life.

The guy who went home in December who basically ran Neds was Sean, and you will struggle to meet a nicer bloke.

@Wee mun

would agree with that. sean was always grand with me.

on the initial subject like. it used to rankle with me when i was learning german if people spoke to me in english, but if they themselves were english its daft to be talking german. maybe the courier didn't clock that you were english (or native english speaking)?

@wee mun

@latecomer

Maybe he just didn't like me 'cos he acted like an arrogant and unfriendly twat on two separate occaisions. I may have used words that were a bit long.

Anyhow, that's what makes life so interesting isn't it.

No i was like "yeah no worries can i just have your kurier Number MATE" and he was answering in german but clearly you could here he was foreign...

nob head!

seconded

speaking of knobheads, obviously your seminary education was in a rather financially restrained district that had to cut back on its written language studies budget because we all know, even the kiwis, that people from Australia are called AUSSIES. check the difference...mate.

oh and now that somebody has corrected robbieinwhere?'s awful spelling of courier (you go to the same school as the vicar?) can you please change english to be spelt correctly. thank you, i shall now be able to slepp at night.

Reeeeow!



Maybe a soothing cup of tea before your slepp, Dr?

Who gives a SH_T! everyone knows what i meant?!?!?!?

ODER!???

Marshbot... back up here would be good

Ja Ja, I concur.
We knowed wot u meaned.

Hey, and I know some Aussie's who write it as Oz & Ozzie anyhoo!
meh, it's all the same to me.

A certain Munich British Consul General (who has now moved on) used to alway speak German, often to English colleagues and business friends "because that was what one did in Germany..." His German was good, but not natural...

Words failed me...

YL6

now now robbie, calm down, you do seem to get quite emotional in your posts. obviously this courier chappie had a deeper affect on you than was first thought. would you like to sit in a circle and talk my friend? i can bring my guitar and we can strum kum bae ya as we go along?

Next time use another company!

So where is the problem..?

Your parcel got sent and no one wated time with Idle chit chat...

The guy was just being a d*ck. He's the loser!!

All my 'English' patients (english as mother tongue) want to speak english with me at the practice. Heck even the German's love the chance to speak some english... so I let them. I can speak german, but lots want the chance to practice. Even one of the doctors asked me the other day to only speak english with him as he needs the practice. We get patients from Saudi, Belguim, Luxumberg, Italy and Spain, so we need english too! As I am not learning all those languages.

That guy sounds like a jerk, I relish in the opportunity to speak english.