In Yorkshire in the Psychiatric Hospital
@Jackalyn (7559)
Oxford, England
October 4, 2017 4:56pm CST
I once worked in the infamous High Royds (look it up on youtube if you want nightmares.) New to Yorkshire, I was confused (working on a psych ward,) to be asked to "mash the tea."
We worked so hard we were always saying we were "reet lavvered."
Buns were cakes.
I caught a "Booos" not a bus to work.
To this day, I cannot say "bus" that Yorkshire "ooo" stays with you.
What always puzzles me is how any foreigner learns English at all because in the part of London my Grandad came from and our house too, you got a cup of "Rosy Lea" and went up the "apples and pears."
I leave you to work those two out.
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@celticeagle (159008)
• Boise, Idaho
4 Oct 17
Interesting. Not sure what the latter one means.
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@Poppylicious (11133)
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5 Oct 17
Something you go up {or down} which rhymes with pears!?
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@Jackalyn (7559)
• Oxford, England
5 Oct 17
Yes but that morning I was asked to make the tea on the first day of my job in that psychiatric ward I really thought they'd all lost the plot. All the nurses were expecting me to understand and were completely complex perplexed that I had no idea what they were on about. I guess if you work in a place and you use a language you gradually believe that everybody else will understand you.
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@cahaya1983 (11121)
• Malaysia
5 Oct 17
And yet being a foreigner I still consider it a fun language to learn 
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@Poppylicious (11133)
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5 Oct 17
My MiL is from Yorkshire and my niece and I are are always having to correct her pronunciation of bus and butter!
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@Jackalyn (7559)
• Oxford, England
5 Oct 17
Oh yes, butter it is another one I can't say properly anymore. Don't know why these things stuck with me for a lifetime but they have.
@kobesbuddy (74553)
• East Tawas, Michigan
4 Oct 17
In a way, you are painting a picture, of what you're doing. Giving a short description of something. I don't understand what it means to mash the tea.
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@kobesbuddy (74553)
• East Tawas, Michigan
5 Oct 17
@Jackalyn Hey, that's simple enough to understand, thanks!
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@thislittlepennyearns (58134)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
4 Oct 17
England English is quote perplexing. I have to admit I have had to look several things up when watching BBC
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