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minus-squareBlackmistlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up74·11 months agoWent to a pub in Iceland. English brother-in-law had been living there a while, trying to learn some basic Icelandic. He orders the drinks, slowly, trying to remember the words as he goes. Finishes the order. Looks at the barman. “Sorry mate, I dunno what you’re saying”, he replies in an Australian accent.
minus-squarezerofk@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up35arrow-down1·edit-211 months agoBuying beer from a man in Iceland He was six-foot-four and full of muscle I said, “Do you speak-a my language?” And he just smiled and gave me a Vegemite sandwich
Went to a pub in Iceland. English brother-in-law had been living there a while, trying to learn some basic Icelandic.
He orders the drinks, slowly, trying to remember the words as he goes. Finishes the order. Looks at the barman.
“Sorry mate, I dunno what you’re saying”, he replies in an Australian accent.
Buying beer from a man in Iceland
He was six-foot-four and full of muscle
I said, “Do you speak-a my language?”
And he just smiled and gave me a Vegemite sandwich