"Lost in The Pond."

[Father Heathen]

I came across this youtube channel recently, about a British fellow who moved to the U.S. and has been documenting his experiences, language and cultural differences, etc.
Given that we've a lot of members here from both countries, I figured some of you might find it interesting/entertaining, too.

https://youtube.com/c/LostinthePond

 

[Brickjectivity]

 

[PureX]

That was very confusing.

I grew up on the Great Lakes, but moved to Virginia for college. I lived down there for about 8 years and in that time adopted a full-on southern accent. Then I moved up to Chicago for grad school and ended up living there for almost 25 years. So of course I had a Chic-AH-go accent for most of that time. Now I'm back in the town I grew up in have "no accent" (from my perspective).

It's interesting how these accents just sort of creep up on us and become our way of speaking, and then sneak away when we leave town. Though, I still say "ya'll" because let's face it, it's by far the most sensible word to use. Can you believe that here, where I grew up, people say "you's"? Or "you's guys"? That's just idiocy!