My friend from Scotland says things that I have absolutely no clue what they are? I just can't understand how such a small country has such a wealth of incomprehensible slang?
2007-06-29 01:40:45 · 46 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
i never smile and nod if i dont understand
thats stupid
i could be agreeing to anything
i have a non commital hmmmmmmmmmm
that serves me well in any situation
and whits wrang wi whit we huv tae say???
2007-06-29 01:46:30 · answer #1 · answered by ♠ Merlin ♠ 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
I have ADD so I find I do this all the time. But I do it out of getting lost in the conversation. My mind sometimes needs a split second break when someone is going on about something. Like a self check to say “are you (meaning me) really getting this? Back up, review, move on.” Because I really do want to know what’s going on, but I feel rude breaking up the conversation; so I will smile and nod like I got all the information………. but I really didn’t.
2007-06-29 02:36:02 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nevermind problems with accents, I do that every time I ask for directions. If the person says anything (even in perfect English) beyond, "It's right over there....;" I completely zone out, but nod and smile all the while saying to myself, "I have NO idea what he's talking about."
2007-06-29 03:30:56 · answer #3 · answered by Anne Teak 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My boyfriend talks about his job a lot. I understand his job but do not understand some of the complicated parts of it which he will go into great detail sometimes. I have gone from nodding and smiling to just giving a blank stare when he rattles on and on .
2007-06-29 01:52:54 · answer #4 · answered by ♥ShadySadie♥ 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The same thing happend to me when I initially spoke with a Scottish guy at work. He was cute, so I had a lot to smile about. He must have thought I was crazy. He wasn't wrong.
2007-06-29 01:48:26 · answer #5 · answered by Foxxy 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Oh yes, I can relate. I had a Scottish friend who asked me if I knew where she could get a zipper replaced on her suitcase. I told her there was a little shop on Main street, and she asked me what sounded like "meaning what?" I furrowed my brow puzzling over why she couldn't understand what I had said, and we went around in circles until her husband asked me for the cross street. ( Main and what?)
2007-06-29 01:49:50 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
often, 1 of my best friends is French(she lives in france (I live in Michigan) When I see her (1-3 times a year) I can sometimes understand her both french and english but not always.
2007-06-29 01:44:43 · answer #7 · answered by Kat girl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I especially do that when were talking around loud music. I will catch bits of what the person is speaking, and whether I understand it or not... *nod* *smile* ;-)
2007-06-29 04:07:01 · answer #8 · answered by untchble 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yep, do it all the time. Im hard of hearing and usually after telling someone that i cant hear them and they still speak softly I just go with the flow. gets me in trouble on ocassion... i never know what i might be agreeing to!
2007-06-29 01:44:35 · answer #9 · answered by just me #1 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I smile and nod at my wife every day when I'm trying to hear the tv.
2007-06-29 01:43:59 · answer #10 · answered by SLICK G. 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If I'm that friend "away an beil yer heid" LOL, only joking big man. Aye my brother in law does that with me all the time!
2007-06-29 01:43:57 · answer #11 · answered by sarahmoose2000 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋