Have you considered that people may simply have difficulty understanding you? I've been in Canada now for over 30 years and when I watch a Brit movie like Trainspotting, Brassed Off or Vera Drake I wish they had subtitles in some parts.

Jings, thae Glesca' fowk think they've a proablem!! If they were frae Auchtermuchty they'd know a' aboot a reel proablem!! Ah canna e'en git thae Perth dunderheids tae unnerstaun' me, nivver mind Ameriky!! Shite, the mind boagles!! Yon Yankees wid hae me doon as a wee daftie, Ah'm afeared!!

i played rugby in that position... and you can squeeze walnuts in your bare hands... <gulp>... glad i never had to play against you

I think there's a difference between somebody not understanding and somebody being a plonker about it.

Hmmmm .... so true .... such a problem too.

I'm not the only person his "helpfull" comments annoy and it isn't the only thing he's said to me that would get him laid out on his back in the UK.

He does tend to bug people out of jobs ... I've just been headhunted this week by competitors in the Calgary area ... could just be time for fresh fields

I don't know where the Canadian equivalent of "Bum*****, Idaho" is ... but I get the feeling it's somewhere in northern Saskatchewan. I mean no harm to Saskatchewanites, but for goodness sake catch up with the 19th century, will ya?

Let's just say Albertans look down on Saskatchewanites as being backward rednecks ... that says a lot by itself.

Anyone for a pils? Just ask the guy with the mullet ...

Such a funny thread! Gotta love those quaint yanks, what!

Glaswegian, have you tried offering them a Glasgow kiss?

Not yet ... but it's coming ....

I realised over lunch that the only two people who have given me a hard time for being a Brit are both from Saskatchewan ... I hear such a variety of accents most days that nobody gives a stuff what you sound like.

Is that anything like a knuckle sandwich?

Something similar involving your forehead and their nose ...

So you're speaking from experience then?

Nah ... I'm really very gentle ...

Of course you are...you just like to lure people into a false sense of security before you attack!!!!!

See? What did I tell ya? There are many different ways of dealing with workplace discrimination. Moving on and up over the discriminatory sludge is the most satisfying, IMO. I once had the incredible pleasure of interviewing someone who had, a few years previously, had discriminated against me. He was in usually interview mode until he realised where he recognised me from - man that was great!

BTW - IMO, bargain your ass off.

See? What did I tell ya? There are many different ways of dealing with workplace discrimination. Moving on and up over the discriminatory sludge is the most satisfying, IMO. I once had the incredible pleasure of interviewing someone who had, a few years previously, had discriminated against me. He was in usually interview mode until he realised where he recognised me from - man that was great!

BTW - IMO, bargain your ass off.

Plonker .... there's a word I'd forgotten about ... if only his name was Wodney.