Talk That Talk.!

[real mad hatter]

Hey Folks, How's it hingin' ? Or I should say. How are you all keeping?. Have you ever had a problem understanding a server or vice versa at WDW.Either TS or CS ? Reason I ask is when we dined at Cali Grill last year.Our wee Dolly Parton lookalike server had this awesome southern drawl,and I had to listen very carefully to catch her twang,if you get my Jist. ( accent ) And the opposite happened years ago at CHH when the CM asked what I would like.I rattled off my choices so fast in a Scottish brogue,the CM had to ask," Sorry sir,what was that again." Has anyone had this happening at WDW.? I remember at Rosé & Crown a few years ago we met a southern Irish family who spoke so fast I couldn't understand him,never mind the server.

 

[englanddg]

I had trouble understanding most of the staff at Le Chef's de France. Some of them have VERY thick accents.

 

[Baron Von Capybara]

Never really had a problem understanding our server or viceversa but do get a lot of people asking which part of Australia we come from

P.S. like the threads this morning Mr H.

 

[Figgy1]

Never had a problem with understanding a cm's accent! I'm either very lucky or used to a lot of diversity in speech patterns being from the NYC metro area! Heck I even understand you! LOL

 

[real mad hatter]

Never had a problem with understanding a cm's accent! I'm either very lucky or used to a lot of diversity in speech patterns being from the NYC metro area! Heck I even understand you! LOL

Whit!!

 

[real mad hatter]

Never really had a problem understanding our server or viceversa but do get a lot of people asking which part of Australia we come from

P.S. like the threads this morning Mr H.

Know what you mean Skippy. It's that Fosters T- Shirt that gives you away.

 

[disneysince71]

I cant remember being lost in Disney translation But.... I can remember being lost the first time you said Whit... So yes I have gotten lost in Hatter Translation...

 

[real mad hatter]

I cant remember being lost in Disney translation But.... I can remember being lost the first time you said Whit... So yes I have gotten lost in Hatter Translation...

Oops!

 

[disneysince71]

Oops!

translation= in the south it means "nit whit" or idiot... not "what"

 

[Baron Von Capybara]

Know what you mean Skippy. It's that Fosters T- Shirt that gives you away.

Cheers Mate.. Hope you and the Sheila are great.... Its the little things that confuse people i think , like when you say Whit or when us Guerns say Cheery instead of goodbye

 

[epcotisbest]

Being from the Deep South, we talk a bit country and sometimes have to repeat what we say or "splain it agin."
My favorite southern word...mayonnaise...."mayonnaise a lot of people don't understand what I sed."

 

[networkpro]

The only real communication problems I ever encounter at WDW are the tourists from Brazil that only speak Portuguese . Then its more of a cultural issue than anything else. Of course speaking quite a few non-English languages helps as most of them share the same roots, just some took strange turns along the way.

 

[zurgandfriend]

I never understood a word our server said at Nine Dragons in China. All I could think of was the movie Topsy-Turvy and Miss "six-pence please" Other than that there have been times when a strong southern (i.e. Larry the cable guy) accent met a strong New England accent (i.e. Jack Kennedy) and we each had to say things slowly to be understood.

 

[littleroo]

Hatter I have the worst ear for accents and I really have no excuse. Trust me it is a terrible trait for a bartender. In Disney, I am constantly saying, pardon me. My DH thinks it is hysterical, especially when I strike up conversation when we are in line for a ride

 

[real mad hatter]

Hatter I have the worst ear for accents and I really have no excuse. Trust me it is a terrible trait for a bartender. In Disney, I am constantly saying, pardon me. My DH thinks it is hysterical, especially when I strike up conversation when we are in line for a ride

You think you've got problems.My Glaswegian accent is so different from my DW ( Galloway/Irish ) I once said to her " Thats a Murkle nobody was hurt." When watching a stunt go wrong on TV. She asked me " Whats a Murkle " ? I looked at her and said," When Jesus turned the water into wine."

 

[littleroo]

You think you've got problems.My Glaswegian accent is so different from my DW ( Galloway/Irish ) I once said to her " Thats a Murkle nobody was hurt." When watching a stunt go wrong on TV. She asked me " Whats a Murkle " ? I looked at her and said," When Jesus turned the water into wine."

Thanks Hatter! Coffee all over my Computer screen

 

[real mad hatter]

Thanks Hatter! Coffee all over my Computer screen

Oops sorry. Hope it doesn't take a Murkle to clean it.

 

[Baron Von Capybara]

You think you've got problems.My Glaswegian accent is so different from my DW ( Galloway/Irish ) I once said to her " Thats a Murkle nobody was hurt." When watching a stunt go wrong on TV. She asked me " Whats a Murkle " ? I looked at her and said," When Jesus turned the water into wine."

And i thought a Murkle was a power hungry German Female

 

[Bparso87]

I am from Pittsburgh so it can be as bad as other accents. But I don't believe I have one. I had trouble with my waiter at via Napoli it was a strong Italian accent.

 

[bmarkelon]

I agree with a poster above; the only TS where I had trouble understanding our server was Chefs de France.