I'm a stone mason, and I'm half way convinced that a fair portion of the posts here are at MOST five people. AMA?
I'm a stone mason, and I'm half way convinced that a fair portion of the posts here are at MOST five people. AMA?
The title.
Feel free to ask me stuff. I'm in Scotland, born in Canada. I've been a mason for coming on 15 years. And my favourite dinosaur is....not really a dinosaur.....the Stenopterygius species. because they're tubby not quite dolphin looking (apparently) reptiles.
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How long did it take you to understand the country accent?
Surprisingly not that long. I still struggle with some things. Like I recently discovered that I have been using the term "The back of 4"(put any hour of the day in) incorrectly. I had thought, probably because my friends I'd made when I first moved over, that the back of whatever means just before the following hour. In actuality it means between the hour but before half past.
I can only assume that no one has corrected me because they either assumed I had the punctuality of a half dead tortoise, or they also were never on time.
Once in a while I will have to ask someone to slow down or enunciate. D'nue was a bit tricky for me. It's actually The Now. As in:
You going to be here soon?
Bit late, just on the bus d'nue.
Scot here (Edinburgh), and I'd usually only use "Back of 4" to mean a few minutes past, maybe ten minutes at most. Same as "just after 4".
May vary though depending on where in Scotland you go :-)
That was how it was explained to me...3 days ago. 5...5 entire years I've been using it wrong. 🤦