Emily King<p>I have spent a good chunk of this evening calling people in California and Texas on behalf of my employer.</p><p>Much of my time was spent trying to get people to understand what I was saying.</p><p>My accent isn&#39;t even that thick 😭 I understood everyone fine 🙃</p><p>Oscar Wilde was right in The Canterville Ghost:</p><p>&quot;We have really everything in common with America nowadays except, of course, language&quot;.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USvUK" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>USvUK</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/English" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>English</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EnglishLanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EnglishLanguage</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OscarWilde" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OscarWilde</span></a></p>