Me: “What book tonight, Lillian?” Lillian (age 4): “Peppa Pig.” Me: *begins readinf* “No no stop she won’t understand.” “What?” “You’re reading in *English*.” “Peppa Pig doesn’t speak English.” “... Japanese?” “She speaks British.” “That’s English.” “Completely different Daddy.”
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Ah yes. Reminds me of the night I was forced to read books with a French accent.
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Once had two British tourists in Paris repeatedly tell me, in British, that they didn't understand the language I was speaking. I was trying to give directions in English, with an American accent.
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Britain as other indigenous languages, such as Welsh and Gaelic. But not many people speak them fluently.
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Bedtime stories read in a British accent as a Service?
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I think a biscuit or two (or even a lorry of biscuits) would help.
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