# Wow, the British can't even understand themselves1 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 21, 2013, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-the-british-cant-even-understand-themselves1/650934 "2013-02-21T02:43:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Shearer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/57b2e6/32.png) [@Shearer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shearer)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2013, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-the-british-cant-even-understand-themselves1/650934/21 "2013-04-24T06:37:55Z")
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**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2013, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-the-british-cant-even-understand-themselves1/650934/22 "2013-04-25T02:45:58Z")
…I know something interesting about ferns. ---
**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2013, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-the-british-cant-even-understand-themselves1/650934/23 "2013-04-25T03:23:45Z")
> [@WotNot](#): > > … He certainly seems to understand actual Geordies perfectly well: both [Ross Noble](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdGGZJTmqEU) (from Cramlington) and [Sarah Millican](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3PMWbexsJ0) (from South Shields) have been on the programme several times without any obvious communication problems. i have no trouble with these. the thing about the OP is not the accent, but the use of local words like “canny”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-the-british-cant-even-understand-themselves1/650934.md?page=1)