Funny Stories From Across the Pond....

So, today we were getting ready to go on an "adventure," and there was a knock on our door. When I answered, there was a young girl who wanted to give us a message. She looked like she was getting ready to clean the flat next door to ours, and she told me--in her lovely Scottish accent--that it would be open if we wanted to walk through and go to the back garden. (There is no back door in our flat to the back garden, so we have had no access to it.) Since we were getting ready to leave, we weren't able to do that today, but she then told us that we could go through another open flat for the next two days if we wanted. She was really sweet and concerned about the kids getting outside! Of course, through the whole interchange the kids were swarming the door wanting to know what was going on. And as we proceeded to walk back into the living room, Paige asks me, "Mommy, what kind of Spanish was she speaking?"

Isn't that hilarious?!... One thing I looked forward to in coming to Scotland was seeing how the kids reacted to the Scottish accent. Not only the accent but all the different words they use. For instance, the kids have loved that they call 'cookies'--'biscuits' and 'chips'--'crisps.' But being in the city and especially with such a large university, we hear all kinds of accents! There are people from all over the world here--on the streets, shop owners, even at church, etc. So, they haven't had as much interaction with people who have a true Scottish accent. Anyway, it was quite hilarious!