@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 2 years agoWhat was the biggest culture shock you ever experienced?message-square248fedilinkarrow-up1253arrow-down14
arrow-up1249arrow-down1message-squareWhat was the biggest culture shock you ever experienced?@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 2 years agomessage-square248fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish19•2 years agoI’m a NZer living in Australia, some people didn’t understand me saying “a wee bit *”, like “it’s a wee bit annoying”. I’m not very well traveled.
minus-square@meanmon13linkEnglish6•2 years agoThat’s odd, we use “a wee bit *” in the USA too, not a terribly common colloquialism but still used. On second thought, maybe not lol. I do read a lot, perhaps I picked up my familiarity with the phrase from books.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•2 years agoSaying that would probably net you a hiding
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•2 years agoJokingly suggesting you’d get beaten up
I’m a NZer living in Australia, some people didn’t understand me saying “a wee bit *”, like “it’s a wee bit annoying”.
I’m not very well traveled.
That’s odd, we use “a wee bit *” in the USA too, not a terribly common colloquialism but still used. On second thought, maybe not lol. I do read a lot, perhaps I picked up my familiarity with the phrase from books.
What about “a teensie bit”?
Saying that would probably net you a hiding
A what now?
Jokingly suggesting you’d get beaten up