‘What’s your most embarrassing ‘I’m not from around here’ moment while travelling within the UK?’ – 24 people who made a regional faux pas

13.

‘Burger King in Liverpool Lime Street. Manager had to translate that the Scouser behind the till was asking if I wanted my meal large. To this day still cringe at the looks of absolute pity I got from him and the queue behind me.’
–Mein_Bergkamp

14.

‘I went to a funeral in Glasgow. It was very warm, I was in a hot suit, I asked the barman at the wake for a lager top and without missing a beat he said ‘We don’t do cocktails, son.”
–DeepPanWingman

15.

‘I moved to Scotland when I finished uni and one of the old boys in the office thought it was hilarious when he asked me what was in my piece box. I didn’t have a clue what he was talking about.’
–je_m_appelle_

16.

‘I’m from Canada but have lived here for ages; when I first visited in the early 90’s I hostelled my way up to the Orkneys. In one wee town north of Inverness there was a post office/local shop/food counter. So I went in and said I’d like a Pain au Chocolate. The guy said, ‘Huh?’. I tried it again to no avail, then said, ‘chocolate croissant?’ Thinking that might be the magic words. Nope. So I pointed at what I wanted and bought it. Bit into it. Sausage roll. I tell ya, when you’re expecting chocolate and get sausage it’s not great.’
–No-Seaworthiness5666

17.

‘I’m from the west country. Popped into a country pub in West Sussex and asked for a pint of cider. Barman looked at me oddly. ‘Cider?’

‘Cider, pint of please’ I confirmed.

He looked at me oddly again. Next thing I see he turned round to the cocktail spirits shelf and pulled down a big pressurised bottle and is trying to pour a full pint of soda out of it.’
–mmoonbelly

18.

‘Old fella on a train in Sheffield ended the a conversation with ‘See yer, cock’ and I checked my fly.’
–AltogetherGuy

19.

‘When I was a kid, we were in Chichester having lunch in a restaurant. My mother ordered two cokes, for me and my friend whose family we were visiting. The waitress disappeared and came back a moment later and placed a pair of corks in front of me and my friend.

Even when we worked out the misunderstanding, we were even more confused by the casual way she had put the corks down in front of us as if we’d asked for new napkins. And to this day I don’t know what she thought we were going to do with the corks, or how she was able to get hold of them so quickly!’
–PaulSpangle

20.

‘My wife is Northern Irish and at our wedding her cousin was looking to get some drinks for the kids. She was asking for ‘diluting juice’ which just didn’t compute with the staff behind the bar. She gave up and told me about what happened. I had to explain to her that we call it ‘squash’ here!’
–Mission-Librarian-95

21.

‘Sometimes I might say something that is the Bristolian word for something in Nottingham, like I might ask if I can smooth someone’s dog, and the look of confusion leads to a hasty clarification that I mean stroke! Also saying ‘Cheers drive!’ to bus drivers instead of thank you, oops. And cob shops are horrified when I ask for a white bap.

They hit back with the AHYAHMASHEDETMEDUCKKEH?! , AVVAREETBATTIT and ENTITCODETOADIII (is the tea ready yet, give it a go, and isn’t it cold today) though so my lovely adopted home and I are at peace.’
–Ihavecakewantsome

22.

‘Tried to give the driver money for a ticket on an Edinburgh bus, he just nodded towards the thing that you put your money in, I overpaid by like £2 and then stood there with my hand out waiting for my change and the driver just smirked at me and said ‘no change’.’
–TomAND1

23.

‘In Glasgow at a chippie, an English bloke in front of me couldn’t understand the server. Another customer with a thick Indian accent intervened and translated between the two (Indian guy must have been living in Glasgow, or was just good with accents). Was quite funny to seeing this Indian fellow translating between two Brits.’
–merkel36

24.

‘I asked for a chip barm in Bracknell. Girl had no idea what I was talking about. I had to go through my full repertoire of barm alternatives until she understood what I was after.’
–zebra1923

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