Quote Originally Posted by LoE View Post
Truly.

I was in England for a number of months, working a job that paid me to fly out. So I did so.

I didn't understand a word the entire time I was there. It's truly an isolating feeling to have everyone around oneself speaking one's native language - but still not understand a word of it.

The slang is different. The terms used are different, accent is different, inflection is different. I may as well have been in China or Japan.
With the greatest of respect, why are you so surprised that the words and how they are used are different?

When we consider the history of both Nations and makeup of the respective population differences of the two Nations then really, its hardly surprising.