Local Response....

*9....
Superb.
There is a phrase that Brits use quite a lot....
"Had an accident? Not your fault?"
Tough S**t - Welcome to Bulgaria.

"Whadya call a person who speaks three langueges?

Polylingual.

@?...

you know the rest...
American."

Me , not long in the USA, San Francisco Greyhound station: "One way to Mt Shasta"
Bus driver: "You wanna go to Manchester?"
.

Me, not long in Scotland - Edinburgh music shop: "Do you have any (certain brand) strings?"
Shop man: "No. Try Bennetts"
Me: "Where's Bennetts? I'm sorry, I don't know Edinburgh"
Shop man: "Well, we all have our little crosses to bear"

Aged in my 50's at the time, I went into a supermarket in California shortly after arriving, to buy some groceries and also a 6-pack of beer. Pleasant checkout guy, with a twinkle in his eye (which I missed), says "Do you have any identification?" Assuming this must be some local law, I said 'sure' and started to reach for my passport, as he burst out laughing.

any student you meet at any german university will give you the same answer:

"i dunno, how good it is - and I don't know how long it lasts (takes), but it's all we (i) got".

superlufti2000 from nuremberg in bavaria

It's interesting that, when asked a question that encourages imagination, most of the usual SiT scribers are silent.

NA (1) is to be applauded for promoting thinking; a pastime never enjoyed by those who subscribe only to their view of the world.

P.S. A great OP - but those who are snobbish (thinking themselves purists) will not reply.

Not abroad, but in an Irish-speaking area in the west of the country, a taxi driver, speaking in English, told us that of the two roads we were considering to get to the same place, "the inland road is shorter, but the coast road is straighter, they say."

I asked the young bus tour guide,"Is that bkack and white cow, a Gernzy cow?"

"Ya vee have sem in Gernsey tooo."

You could fill a whole thread with directions given in the west of Ireland.

My favourite was "Oh, it's two parts down the road"
We thanked him and went on our way until my mate said "WTF's a 'part' ?"

Not the best but I have friends who refuse to trust a new zealander or an australian who claims something is just down the road.

Apparently they got caught out a few times expecting something to be much closer than it was.