Just remembered another funny story from the 1990 per-worlds at Minden. Charlie Spratt was the CD and during the second days pilot briefing, one of the Brits stood up and said, “I say, old chap, we can’t understand a single word your saying”! Everybody just roared, some one said, “you don’t understand Souther?Another offered a quick course in Southern Speak.........you got your, Hugh, your Hugh-a and your Uh- Hugh...........that’s 50% of the dialect!
Charlie took it well and I believe he even assigned an interpreter!
Good memories,
JJ