"Andrew Chaplin" wrote

Two military cultures divided by a common language: "recce" for
REConaissanCE (pronounced to rhyme with "breckie") has been the short form
used in Britain, Canada and most other Commonwealth forces since early in
the Great War, and perhaps even earlier.

Interesting. I did not know about that other naming, of planes that take
pictures and stuff from the air. g

It is interesting, how the English (and I use that term loosely g)
languages have taken on little twists and turns. It is not surprising that
slang is different, and I suppose acronyms are really no different.

Do you have a hard time listening to an American (I hate that term, since
there are a lot of people that live in North, Central, and South America
that are also Americans) speak, and understand exactly what he or she is
saying?

I have pretty bad hearing loss, and am about to take the plunge into the
land of hearing aids. If I watch a movie that has British people speaking,
I almost always have to turn the volume way up to understand the dialogue.
Same problem with listening and understanding in person, also, but not as
bad if I can do a bit of lip reading. I seem to have picked that skill up
without knowing I did.

I know it depends on where the Brit is from, and such, but I just wondered
if you had as hard of a time listening to people on the other side of the
pond as I do.
--
Jim in NC