"Once you cross the ocean you're always on the wrong side."--Perfect unaccented English language reply in a Spanish language conversation in 1981 to a question posed to Uruguayan political refugee about adapting to life in Barcelona.

French vs Quebecois: Thirty years ago I had a French friend from Toulon who went on vacation to Quebec. In rural Quebec he had to ask people to speak English because their Francais from 17th century Massif Centrale was incomprehensible to him.