Allan Buluku: A ‘baddle of wooora’ - How your accent slowly changes A phrase that is plain at home becomes something that has to be processed. Guest Blogs Just now

The word you need is corn flour, and the moment you say it, the product appears on the shelf as though it had been hiding there in plain sight, waiting for the correct password.

Two people who both speak English perfectly are standing three feet apart, unable to meet in the middle over a bottle of water.

You walk into a restaurant, sit down and speak the language drilled into you by teachers of English and textbooks.