Language barrier in English? - chartered accountant
July 31st, 2008
I am originally from Florida and have heard all kinds of phrases from all kinds of accents, from all kinds of countries. I was at my insurance office and I heard one woman speaking of her chartered accountant. I was not the only one who was puzzled because here insurance agent did not understand the term either. The poor woman (who was from Europe) was quite flustered and couldn’t understand why he did not understand what she mean. After some trial and error it turned out the a chartered account was pretty much as a regular accountant in America. Just with a different name.
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