Immigration to the UK.

[dzee]

Finding a job will be easy, unemployment is very low, finding a good job however wont be as easy.
Also in the summer months (Now) our country is flooded with students from europe, especially eastern europe, who come and take most of the crap jobs.

[EXreaction]

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Originally Posted by Epidemic

can you speak british. I heard the transition from WI was quite difficult.

I don't think it would be too hard to understand what everyone says, but it would be interesting trying to get used to the dialect.

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Originally Posted by outlaw2001it

Hello,
Just to give you a heads-up...don't travel to the U.K. in August, that is the most expensive time that you can go. Besides everything is shutdown pretty much, so if you trying to find something for a job, you maybe up S***'s Creek without a paddle. Take Care.

[dzee]

you can rent studio apartments for around £110 a week where i live on the south coast. Ok its not like living in a palace but some are quite nice, train journeys to london are around 60 minutes long.

[butch81385]

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Originally Posted by EXreaction

I don't think it would be too hard to understand what everyone says, but it would be interesting trying to get used to the dialect.

The dialect will take some time to get (I was very familiar with most things after 4 months but still thought some of it was odd). As for understanding, you should be good in London, though if you head up to Yorkshire and spend some times in pubs you will definitely run into some people who are impossible to talk to.

[EXreaction]

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Originally Posted by dzee

you can rent studio apartments for around £110 a week where i live on the south coast. Ok its not like living in a palace but some are quite nice, train journeys to london are around 60 minutes long.

Thats a bit on the expensive side for being 60 minutes away from London.

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Originally Posted by butch81385

The dialect will take some time to get (I was very familiar with most things after 4 months but still thought some of it was odd). As for understanding, you should be good in London, though if you head up to Yorkshire and spend some times in pubs you will definitely run into some people who are impossible to talk to.

[outlaw2001it]

Hello,
One of my friends that lives in London has a rich London accent, I have to listen very closely (especially if we're talking on the phone), because sometimes I can't understand him; and sometimes I have to ask him to repeat himself. It gets better when we get drunk, because we can't understand each other. One of my other friends that lives in Maplethorpe doesn't have a strong accent, so there's is not problem communicating. It all depends on who you meet in the U.K., just like the U.S. where everybody has a different accent.
Hey EX just want you let you know that the Dollar to GBP is $2.01, and it will get worse as the weeks progress. Take care.

[27]

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Originally Posted by EXreaction

You know of any YouTube links or w/e that has someone with a strong British accent talking? I knew one guy who was from France a long time ago, it was nearly impossible to understand what he said once in a while (even his wife had trouble understanding what he said from time to time).

The flight crew here have a Yorkshire accent
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qdsv2CRHjk

Not too common in London.

[27]

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Originally Posted by butch81385

The dialect will take some time to get (I was very familiar with most things after 4 months but still thought some of it was odd). As for understanding, you should be good in London, though if you head up to Yorkshire and spend some times in pubs you will definitely run into some people who are impossible to talk to.

Ay-yup lad.

[27]

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Originally Posted by outlaw2001it

Hello,
Just to give you a heads-up...don't travel to the U.K. in August, that is the most expensive time that you can go. Besides everything is shutdown pretty much, so if you trying to find something for a job, you maybe up S***'s Creek without a paddle. Take Care.

Can you please elaborate on this?

[27]

There are many UK accents here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KH_kOjsXakM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8XkYjc11lA

London is very cosmopolitan. You'll meet English, Welsh, Scottish, Irish, Carribean, African, Eastern-European, Americans etc. Don't expect most people to have the same accent.