Britain’s Parliament was divided by a common language on Thursday, as one politician was forced to repeat a question twice when his colleague couldn’t understand him, before eventually submitting the question in writing after his attempts at verbal communication failed. “Could you please repeat the question, because I didn’t follow it?”The remark sparked nervous laughter from other politicians in Parliament. “It seems having a Scottish accent can be an occupational hazard in the House of Commons,” said Catriona Matheson, head of communications for the Scottish National Party. “The Scottish accent really isn’t even that strong,” wrote Henry Zeffman, a journalist with the Times of London. “I’ll try it on my first go,” said Labour member of Parliament Chris Elmore as he stepped in to ask the next question.

Source: Washington Post October 18, 2018 13:30 UTC