So , I live in Florida and today when I went to my local racetrac gas station I approached the beer cooler to get my beer, I noticed to guys there randomly discussing the the beers that the store had. The strange thing I noticed is that as I was walking towards the coolers, these guys were speaking some sort of Russian or Slavic language, this was not out of the ordinary as there are many russian and Ukrainian people in the area, what struck me as strange is when I was within a couple of feet of them they began talking like a local Floridian. A clear English southern local accent spoken perfectly with no accent.
At first I thought I had been mistaken previously, when I thought they were speaking in a russian or Slavic language. I grabbed my beer and overheard the one guy telling the other that blue moon was a beer that was popular with inmates in jail. This really struck me as strange as the one guy told the other guy that blue moon was jail beer, because the people who got drunk on it caused them to end up in jail. WTF was I hearing?
I thought to myself, blue moon, really? I’m a beer drinker and I know that blue moon is more of a chick beer, it’s low in alcohol like a bud light or coors, but it’s a wheat beer and I’ve had it many times, it’s not as this guy was describing.
Now for a little context to this whole scenario, these guys looked like local construction guys who worked outside. They had on shorts and T-shirts wearing construction boots and they were both dirty as hell as if they’d been digging ditches or working in landscaping. I work around these types of guys all the time as I’m a carpenter and encounter them a lot. As I grabbed my beer and walked away from them and toward another part of the store, I noticed they went from speaking as locals to speaking in their foreign language without skipping a beat…
it was so strange, there was no chance I misheard them. I circled back toward them and they started speaking perfect Florida cracker without skipping a beat. It was really strange and I believe they noticed that I noticed. As I was cashing out, one of them stepped in line right behind me and as I was cashing out, he made a point to step up to the counter and look me right in the eye as I was trying to leave and then he stepped aside to let me by, as I walked out I looked back and noticed the both of them staring at me as I walked out the door to my truck.
This was very fucking strange anons, I know many russian and Ukrainian folks here and none of the speak perfect English, especially with a southern accent. I’m sure there are some here who can, but they are not everyday labor workers, they would be the more educated who trained themselves to do so… does anyone else think this would be strange?