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We were chatting in the office today and wondered whether animals have regional accents like Liverpudlians, Brummies, the Scots and the Welsh?

Whether you are going abroad for a business meeting with colleagues or suppliers or to finalise a £1 billion deal with a new customer, it is very important to familiarise yourself with the local social customs and business etiquette to avoid offending anyone and potentially losing clients. However, it is not straightforward – a social norm for one country could be a total no-no in another.

When Britain finally leaves the European Union in 2019 we will be the only European country where English is the official language. It means we will be much more isolated in terms of language as we have, for a very long time, relied on the theory that English is a “global language”.

Well actually it is more about the fact that a little bit of booze lowers our inhibitions enough to give us the confidence to speak to native speakers and to embrace the accent of the country whose language we have been learning.

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