Did you know no one in England speaks English? Just their own dialects.
Wow! I can't believe how different they are. Almost like another language.
This is an example of standard English compared with one of the many English dialects - although we still refer to them all as English. It appears to be even more different than your example!
Dialect English Standard English
Aye YesNow NoSithee BeholdEigh Up Hello/Well I never/Please moveDust? Do you?Uz'll We willAst? Have you?Worrell What will
Owdonabit serry! Just one moment if you please sir...Yah! and Nay! Yes and No (when contradicting)Tha wa'? Pardon?Arta? Are you?Them'll They will
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bread roll, barm, bread cake.
All the linguistic sources I can find show 800-1000 million native mandarin speakers but what do they know?
How about listening and learning from the local guy? The arrogance of some people...