In 2009 I moved to Japan for my first postdoc position. I was still living like a student, so I got a room in a foreigner house. When I moved in, I didn't know what to expect and my Japanese was basically non-existent. Fortunately for me, everyone living there at that time spoke English as a second language. Unfortunately for them, Estuary English is a really odd accent and to them I was just a weird guy drinking tea in a bathrobe making very English noises. Eventually I realised and adapted.