I am not too sure - The Caribbean

23 July 2010 - I needed tiles for the terrace of our new house and the contractor told me the best place to go. That might seem easy, but the town where we live has no street names. I was given detailed directions with lots of gesturing...

...that you have to turn right at baker X, then straight through at market Y and left at rum shop Z. I simply couldn’t keep up and so I asked our driver to listen in. “Do you understand where we have to go?” “I think so.” Right, we should be able to find it, I thought. But after driving around for half an hour, I knew we weren’t getting anywhere. Because I thought it might be rude to say something, I dutifully kept looking. Another thirty minutes later I realised it was hopeless. So I asked, “Shouldn’t we be on the other side of town?” to which the driver replied: “I am not too sure”. It eventually took us all morning to find the wholesaler... But I’m not complaining. In fact, I should be grateful. It was my first introduction to the local English. “I think so” means “I don’t think so” and “I’m not too sure” means “I have no idea”.