I was visiting UK, and somebody asked me,
"Where do you ….?", which I couldn't understand.
The last word sounded like 'biased'? 'baist'? 'by at'? 'by ast'? something like that…
And, he noticed that I didn't get it, so he changed his words, "where do you work?" So, I guess the first sentence was also asking where I was working. Any guess for the last word that I couldn't understand?
Best Answer
Someone would say "Where you based?", or "Where are you based?".
With my accent it would appear to sound as "Biaaaaist" because my vocalisation is heavy with triphthongs.
The vowel sounds vary greatly between UK regions and a simple word like this would be very variable in pronunciation. The variation is so great that I had trouble understanding fellow students from up t'north when I first arrived at University!