Yes, communication does often suck really bad. I think it's one of the harder parts of being human, and everyone having different brains-styles. That's a good way to explain it, right, different brain-styles? I've not heard it put like that before, but I like it. :)
Thorn was trying to talk all british and stuff, with the words spanner and barmy (bet you didn't know what that one meant either, I didn't, lol).