Re: When someone from Britain speaks, Americans hear a "British accent"...
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Re: When someone from Britain speaks, Americans hear a "British accent"...

From: Bill <wpeterson1@socal.rr.com>
Date: Thu Jun 30 2005 - 22:46:22 CEST



James Stroud wrote:


> Frankly, I can't watch Shakespeare or movies like "the full monty" or


> "trainspotting" because I can't understand a damn word they say. British talk


> sounds like gibberish to me for the most part.



Have you had your hearing checked recently? Seriously. I have a hearing


defect and speakers from the UK give me by far the most difficulty.


People speaking English as a second language are more understandable.


Received on Thu Sep 29 16:40:32 2005