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Or Gerald on Clarkson's Farm... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLj_GARcO20

(I'm pretty sure his accent is exaggerated on purpose)

I am from the west country (and recognize people in the show) and there really are people that speak like that, including dropping off in the middle of a sentence. We had someone working on our farm that was very hard for most people to understand - basically the same accent/dialect.

Again, where is the problem?

Close your eyes and _listen_, don't be distracted by the video.

Just Clarkson hamming things up.

Dude, why do you assume other folks hear things the way you do? Great, you’re an accent genius. Not everyone has the same perfect audio processing circuits as you do and not everyone has heard all the accents you have. Instead of insisting they just “try harder”, just believe them and consider how fascinating the diversity of human experience is and how incredibly superior your own understanding is, but please keep it to yourself.

How about looking earlier in the thread where we both mentioned which part of the Island we're from.

We're simply comparing ability to distinguish other regional accents on the Island, not putting each other down. Generally folks here get to hear lots of different forms of spoken English.

and no - I ain't no "accent genius", there are parts of the Scouse, Brummie, and Durham accents I have trouble with.

Different accents pose different levels of difficulty to different people, just like most things. Not sure if it was your intention but yur responses come across quite dismissively.

Except Amazon's own subtitle group have issues understanding Gerald. To the point his subtitles are often just "????"

That’s a joke lol

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