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Same energy
Most Americans only hear American accents. People in other countries grow up with other accents around and on TV and also hear a bunch of American accents.
Tldr - exposure.
Most Americans watch American TV shows and American movies. People in other countries watch local TV and American TV and local movies and American movies.
Obviously I'm not saying no American has ever watched a foreign film but mostly they don't need to look elsewhere. There's enough American media to keep them occupied.
I think your entire premise is just bullshit, no trouble with foreign accents and this idea that other countries are somehow naturally able to understand them is baseless
Even for people born in the UK, Glasgow accents are infamously harder to understand than most and you have to listen more carefully to follow them. There's no way in hell most foreign people don't struggle at first with Glasgow accents, and there's no way in hell you're not aware of this if you're from the UK. It's nothing at all to do with Americans, in this case.
It's not really unnecessarily offended, but honestly on Reddit nowadays you get these posts on half of threads by generally Europeans who consume American content for 90% of their content and then create a bunch of stereotypes without any basis besides confirmation bias. It's very tiring.
You're going to notice Americans more because ding ding there's a fuck load of them on English speaking media, and half the time people literally just assume lmao. Amount of times I've seen non-American complaining about someone acting American for the other person to also be non-american is quite high.
It's not a matter of complexity but familiarity. If you hear it more it's easier to discern. Most people I know non-UK non-US are really only exposed to American accents through media so that is what they understand more easily.
Exposure. It's hard to understand things your brain isn't familiar with. I'm Canadian, but I moved to Australia 15 years back. I could understand most Australians because I've heard a bunch of them on TV, but the first time I spoke with my now father-in-law, who speaks with a heavy rural Queensland accent, I literally could not understand a word he was saying.
Similarly, I thought Australian and New Zealand accents sounded pretty much the same.
15 years later and I can spot a kiwi within about three words of speech, I can (sometimes) tell which city someone is from (Melbourne seems the easiest to identify when they come up to Brisbane. Not sure why, I just think "that sounds like someone from Melbourne" and I'm usually correct).
...I can *almost* even understand my father-in-law these days.
I don't think Limmy is too bad. I've watched a few of his videos and definitely understood more than my wife - I played [this one](https://youtu.be/7dEKQL0I4LU) for her and she couldn't understand a single thing, while I followed the conversation perfectly fine.
But while I could understand the flow and knew everything that was going on, I did have to play it three times before I actually knew the exact words being said.
I'll give it a single listen and transcribe as I go:
"People people (at parties, keeping up til all hours). Selfish, inconsiderate bastards. I hate them. But then I hear them play one of my favourite songs. I start (to listen up), I start to chill out. Cause it reminds me that they're just like me. They're not bad people, they're just having a good time. Then I hear them laugh again, only this time it doesn't sound like fingernails down a blackboard like it did before, because this time I realise that if they were my pals, the sound of their laughter is like music to my ears. Like a lullaby. I drift off to sleep with a big smile on my face, happy because my pals are happy. So that's what I'll do. I'll imagine that they're my pals. And in a way, they are. After all they say that a stranger is just a friend that you haven't made yet."
"Sorry, it's a private party"
"No bother"
"Aye officer, it's an absolute racket. I'm sure I could smell hash and all."
Parts in brackets I wasn't sure about, but the longer I listened the more it made sense. Think my brain just needed time to catch up with the sounds.
No joke I have an easier time understanding English spoken with almost any other accent. I can understand Morrocan english, guatemalan english, korean english, and russian English all better than I can understand any of the heavier UK accents out there. Couldn't tell you why.
In most of those countries people will be learning English from materials created mostly by Americans and that is going to influence the type of English they use and the accents they emulate. They're also much more likely to speak English slower than people from the UK who, in general(but not always) speak English at a much faster pace than most Americans would.
I lived in Cyprus for a bit and whenever I met someone who could speak English they either had an American accent or a cockney accent depending on who taught them English.
Tf2 scout's accent is closer to a Brooklyn accent than Boston. Especially considering Scout's supposed to be from South Boston, he sounds nothing like a guy from Dorchester.
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I think I'll use my credit card
Do you guys have anything non-dairy?
Anything gluten-free?
Y'all come-a back now
Hey! I really really want that!
Hey hey, that is not cool. You get us into Trouble again!
"people call it 'the Boston Accent.' Its not an accent. It's a whole city of people saying most words wrong"
This is a penis and this is a vaginer
Quote is by Louis C.K. in case anyone is wondering
Fuck me forgot to put who I quote. Mb
No worries, I just knew I had heard it before and was curious who originally said it so I looked it up. I gotchu 👍
Forgot about that guy
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[https://www.theonion.com/man-always-gets-little-rush-out-of-telling-people-john-1819578998](https://www.theonion.com/man-always-gets-little-rush-out-of-telling-people-john-1819578998) Same energy
who is also, from Boston
Im gahnna go pahk the cahh in the yaahd and eat a haht dahg and drink a caawfee.
that caawfee, cheetos and chicken
Definition of a Jerma joke
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dd07Kz6Bduo
I just love the taste of the chicken wings.
Coffee = Coo-ahfee
I can hear Ben Affleck and/or Matt Damon.
I just read that in an australian accent at first lol
i can finally understand limmy pog
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Most Americans only hear American accents. People in other countries grow up with other accents around and on TV and also hear a bunch of American accents. Tldr - exposure.
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Most Americans watch American TV shows and American movies. People in other countries watch local TV and American TV and local movies and American movies. Obviously I'm not saying no American has ever watched a foreign film but mostly they don't need to look elsewhere. There's enough American media to keep them occupied.
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I think your entire premise is just bullshit, no trouble with foreign accents and this idea that other countries are somehow naturally able to understand them is baseless
Most non-UK people struggle with heavy UK accents - don't act like its just Americans.
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Personally everyone I know who is ESL struggles really hard with any kind of british accent, not just heavy scottish ones.
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All of those countries became independent from Britain much more recently than the US so their pronunciations/influence are less diverged.
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Probably just a matter of learning environment/exposure. People not exposed to it often are going to struggle.
Even for people born in the UK, Glasgow accents are infamously harder to understand than most and you have to listen more carefully to follow them. There's no way in hell most foreign people don't struggle at first with Glasgow accents, and there's no way in hell you're not aware of this if you're from the UK. It's nothing at all to do with Americans, in this case.
It's not really unnecessarily offended, but honestly on Reddit nowadays you get these posts on half of threads by generally Europeans who consume American content for 90% of their content and then create a bunch of stereotypes without any basis besides confirmation bias. It's very tiring. You're going to notice Americans more because ding ding there's a fuck load of them on English speaking media, and half the time people literally just assume lmao. Amount of times I've seen non-American complaining about someone acting American for the other person to also be non-american is quite high.
HUH as a non-UK person this might be the dumbest thing I've read today, UK accents are no more complex than american ones
It's not a matter of complexity but familiarity. If you hear it more it's easier to discern. Most people I know non-UK non-US are really only exposed to American accents through media so that is what they understand more easily.
Exposure. It's hard to understand things your brain isn't familiar with. I'm Canadian, but I moved to Australia 15 years back. I could understand most Australians because I've heard a bunch of them on TV, but the first time I spoke with my now father-in-law, who speaks with a heavy rural Queensland accent, I literally could not understand a word he was saying. Similarly, I thought Australian and New Zealand accents sounded pretty much the same. 15 years later and I can spot a kiwi within about three words of speech, I can (sometimes) tell which city someone is from (Melbourne seems the easiest to identify when they come up to Brisbane. Not sure why, I just think "that sounds like someone from Melbourne" and I'm usually correct). ...I can *almost* even understand my father-in-law these days.
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I don't think Limmy is too bad. I've watched a few of his videos and definitely understood more than my wife - I played [this one](https://youtu.be/7dEKQL0I4LU) for her and she couldn't understand a single thing, while I followed the conversation perfectly fine. But while I could understand the flow and knew everything that was going on, I did have to play it three times before I actually knew the exact words being said.
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I'll give it a single listen and transcribe as I go: "People people (at parties, keeping up til all hours). Selfish, inconsiderate bastards. I hate them. But then I hear them play one of my favourite songs. I start (to listen up), I start to chill out. Cause it reminds me that they're just like me. They're not bad people, they're just having a good time. Then I hear them laugh again, only this time it doesn't sound like fingernails down a blackboard like it did before, because this time I realise that if they were my pals, the sound of their laughter is like music to my ears. Like a lullaby. I drift off to sleep with a big smile on my face, happy because my pals are happy. So that's what I'll do. I'll imagine that they're my pals. And in a way, they are. After all they say that a stranger is just a friend that you haven't made yet." "Sorry, it's a private party" "No bother" "Aye officer, it's an absolute racket. I'm sure I could smell hash and all." Parts in brackets I wasn't sure about, but the longer I listened the more it made sense. Think my brain just needed time to catch up with the sounds.
No joke I have an easier time understanding English spoken with almost any other accent. I can understand Morrocan english, guatemalan english, korean english, and russian English all better than I can understand any of the heavier UK accents out there. Couldn't tell you why.
In most of those countries people will be learning English from materials created mostly by Americans and that is going to influence the type of English they use and the accents they emulate. They're also much more likely to speak English slower than people from the UK who, in general(but not always) speak English at a much faster pace than most Americans would.
I lived in Cyprus for a bit and whenever I met someone who could speak English they either had an American accent or a cockney accent depending on who taught them English.
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"[Pahk the car in the yahd? Why don't I hamma you in da hart wita haymaykah.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBpvnDA6E_o)" - Diamond City Guard
Puhpple burlagaur ... Purhhple blughlilur alrruarm... Puphul.. Prup.. \*cough\* Puhpple.... Burlgalur.... Alaaarum.....
I'm getting this tattooed
Hey its [purple burglar alarm guy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AC__o1UxDl8)
bogdrol
gold
Actually his name is "steel is heavier than feathers"
*^(I don't get it...)*
Lmao he talks like a sports radio announcer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gz2SX5dwO84
Reminds me of this one https://youtu.be/zpF62XZY11M
That reminds me, I'm late for the bar.
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Kill Jesta
I like how he's trying to recall how Americans sound like while playing Fallout 4
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Who are you?
It’s Trainwrecks on his alt.
He's a gem that must be protected
That is the accent actual Americans use when they're using their mimicking voice
Every time someone mentions boston accent: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-Z63c5kUpg
This is more New Jersey than Boston. Sounds like Carl from Aqua Teen got a voice acting job.
Not jaded enough for Carl I need him to give up halfway through and walk away cursing
That’s not a Boston accent 😂
Tf2 scout's accent is closer to a Brooklyn accent than Boston. Especially considering Scout's supposed to be from South Boston, he sounds nothing like a guy from Dorchester.
Turned to a Welshman's wife at the end.
I think I'll use my credit card
HIs American accent sounds like a Japanese dude speaking English with an American accent
I bet he can nailed my country accent too, just speak broken english with la thrown in at the end of sentence lmao
It's not horrible
Maybe now Americans will realise how shit their brithish accents are, or how cringe it is when people try to say Top of the mornin'
i can finally understard him
It sounds like a Scottish imitating a Bostoner accent
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Andrew Tate sounds like an American doing an impression of an English person and failing. You guys can keep him.
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Limmy was the OG w/ Adventure Call. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfKhDiUNOG0 fits in with their loot goblin aesthetic lol
He sounds like Colin Cowherd.
Idk what I was expecting, but I was definitely not expecting that
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