For Americans, is it sometimes difficult to hear British English?

Risposte

rgf123

9 ago 2014

Inglese (Stati Uniti)

If by that you mean difficult to bear then no and if you mean difficult to understand again no but that's just me

alycia

10 ago 2014

Inglese (Stati Uniti)

No I think most Americans like British accents. Though there are some parts of Great Britian and Ireland that have really thick accents that I can't understand what they are saying.

jessenstein

10 ago 2014

Inglese (Stati Uniti)

I've never had any trouble with native english speaking accents from other countries. I think the hardest accent to understand is from americans around the rural appalachian mountain areas

makato

10 ago 2014

Inglese (Stati Uniti)

I haven't ever had a hard time understanding a British person. In fact, most girls in America find British accents cute for some reason.

fuxi

10 ago 2014

Giapponese

Thanks a lot. Do the same thing apply even to the English Indian or Chinese speaks?
For me, the English African-American (in mafia movies) or Irish speaks (in say Game of Throne) is very difficult to hear.

jessenstein

10 ago 2014

Inglese (Stati Uniti)

I think accents don't affect comprehension too much because most english words are unique sounding and don't require correct pronunciation to understand.

balonger

11 ago 2014

Inglese (Stati Uniti) Quasi esperto
Ungherese

As long as you know they speak English, it's usually pretty simple. But once I heard 2 indians speak "English", and I didn't realise it until they pointed it out. Once I knew I could figure out what they were saying, but it was exhausting. As for British, it's simple to understand and I find their accent sexy :)

fuxi

11 ago 2014

Giapponese

Thanks a lot. There are Japanese people, especially young people, who like to mimic some Japanese dialect such as Osaka-ben. The same thing applies here in Japan. :-)