Originally Posted by
DropBarFan
I've gone on car trips to rural areas in southeastern US, sometimes not far away, & the accents can be amazingly hard to understand, they might have well as been speaking a foreign language. Actually can be easier in foreign countries where folks realize they need to speak slowly & simply to a visitor.
I always remember getting out of the airport in Texas, near Houston, and getting onto the shuttle bus to go to the rental car place, and not being able to understand the cheerful lady driving the bus....and here I was the English speaker supposedly translating for the French speaker I was with.....
I've had the same experience with Scotsman, and some Brits.
accents are a pretty neat thing. Fascinating how they develop and vary so much.