Accents You Have Trouble Understanding.

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10-09-2006, 05:07 PM
Rainecloud

Accents You Have Trouble Understanding.

Although I'm normally quite good at communicating with others, I sometimes have trouble understanding certain accents and dialects over here in good old Blighty (Great Britain). Scottish and Indian accents are virtually impossible for me to understand, although I do try very hard. I also have trouble with the 'Liverpudlian' and 'Geordie' dialects/accents. Don't get me wrong, I don't disapprove of or dislike the aforementioned dialects/accents, I simply cannot understand them very well at all.

How about you?
10-09-2006, 05:11 PM
Breine

Scottish can be somewhat difficult to understand at times. There's also a southern accent (called "Sønderjydsk" in the native tongue) in Denmark that can be extremely hard to understand. Those are the only ones I can think of right now.

Nice idea for a thread, by the way :)
10-09-2006, 05:14 PM
Ethanol Dreams

I have trouble understading the Indian accent too. There are Indians in my street and I feel really bad when I can't make out what they're saying. :(
10-09-2006, 05:18 PM
Yamaneko

I have trouble understanding Northern Californians. The hippie dialect uses a lot neo-liberal slang. It's quite repulsive.
10-09-2006, 05:23 PM
Madame Adequate

I invariably cannot understand people from The North.
10-09-2006, 05:23 PM
bipper

Gheto ebonix yoe
10-09-2006, 05:23 PM
Cz

Very strong Indian accents can pose me a bit of a problem, but I don't normally have any trouble understanding people with accents.
10-09-2006, 05:24 PM
~SapphireStar~

Scottish and Indian for me. Personally at the moment, I cant stand anything Scottish. No offence to Scottish members!
10-09-2006, 05:25 PM
Christmas

As long as they aren't hypellos.
10-09-2006, 05:26 PM
Shiny

I can never seem to understand the Irish Cork accent as it's very strong.
10-09-2006, 05:26 PM
Polaris

American accent... I can't understand it just british accent :D
10-09-2006, 05:35 PM
Shauna

Yay! My accent is not understandable! :D
10-09-2006, 05:36 PM
Rocket Edge

Scottish.
10-09-2006, 05:41 PM
Twisted Tinkerbell

I don't really have a problem with understanding accents.
10-09-2006, 05:42 PM
starseeker

I can't understand black gansta talk. I'm okay with Scottish.
10-09-2006, 05:43 PM
Madame Adequate

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shauna

Yay! My accent is not understandable! :D

Scottish is actually much easier to understand, for me, than general northern English accents are. xD Maybe because it's similar to Northern Irish, which I'm fluent in? xD
10-09-2006, 05:43 PM
feioncastor

After seeing "The Departed", I've realized that I can't understand people from Boston.
10-09-2006, 05:51 PM
Old Manus

Scottish accents are pretty much another language. Boyo.
10-09-2006, 05:55 PM
Jowy

I can't understand thick Indian or Asian accents very well. It makes work an ordeal sometimes.
10-09-2006, 05:55 PM
DK

A thick cornish accent is pretty much the hardest thing to understand i've ever heard.
10-09-2006, 06:05 PM
fire_of_avalon

I've never really had any trouble with accents. Fast talking Pennsylvanians can be tough to understand, and so can people from southern Louisiana who speak with Creole infusions. Carribean people, too. That's it.
10-09-2006, 06:21 PM
Quindiana Jones

I can understand (and impersonate) any accent. :bigsmile:

Oh and if you guys think Scottish is bad, Geordie's are worse. In a nice way :love:
10-09-2006, 06:59 PM
Strider

D'ya like dags?
10-09-2006, 07:00 PM
Quindiana Jones

Winnit i'the nood.
10-09-2006, 07:07 PM
Roto13

Well, assuming they're not using heavy local slang, I can understand any accent except one. East coast Newfoundland. My father is from there and I can't understand a word he says.
10-09-2006, 07:07 PM
Ender

Almost any non-American accent sounds like another language to me. When watching a movie like Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels or Trainspotting the first five minutes sound like absolute gibberish to me until I get used to the accent.

I'm a slightly better with Austrialian accents, but not by much.

In the States I occasionally struggle with Deep Southern accents of non-urbanites.
10-09-2006, 07:08 PM
Sylvie

I can't understand strong Indian accents. And some very strong British/Scottish, whatever.
10-09-2006, 07:11 PM
DK

Also, extremely strong Caribbean Patois is also totally impossible to comprehend.
10-09-2006, 07:15 PM
Rye

Deep Southern accents, definitely. They're such a constrast to the Noo Yoikah Queens accent that I have. xD
10-09-2006, 07:21 PM
Ouch!

Give me a few moments and I can catch on to just about any variation of the English language.

Just an afterthought--Australians have the sexiest accent. Ever.
10-09-2006, 07:21 PM
Jess

I come from Newcastle, so I don't struggle with the Geordie accent at all, and I understand pretty all others. A lot of people struggle with the Geordie accent, though -- So I only speak it at home to my parents and brother as we don't live in Newcastle anymore. When I'm with my friends or people from this area my accent adapts to speak like them, too. I don't make it happen... it just does. :jess:
10-09-2006, 07:27 PM
Quindiana Jones

You should speak Geordie as much as poss :bigsmile:
It's easily the best accent ever.
10-09-2006, 07:28 PM
Lost Number

I am good with NI accents. I have to be. Otherwise i simply couldnt understand anything. Pretty much anyone whom I talk to IRL doesnt understand a word I say, or any of my friends. HEY SUR.
10-09-2006, 07:49 PM
Mogi

Anything outside of Selkath is understandable to me.
10-09-2006, 07:50 PM
Quindiana Jones

I find it difficult understanding Klingon.
10-09-2006, 08:02 PM
Lost Number

Quote:

Originally Posted by Quin 'n' Tonic

I find it difficult understanding Klingon.

OK, fair point. i dont get that easy.
10-09-2006, 08:11 PM
Miriel

I think Scottish a bit hard to catch sometimes, but I still think the accent is lovely. Given enough time listening to any accent, I can usually understand the gist of what someone is saying even if their accent is super thick.
10-09-2006, 08:21 PM
Jimsour

I have no problem whatsoever understanding people from the north of england, and scotland. But I cannot understand people from Dublin even though I'm from the same island and I'm in the city at least 4 times a year. I remember having a conversation with a taxi driver, and I had to get my mate to talk to him instead while I just sat in the back staring out the window; i couldnt understand him.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lost Number

I am good with NI accents. I have to be. Otherwise i simply couldnt understand anything. Pretty much anyone whom I talk to IRL doesnt understand a word I say, or any of my friends. HEY SUR.

"O AYE ANO LYKE, tawkin to us norners is hard arent et."

;)

Please don't double post! Use the edit/delete button if you have something to add! -- foa
10-09-2006, 08:23 PM
Lost Number

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jimsour

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lost Number

I am good with NI accents. I have to be. Otherwise i simply couldnt understand anything. Pretty much anyone whom I talk to IRL doesnt understand a word I say, or any of my friends. HEY SUR.

"O AYE ANO LYKE, tawkin to us norners is hard arent et."

;)

Hey Go Ulster Scots Sur. Hey I heel frae goo dol nungibben ach hay sur.
10-09-2006, 08:28 PM
Jimsour

Nah even I cant understand that. My belfast accent cant match it.

where in ni are you?
10-09-2006, 08:34 PM
Lost Number

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jimsour

Nah even I cant understand that. My belfast accent cant match it.

where in ni are you?

I hail from ballycastle, County Antrim. But that was a Dungiven accent.
10-09-2006, 08:38 PM
Jimsour

an antrim man :D
10-09-2006, 08:39 PM
Lost Number

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jimsour

an antrim man :D

Forgive me.
10-09-2006, 08:42 PM
Eminem's_No.1_Fan

The British one is really hard to understand!!!
10-09-2006, 08:48 PM
Jimsour

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lost Number

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jimsour

an antrim man :D

Forgive me.

Eh? I'm from the same county :p
10-09-2006, 08:51 PM
Lost Number

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jimsour

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lost Number

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jimsour

an antrim man :D

Forgive me.

Eh? I'm from the same county :p

Oh, sorry. *moves to Derry*
10-09-2006, 09:00 PM
Jimsour

Haha, great.

An bhfuil is agat gaeilge?
10-09-2006, 09:01 PM
Lost Number

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jimsour

Haha, great.

An bhfuil is agat gaeilge?

Not enough to understand that, sorry. But im learning.
10-09-2006, 09:15 PM
Eminem's_No.1_Fan

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jimsour

Haha, great.

An bhfuil [strike]is[/strike] fhois agat gaeilge?

maybe that's why he no understand?
10-09-2006, 09:35 PM
Jimsour

Ah jesus.

I've been speaking Irish for 20 years and I forgot how to spell it :D

I said (or meant to say) "Do you speak Irish" ;)
10-09-2006, 09:40 PM
Eminem's_No.1_Fan

ive been speekin it 9 years and I thought it meant:
"Do you understand Irish!"
10-09-2006, 10:01 PM
Jimsour

Well, not a lot of difference in the meaning, if someone speaks it, theyll understand it ;) but my grammar is terrible, I wasnt able to speak the language for 3 - 4 years when i left school because no one i knew spoke it, so forgive me.. ;)

Cá bhfuil tú i do chonaí ? Eire? Tá mé ó an tuaisceart ach tá mé i Sasann anois.
10-09-2006, 10:06 PM
Eminem's_No.1_Fan

Éire,
10-09-2006, 10:54 PM
sephirothishere

i dont understand foreigners.....
10-09-2006, 10:58 PM
Decessus

Chatspeak.

Quote:

Originally Posted by sephirothishere

i dont understand foreigners.....

AUGHRRR?!!! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU SAYING?!!!!

Oh, wait. I don't care. Nevermind. :)
10-09-2006, 11:43 PM
kikimm

Southern accents I have no problem understanding, but people with southern accents who talk really really fast...:| Oh dear. Normally talking fast is fine cause I do it too but whoa! And it sounds so weird xD I love it.
10-09-2006, 11:53 PM
Loony BoB

The Drunk Irish Villager accent is the only one that really gets me struggling.
10-10-2006, 01:38 AM
Shlup

Took me at least three hours to be able to understand BoB.
10-10-2006, 02:16 AM
Acid Raine

I had trouble with the whole Nebraskan accent (or lack,therof) when I first got here, but Ive adapted over the years.

Try as I might, I can never understand Russains.
10-10-2006, 02:28 AM
Rusty

I have trouble with the New Zealand accent. I have a close friend who comes from NZ and everytime she says 'six' it's takes me a moment to realise she didn't say 'sex'. Stuff like that.

Other than that, accent are fairly easy for me to understand. I know, though, some of my friends have had trouble understanding my accent at times (Resha).
10-10-2006, 02:52 AM
Xaven

I don't really have any more or less trouble with understanding different accents. They're all nonsensical to me. :D

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yamaneko

I have trouble understanding Northern Californians. The hippie dialect uses a lot neo-liberal slang. It's quite repulsive.

Seriously, what's with those people in NorCal?
10-10-2006, 07:48 AM
Rainecloud

Quote:

Originally Posted by Loony BoB

The Drunk Irish Villager accent is the only one that really gets me struggling.

That's one of the more pleasant ones. ;)
10-10-2006, 07:50 AM
ValkyrieWing

Japanese people speaking english is amusing.

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