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For people from England: Sometimes I catch a British newscaster on? |
Travel Info television, and I find it rather hard to understand what they are saying. They seem to talk so fast. Do British people have as much trouble understanding Americans? Travel Tips We don't have any trouble understanding what newsreaders say. As a rule, the British don't have trouble understanding other regional accents, despite them being so diverse. I did once get an American telling me that they'd seen an episode of Last of the Summer Wine on BBC America but they couldn't understand a word ROFLMAO. Most British people don't have any trouble with American accents, unless you get a really, really, colloquial grizzled backwoodsman sort of accent. Out of interest, which newsreader was it? Others About ten years ago, my English husband and I were in New York. He had a very difficult time understanding what some people were saying and vice versa. I often found myslef translating! That's funny, English newsreaders are usually easy to understand. And no, I don't have any trouble understanding Americans. I have a related story: I was showing my American friend a video of Catherine Tate as Lauren Cooper on YouTube, and my friend said she couldn't understand what they were saying Once you understand the other people, its easier When I watch American News, I can understand what is being said but am constantly amazed at how biased, dumbed down, and sensationalised it is. Everything is reduced to black and white reasoning and soundbites. There is no debate or impartial fact reporting. I would say that you'd get a more ballanced world view watching Aljazeera than Fox News. |
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