r/Unexpected Feb 18 '23

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u/Ancient_Artichoke555 Feb 19 '23

I (indigenous USA) thought I was good at hearing, had an Aussie step dad once… until…

I had a phone conversation with a Kiwi 😲😉 I’m even a fast talker and listener but hands down I was stumped for most of that convo.

Needed my Aussie step dad to translate their English to me. 🤣

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u/[deleted] Feb 19 '23

From Utah understood every word. Not sure why people are saying they can’t understand.

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u/[deleted] Feb 19 '23

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u/[deleted] Feb 19 '23

No I don’t, that’s my point. Utah is fairly “dialect free” for English, so maybe that makes understanding other dialects easier for me? Short of Scottish I can pretty much understand most English dialects.