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by LukeEF 1763 days ago
This is a native english speaker: https://youtu.be/pit0OkNp7s8

We are a diverse bunch

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Wow! That was amazing, I couldn't understand more than a few words of the first speaker. The others were much more intelligible, but it required a lot of attention (which is also interesting, how much of listening is really passive). I feel for any non-native English speakers used to a different accent trying to understand that.
My wife moved from Finland, and ended up working in A&E in Dundee. She had a rough time at first understanding some of the heavier Scottish accents.

I have tested her now, on Rab C Nesbitt, and she passes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qeWbC7XtO0