[franktankbank]

English has a wide variety of accents, expose yourself enough and its probably healthy for your brain. I used to not be able to understand different American accents and I'm from the Midwest. Context and patience is king.

[stingraycharles]

You realize that there are more people in the world that are non-native English speakers? Do you think it’s realistic for them to learn all different accents when they’re barely exposed to English in the first place? Don’t you think it’s useful to have some standardized way to pronounce things?

I couldn’t care less whether it’s American English, British English, or whatever.

But to expect everyone in the world to be comfortable with all possible English accents in the world is madness.

[franktankbank]

No I don't really have any expectation at all, just sharing my experience how hard it is even with a pretty bog standard native English upbringing.