On 19/01/2011 9:58 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
> Until you get to Glasgow, that is, at which point even people raised in
> Glasgow have trouble with the accent, that is.;-)

See you Jimmy, can yer mither sew? ;-)
>
>> >  It’s not the American accent that is troublesome, it is the
>> >  divergence from English grammar that makes American TV shows difficult
>> >  to understand. Give it another 20 years and we will be speaking like you
>> >  do now.;-)
> Oh, yes, I absolutely can see that - but that's because it's American
> grammar, not English grammar.;-)

Then call it American not English.

>
> At times, I'm sure native English speakers think Welsh is easier to
> understand.;-)
>

You must be joking?


> Mark used to teach technical courses here in the US, and I was always
> amazed to hear him teach, because his accent softened considerably in the
> classroom.  He also has a bit of a stutter, and that also vanishes when
> he's teaching material he's extremely familiar with.
>

Amazing what “a non-normal situation” can do for a stutter.

> There are definitions in Uxbridge English Dictionary that poke some light-
> hearted fun at the "t'ick Oirish" accents that always make me laugh.:-)
>

???

-- 
Regards
     Stephen

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