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Originally Posted by barfly
I think that is the same even among British people with dialects/accents. I've certainly been talking normally to a friend and a third party(also English) has said that he didn't understand a word that we said to each other!
What I find interesting is that I could be that "third party" not knowing the people who were speaking and as soon as you catch 1 word and cotton on to "oh, that's Scottish-or whatever-" then you can understand what they are saying.
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That's funny. Often my ear has trouble tuning into some English accents in a noisy place. especially when alcohol is involved. Glad to know it's not be but also real English people as well.
You are right. Context is key. I find it extremely hard to follow a thai conversation if I start listening in the middle. But if I know the subject I can usually follow along enough to get basics. Seems thais drop nouns a lot so it is hard to figure what is being discussed.