The discussion revolves around the challenges non-native English speakers face when trying to understand spoken English, particularly in movies and informal contexts. Participants share personal experiences, strategies for improvement, and reflections on language learning difficulties, including dialects and cultural nuances.
Participants generally agree on the challenges of understanding spoken English, particularly in informal contexts or specific dialects. However, there are multiple competing views regarding the relative difficulty of English compared to other languages, and the discussion remains unresolved regarding the best strategies for overcoming these challenges.
Limitations include the subjective nature of language comprehension experiences, the dependence on individual backgrounds, and the varying degrees of exposure to different dialects and cultural contexts. Some participants express uncertainty about the effectiveness of their own language skills and the impact of dialects on understanding.
This discussion may be useful for non-native English speakers seeking to improve their listening comprehension, as well as those interested in the complexities of language learning and cultural nuances in communication.
If you go to certain places such as Tangeir Island Virginia in the Chesapeake Bay, the natives still speak Elizabethan English. The dialect is called High Tider or Hoi Toider . When I heard it, I could not even identify is as a variant of English.Klystron said:
Oh, so he presumably was 'Bayerische', as in 'Bayerische Motoren Werke'?phinds said:
Yes, I said he was was from Bravaria so of course he was Bravarian (or in German, Bayerische)sysprog said: