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Let's say that Person A is a foreigner to your by hadji 2005-03-08 11:49:30
country with a very strong accent when speaking your language, to the point where you can barely understand him.

Person B is a native speaker of your language.

And Person C is a foreigner from the same country as person A with a similarly strong accent who is equally difficult to understand.

Who will be more understandable to Person A? Person B or Person C?
[ Reply ]
  This is assuming that Person C and Person B are by hadji2005-03-08 11:50:57
    I don't know by thread_killer2005-03-08 11:53:42
  It depends on what language is used. by McNutcase2005-03-08 11:53:19
  C, without a doubt. What seems like an accent by shminux2005-03-08 11:53:50
  B, without a doubt. by Esteis2005-03-08 11:56:04
    not if they learned it abroad from a teacher by shminux2005-03-08 11:58:06
      Point, point. by Esteis2005-03-08 12:11:18
    It is much easyer to understand a language by rogue19712005-03-08 11:58:30
      clarity is in the ears of the beholder (n/t) by shminux2005-03-08 12:01:31
        Beholders don't have ears. As abberations, their by Eric3_141592005-03-08 12:32:33
  Probalby Person C... by Tars_Tarkas2005-03-08 11:57:25
  We don' like furriners round these parts. Git! (n/ (n/t) by Kickstart2005-03-08 11:58:39
    Look, I came here for an argument! (n/t) by hadji2005-03-08 12:05:07
      No you didn't! (n/t) by Tars_Tarkas2005-03-08 12:09:07
        This is just contradiction! (n/t) by DIVINAR22005-03-08 12:10:30
          No it isn't! (n/t) by Esteis2005-03-08 12:23:25
  C without a doubt. by Peace_man2005-03-08 12:10:12
    I thought we were assuming that conversation would by Esteis2005-03-08 12:16:28
      If you assume that the conversation is by Peace_man2005-03-08 12:21:08
        That about sums it up, yes. (n/t) by Esteis2005-03-08 12:23:05
  Why wouldn't A&C just use their native by evilsysadmin2005-03-08 12:10:19
    Depending on the circumstances, that could be by Peace_man2005-03-08 12:12:55
    They most likely would. But this is a purely by hadji2005-03-08 12:18:01
  depends on what needs to be said by Reddy2005-03-08 12:23:08
    Cutting right to the heart of the debate there :) (n/t) by McNutcase2005-03-08 12:26:40
      What I get from working retail for so long by Reddy2005-03-08 12:29:59

 

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