> English is not my first language and i have no problem understanding her. Arguably you have more flexibility in understanding different accents if you acquir

> English is not my first language and i have no problem understanding her. Arguably you have more flexibility in understanding different accents if you acquired that language later on and are used to focusing on it. I remember this one time I visited Montreal that I watched as an Argentine guy tried to explain the same thing over and over again to confused locals. They could not make heads or tails of what he was saying. I come from NJ and grew up with lots of people of different Latin American backgrounds and for me comprehension was automatic, but if you haven't had the exposure it just might not be. There's a reason news anchors speak 'General English' but I agree that it's a weird flex to bitch about not being able to understand her when the blog post is a direct transcript.