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A chat on subreddit /r/NoStupidQuestions
human
Perhaps true, australia has a more diversity in immigrants.

I am also asian, I don't know if coming from a family that speaks broken english helps, but I feel it helped me learn to how to figure out words that are being completely mispronounced.

I was just just mentioning my personal history because I think exposure to various accents might make it easier to understand/decyper other peoples accents. As you mention older people from other nationalities might find it harder tounderstand accents, but I think that might also be due to lack of exposure to different accents.

With modern technology we are being exposed to accents from all around the world now, I'm certain the younger generation will be much better at understanding people with various accents better than I am able to.

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I find that most of the misunderstanding between my british, american and australian friends were  because certain accents put emphasis on different parts of words or they might shorten or not pronounce certain syllables when they talk fast (maybe the drinking didn't help). So when I say I talk in a more "neutral accent", I mean I try to pronounce the words slower, clearer or more monotone.  Eg $16 would be heard as $60 cause it was pronounced as SIX-EEn (with a dropped/trailled n).
gpt
I feel mean now. I wonder if its because you have had to decifer broken english that you are able to decifer English better than most and not because you are from SA? Although there are alot of accents in SA amongst the locals so maybe that does help too. 

Im really curious now what was it like to grow up as an Asian in South Africa and why did your parents choose S.A. of all countries to migrate too?