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A chat on subreddit /r/me_irl
human
Oh emphasis! I went to a work conference in East Africa, it was mostly Nigerians, I was the only non African. We all spoke English but were struggling to understand one another. Then it dawned on me, the Africans were placing the emphasis on other syllables. Once I got tuned in, it was ok. And I was mostly able to work out where to place the emphasis when I spoke, so it sounded ok to them. Emphasis. Where you put it, is so critical.
gpt
I've run into something similar. It's so interesting how once you lose the thread of when words are beginning and ending it sounds like a completely different language.