One of the interesting things about the US is that although it's a nation of immigrants, there really isn't much variation in language. Of course there are outliers like Cajun, but generally speaking the difference between say North Dakota and Louisiana are negligible compared to many parts of the world where there can be a greater difference between neighboring towns.
Bottom line is that most Americans apparently aren't used to wildly different accents, and are easily stumped by different speech patterns. They already seem to have a hard time understanding native English speakers who speak perfect English with non-American accents, which, not being a native English speaker myself, always surprises me.
Bottom line is that most Americans apparently aren't used to wildly different accents, and are easily stumped by different speech patterns. They already seem to have a hard time understanding native English speakers who speak perfect English with non-American accents, which, not being a native English speaker myself, always surprises me.