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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lawrence" data-source="post: 1467623" data-attributes="member: 17912">The English I had the most trouble with was rural Scotland. I recall 4 of us standing around listening to a docent, and looking at each other and shrugging.  Every 3rd or 4th word we recognized as english but we had absolutely no idea what the guy was saying. And we really tried... he repeated himself... He understood us, but in the end, we admitted defeat and gave up in trying to understand him.  never was sure if he was playing with us, or not.    I'll soon be back in Scotland (35 years later)... we'll see if that situations plays out again... especially as we will be much much further away from major towns this trip. Truly grateful for smartphones in such a circumstance (getting directions, local site info, etc)</blockquote>