carelesslisper

Is it just me or the link is off?

That makes sense. As a non-native English speaker I find it easier to understand people from my country speaking English than other accents.

I also found out that after starting studying Chinese it is easier to me to understand Chinese people speaking Portuguese (my native language) because I understand a bit of the Chinese grammar and phrasal structures.

There's an excellent little book with those two and many others equivalently bizarre accounts on nuclear weapons and nuclear energy: http://www.amazon.com/A-Short-History-Nuclear-Folly/dp/16121...