Can you understand this woman?

[Treffie]

I have no difficulty understanding presenter Alex Jones. She comes from the Amman Valley in Carmarthenshire (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmarthenshire), just around the corner from where I live. Reason why I'm asking is that it appears that many people (mainly English) have commented on how difficult her accent is to understand. What do you think?


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[Peasant]

Can understand her well, just missed a word or two when she was speaking fast. Also

lol @ WhiteAngloSaxonPerv

[Raskolnikov]

The only part I didn't understand was at 00:49. Sounded like "iter ani has met a woman . . . " and I don't think that has to do with accent but with the editing which took out the audio context.

[Graham]

She's really easy to understand, no problem at all. Nice sing songy Welsh accent.

[billErobreren]

trouble understanding her?:scratch: none whatsoever:) I kinda like her accent

[Tarja]

Yes :) easy! Lovely accent.

[Unurautare]

She has a weird accent I never heard before,but yes.

[Graham]

I may add, she sounds even better in Welsh. So much better than christine bleakley.

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My gran has a signed framed photo of matt baker (One Show), up on the wall she got off my dad's cousin Hamish. :D

[Nglund]

AHHHHHH! My ears are bleeding!

[Turkophagos]

I may add, she sounds even better in Welsh.

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[Styggnacke]

Yes, I understand her. Her accent is sexy.

[Jack B]

Yes she speaks fine, my Welsh is a little rusty though :D

[Turkophagos]

Huh?


Aren't some gaelish consonants pronounced like the arabic ones or is it just me?

[antonio]

Quite. I understand worse the speech of the one of the cyan shirt.

[Damião de Góis]

In the begining of the video when she is only saying short sentences i understand her completely. But at the end of the video when she speaks more i start to lose her.

Conclusion: if she doesn't talk much then i understand her.

[Absinthe]

Even I understand her so it mustn't be difficult :p

[Stars Down To Earth]

No problem understanding her, not at all. Her sing-songy sheepshagger accent from Wales isn't that hard to decipher. :tongue

[Graham]

Aren't some gaelish consonants pronounced like the arabic ones or is it just me?

lol I don't know, gaidhlig sounds kind of like someone wth a cold. lot's of chhh like clearing the throat and shhh sound.

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[Leeds]

Her Accent is lovely, isn´t it ?
She´s clearly understandable to me.
But maybe Treffie has grown old.

[Saruman]

Her accent is music to my ears.:cool:

[Odoacer]

I missed a couple words, but overall I didn't have trouble understanding her.

[SwordoftheVistula]

No problems at all


when she is only saying short sentences i understand her completely...when she speaks more i start to lose her.

Conclusion: if she doesn't talk much then i understand her.

All women are that way :D

[Cail]

Try going to London and speaking to a chav or two. Those are the really unintelligible ones. Even without the slang. Goes double for the drunken ones xD.