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  • Now this is just a feeling, not a fact.

    When I watch British talk shows, I have way less of a problem understanding i. e. Scottish accents than the American guests.
    I think, foreign language learners of English might be better at understanding different accents, because they’re not locked into one. Or maybe I’m a special little boy idk

















  • I don’t think exactly. As I understand: let’s say Italy is holding US debt. This debt has a certain value as long as the US economy is good because then there is a chance of repayment. So as long as Italy holds US debt, it’s interested in having trade with the US or generally being invested in the US economy to keep up the value of their debt.

    If they let go of the debt they would have less interest in keeping the US economy up. They would pr stop encouraging their Italian companies to buy American machines/goods/services.

    Something like that.