"Andrew Chaplin" wrote

Subcontinental English, i.e. that of India and Pakistan, takes some
getting used to because of subtle differences in diction, but it's not
impenetrable.
You must have a much better ear than me.

If I get an India or Pakistan Tec help line, I ask if they can switch me to
a native English speaker, and if not, I thank them and hang up. I simply
can not understand what they are saying, with my hearing deficit as a large
part of the problem.

I had a whole battery of test in something like the 6th grade, because I was
not doing as well in school as my parents thought I should. I tested out
with a high IQ, and my parents were told that I needed better study habits,
and that I was bored and needed more challenge.

A few years later, after I was out of HS, my parents saw the person who gave
the test, and commented that I had done pretty well in school, except for
foreign languages, the person said, "Oh, he should have never taken them.
He does not hear some of the hard letter sounds well enough to pick up a
foreign language."

Oh, thanks. It would have been nice to tell the parents that, before the
problems.

And get this. I have an excellent music ear, and ended up majoring in
music! Whatever problem I have does not prohibit me from hearing
instrumental music.
--
Jim in NC