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Why Americans suck at understanding foreign accents

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Donald Trump recently admitted to not understanding reporters' heavy accents because of their heavy accents, but he is among many Americans with the struggle.

80 percent of native-born Americans speak only English , dialect coach David Alan Stern told DailyMail.com.

As such, they are exposed to fewer foreign languages and accents than people from other parts of the world, like Europe .

This can result in a 'mental block' when it comes to understanding unfamiliar sounds.

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