English accents can differ enough to create room for misunderstandings. For example, the pronunciation of "pearl" in some variants of Scottish English can sound like the entirely unrelated word "petal" to an American. For a summary of the differences between accents, see Sound correspondences between English accents.
english accents can differ enough to create room for misunderstandings for example the pronunciation of "pearl" in some variants of scottish english can sound like the entirely unrelated word "petal" to an american for a summary of the differences between accents see sound correspondences between english accents