Accents: don't get hung up on them!

Does it really matter as long as the person you are speaking to understands?
Surely not.  In today's world people don't speak either American or British English.  

We now usually say  international or global English. 

Accents play a huge role.  It isn't the word people don't quite understand, it is the accent.
Let's have a look here: 

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