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prefer a low frequency of phonemes and use context or something else to get by. i'm really baffled. i have struggled with many non-rhotic speakers for example. i hear "i saw some storks" as "i saw some (corn) stalks," and not as "i saw some birds called storks." as someone who only makes the wales-whales
(tire=tower=tar, spar=spa, court=caught, horse=hoarse, wales=whales, heel=hill [hɪo], owl=ow, pool=poo, three=free, there=dare) the analogs of californians and londoners in foreign-language-speaking areas might exhibit a similar psychology and simply expect context or inflection or ??...
http://dialectblog.com/2011/10/17/foreign-accents/