He pretty much says straight out that he has a speech impediment in earlier videos, and asks viewers to turn on captions if they have trouble understanding him.
There was a Glaswegian fan active in UK fandom many years ago who English fans had trouble understanding. They thought it was just a thick Glasgow accent but it turned out that he had a speech impediment and the Glasgow fans had trouble understanding him, too.
I was wondering about New Zealand sound shift. (I don't recall how they've shifted their vowels, so I don't know whether the vowel shift here matches.)
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Date: 2020-08-21 09:50 am (UTC)There was a Glaswegian fan active in UK fandom many years ago who English fans had trouble understanding. They thought it was just a thick Glasgow accent but it turned out that he had a speech impediment and the Glasgow fans had trouble understanding him, too.
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Date: 2020-08-21 09:33 am (UTC)"Galactic disasters"? Oh, my.
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