Poor Cheryl Cole was kicked out of X Factor USA. Do you understand her accent.
I'm not a Geordie so I struggle, so maybe the America did have a point.
Check this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6DwN5n9iEE

I struggle with her accent - you do not have to not be a geordie to do so. Apparently, she declined the offer of elocution lessons ... however, I am sure she will survive.

I've never had a problem...

Why would anyone need to listen to it?

I only realised she had a voice after this judging firing scandle broke out

Ok, ok ... but how would you communicate in the morning??

She'd understand I'd gone to work by my lack of presence. What else is there?

And who said chivalry was dead?

I'd at least give her 10 francs to buy herself something nice.

No problem here, and I am not a native speaker.

I think her northern accent is lovely!

(and she is so pretty, and feminine which probably helps too...)

You are all heart ...
... and pretty nifty with a left hook too, I believe ...

"wa hinny, get us a canny bag o' tuda crisps fa me breakfast"?

I can understand her fine, I just happen to find her a vacuous, talentless bimbo.

Lol she's taking the pxxx in that video haha her accent is not normally so strong.

Coming from near geordieland her geordie accent really is not that strong

Haha. Was just going to write that...

If any of you really think that's a strong Geordie accent, you've never been exposed to the real thing.

That said, I've been the US and people have had difficulty understanding me... and, you'll have to trust me on this, I've not got much of an accent beyond boarding school best.

Annoys me because any american with any accent is understood in the UK or expected to be understood - it's nothing to do with her accent its the fact she's not famous enough and they have to have mega stars - just using the accent as an excuse

You have to remove the plums first.

There are some deep south accents that go wayyyyy over my head