I’ve worked on dairy farms in the Florida Panhandle where the backwoods dialect spoken by some very skilled workers was incomprehensible to me.
I have the same problem with Berliners.
Dialects are sometimes confounding. My own English varies between Nyawkese and flat midwestern. But I can fake some British and Australian.
And that is why I find different languages and dialects so fascinating. 🤷♀️
I’ve been in Pennsylvania, in the Amish community a few times and I can understand every word of the Deitsch, Pennsilfaanisch-Deitsch (Pennsylvania German) but I can’t speak it at all. Learning that is my next adventure in the world of languages.
Btw, I just noticed on your homepage that you’re in Israel.
Visiting Israel is and has been on my my bucket list for a long time.
Stay safe.