If you watched a lot of PBS you’d probably understand him. My regular viewing of “Ballykissangel” starts in 10 min.
We had friends from Scotland — she from Aberdeen and he from the Shetland Isles. She complained that when the inlaws visited, they would talk to the husband in their Shetland brogue so that she couldn’t understand what they were saying. She always thought they were talking about her behind her back. They probably were.
Growing up, my town had a lot of Irish & Scots; the Scots were noticeably more difficult to understand. I don’t know how people understand Australians; that is even worse...