what matters more nowadays is money and power. But it remains a problem as long as the accent makes it difficult to understand, main reason why we talk about accent and accuracy here.

Look, there is "small chick" over there, claimed by a mother with 2 young kids.

Well, she is not pointing to that pretty girl standing by the pole, she is telling her husband that he can check his car in that place: smoke check.

Sometimes I have to make it clear to native speakers (to protect my friend) that what my Chinese fellow said and being accepted may not be what he actually means to say.

I was never in this situation but it is true: black people complain about Chinese spitting out racial slur while he was only saying: 内个..婀