Lily Evans is from Cokeworth, a town in the English midlands, so you can bet she had a real strong working class accent. That, coupled with her refusing to give up muggle slang to assimilate, means that James (posh pureblood pillock that he is) finds Lily incomprehensible for the entire first year.
my relationship w faith and religion has always been so funny. when i did my first communion i got given a lil wooden box w the virgin mary on it so i did what every good catholic does and filled it w tiny glow in the dark spiders
In all fairness, it’s possible last time Thor had to speak English on a frequent basis was in the 16th century, but then he’s spent some time here and he has Updated His Language Pack™ now