It pretty much like that for anybody who doesn't speak proper English
In Northern England part of the regional dialogue is influenced from Scandinavia
It's not as pronounced due to the impact of social media over the last 20 years
But there is a big difference between people's in the north of people's in southern parts of England
Your accent also shows your Economic and class status and people's do discriminate over accents
That's my racially motivated then the colour of a person's skin
Just think back to how different accents can tell somebody where you are from and mark you out as a other