Suppose a picture is blurry. The problem could be with my eyes; I am not wearing my glasses! Or the problem could be with the picture; it is blurry in and of itself. Or some combination of the two factors that makes it difficult for me to see.
Now, let's think about this in terms of hearing. I can hear perfectly in my own language. Not really; it might be a difficult to understand dialect, or we could be in a noisy place, or you could be mumbling. But really, I can hear pretty well.
But in another language, what I hear is "blurry." The problem is not my hearing, or the mumbling of the native speakers of that language. It is a mismatch between my hearing and the things I think I ought to be hearing.
It could be a failure to distinguish between two similar sounds... Like a basic minimal pair problem.
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