Once I had a Syrian guy tell me he can't understand Moroccans. I started to speak Darija to him but in a slow pace. He was shocked, as he understood every word and for a moment didn't believe it was Darija.
I get annoyed whenever I read this take. Moroccan-Arabic is Arabic, but with an accent so heavy and spoken so fast that most don't recognize a lot of words. That doesn't make it a different language, just as is the case with heavy Yemeni dialects. On closer inspection almost…