PLT RPTR COMPLAINS ABOUT NOT BEING ABLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT CTLR IS SAYING.

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I AM RPTING THIS PARTICULAR FLT; HOWEVER; FOR QUITE A WHILE THIS SITUATION HAS BEEN GOING ON. IN LGA TWR IS A CTLR (MALE) WHO IS VERY DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND. FOR THIS FLT; HE WAS WORKING THE TWR FREQ. IN THE PAST HE'S HEARD ON 'GND' AND (I THINK) CLRNC DELIVERY. I DON'T KNOW WHAT HIS PROBLEM IS; BUT HE COULD BE FROM A NON-ENGLISH SPEAKING BACKGND; OR EVEN HAVE A SPEECH IMPEDIMENT OF A PHYSICAL NATURE. IN ANY CASE; HE DOESN'T PRONOUNCE HIS WORDS IN AN UNDERSTANDABLE MANNER. THE SLURRED SPEECH IS OBVIOUS! BUT WITH THE 'HEIGHTENED SENSITIVITY' OF OUR CULTURE NOW DAYS; I'VE HEARD NO ONE COMMENT 'ON THE AIR'; BUT REST ASSURED; IN COCKPITS PEOPLE ARE HAVING TO ASK EACH OTHER OFTEN: 'WHAT DID HE SAY?.' SOME THINGS HE SAYS ARE OBVIOUS; OTHERS AREN'T; AND THEREIN LIES THE DANGER! LGA IS BUSY; AND A MISREAD; MISUNDERSTOOD TWR INSTRUCTION IS DANGEROUS! ASKING FOR A 'REPEAT' IS DIFFICULT SOMETIMES DUE TO THE RADIO TFC DENSITY; BUT ALMOST EVERY TIME HE'S WORKING A TWR POS; I HAVE TO ASK; ALWAYS I HAVE TO ASK MY COPLT; AND THAT IN ITSELF; IS DISTRACTING AND DANGEROUS. BEING ALERT AND TIMELY AT LGA IS A MUST FOR A SAFE OP; AND THIS CTLR SHOULD NOT BE WORKING A VOICE POS. I'M SURE HE'S A FINE CTLR; HE'S JUST HARD TO UNDERSTAND!