I speak 6 languages but I struggle with northern accents..

Judge Motsi's Strictly struggle

- ASHLEIGH RAINBIRD

NORTHERN accents are just paso doble Dutch to Strictly Come Dancing judge Motsi Mabuse.

The South African-German dancer is fluent in five languages and can get by in a sixth, but has to ask Strictly co-star Craig Revel Horwood to translate some contestants' thick dialects.

Motsi, 41, is fluent in English, German and three South African languages F including Afrikaans and Setswana, and also speaks a little of husband Marius Lepure's native tongue, Romanian.

But she admits: "On Strictly, I really struggle with people that come from the North.