Listening to the fire scanner

Why is it so hard to understand what people are saying on scanners? I'm not talking about the codes. I mean the enunciation. They seem to understand each other just fine.

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SageWanderer · 70-79, M

I think it’s an acquired thing; at a fire or an EMS situation there are key words that are attention getting. Also the small antenna on a scanner makes reception difficult unless the area has a good repeater system.