Probably shouldn't annoy me, but it does....
POSTED BY: AURaptor
UPDATED: Sunday, October 24, 2010 07:20
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I thought that most of the examples given included contextual slang, and even if proper pronuciation is given, knowing what the word was, that we did hear it correctly, helps us infer what the unfamiliar context implied. otherwise too much time is spent by the viewer decyphering, and not keeping up with the dialogue.
To deny that there are some slang terms or phrases not familiar to every viewer who is English speaking is just ridiculous.
Should ancient English be not subtitled just because it was pronounced correctly for the time it was in use?
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Annoys me considerably... I was watching I think Graham Norton and they subtitled him..it was so stupid
To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.
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"Am guy-eng an wok-a-bat."
Translation: I'm going on walkabout. 
The bad Chrisisall
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OMG!!!! why would they subtitle Graham Norton? It's as silly as subtitling Barbara Walters. Geez!!!!
Rose S
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ya need to work on your Aussie accent Crisisall...no seriously WORK ON IT. It's "oim goe en awn wawkubowt" wish I could use phonetics it's be so much easier. Also for anyone who's interested the Australian and New zealand accents as lazy as they sound to the rest of you are actually quite a lot harder to produce than most other English language accents (ask the experts) which is why we are so good at mimicking everyone elses accent. E.g. Anthony Lapaglia, Hugh Jackman, Simon Baker, Russell Crowe, Rachel Griffiths, Toni Collette etc etc
Rose S
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Quote:I'm better sayin' the accent that writing it. Memorized Mel from Road Warrior in my youth.
Originally posted by boris:
ya need to work on your Aussie accent Crisisall...no seriously WORK ON IT. It's "oim goe en awn wawkubowt"
"Yeuw wahnna giddaddah heeah? Tok t'mie."
The laughing Chrisisall
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