Mr.Duck on 1/12/2007 at 19:05
Quote Posted by Aja
It's actually pretty cool that our new friend is posting from India.
Hmmm...correct me if I'm wrong, but, didn't we had one or two Indian posters around here? (or of Indian origin).
Oh well, the more the merrier :)
Sulphur on 1/12/2007 at 21:13
Quote Posted by Subjective Effect
So long as he doesn't start doing radio and tv ad voiceovers and expect that his accent is somehow going to make me buy stuff I don't want and wonder "how the frek many of these people are there anyway?" I don't mind at all.
Quote Posted by Scots Taffer
If he starts posting about the new financial services my bank might have to offer, I'm quitting the internet.
I resent that.
I have posted nothing but obtuse nonsense on these boards, all of which has nothing to do with any financial services I've offered before or radio commercials that feature my startlingly mellifluous voice at all, and I've been in India practically all my life!
But I guess it's never too late to start, eh? Tell me Scots, just who
do you bank with anyway? :joke:
Oh, and addressing MrDuck's question, I think Vrap's from India, though I've never actually spoken to the man.
SubJeff on 2/12/2007 at 03:02
I was actually talking about all the Scots and Irish accents we get over here in the UK in commercials.
Dia on 2/12/2007 at 14:27
Hmph! We don't allow that kind of nonsense here in the States.
Too many Americans would hate having to read all those subtitles.
BrokenArts on 2/12/2007 at 14:29
Not all. I love to read closed captioning on the TV, does that count?
Dia on 2/12/2007 at 14:59
Teasin', B'Arts. ;)
I know too many Americans who refuse to watch 'Foreign' movies because of closed captioning/subtitling. A few even claimed to hate a French, German, Japanese (etc.) movies, even though they've never seen them mind you, because the movie didn't 'come in English'. One even said she refuses to watch the BBC channel because she can't understand anything they're saying. My response is usually that they don't know what they're missing.
I really get annoyed by some of my fellow citizens whose horizons only stretch from coast to coast.
SubJeff on 2/12/2007 at 15:05
They don't choose the really strong accents guys. None of this "Ya fil te' ten we're ya ken, nooo?" stuff. You don't need subtitles. But then I guess it's like when an African academic is on TV here - they'll be speaking perfect and eloquent English, that I who grew up in Africa perfectly understands, but for the general population it'll be subtitled.
Old hat link that amusingly illustrates the situation: (
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIq6W7Qt-L8)
BrokenArts on 2/12/2007 at 15:13
Dia, I know dear. I am just being me, you know that. ;) I agree with what you are saying, they put limitations on themselves, their loss. (and idiots if you ask me, just my opinion) HAHA Subject.
SubJeff on 2/12/2007 at 15:23
People here don't like to watch subtitles either, and I've heard exactly the same thing Dia. I was surprised at the success of Crouching Tiger simply because of that.
Curiously most American accents on tv and film (and every American I've ever heard or met) seem very clear, and I think that most of the UK population would agree. We can always understand you, but that's not true the other way around. Mind you there are many English accents that are hard to understand if strong - Geordies, Scousers, Laaaandoners - even for me. The only US accent-type that I've ever had trouble with is that like Boomhauer's from King of the Hill.
Tocky on 2/12/2007 at 19:00
I was surprised at the success of Crouching Tiger on any basis whatsoever. Oooo look mommy! Magical flying Chinese!
Welcome Shaun. If you post more than 4 times here I'll dance on tree leaves.
