Im american.... and I didn't understand any of that but a few yeah sures.

Lmao!

I spent three years in the States as a kid and 6 months in Canada and sometimes even I struggle to understand Americans on telly.
Mind you I've seen poor Americans in Scotland trying to ask a Glaswegian for directions. That is painful.... Poor tourists! Of course I'm half-Glaswegian and sometimes even I struggle with the accent

Now normally, I am not phased by accents, and I have a good sense of humour, but I am clueless here. I have just spent the last three weeks in the States and most of it in Hill Bill country and out of a few "yers", I cannot understand a thing. Where does this video come from. It's a joke or.........??

Matt

expat wrote on Aug 3^rd, 2012 at 4:39am:

Not sure what that was all about either. I think it's a spoof.

I have no problems understanding most accents/dialects but over the last few years I find the dialogue in most films almost impossible to follow. There are two main reasons for this. Modern production techniques & acting methods.

The music & sound effects in modern films are usually a lot louder than the dialogue. This wouldn't have mattered so much in the old days as the old movie actors spoke clearly, usually facing the camera so you could lip read anything you couldn't hear properly. So many modern actors mumble their lines or speak softly, almost under their breath. Turning the volume up doesn't improve matters as the dialogue is still drowned out & makes it very uncomfortable to watch. For this reason I rarely watch films these days.

ozzy72 wrote on Aug 3^rd, 2012 at 9:56am:

I mean old irish MEN.(sorry,bit busy today)
Trust me,even other irish can't understand some older men.

I also use the captions on TV, just makes for faster grasping.  Not sure I'd give this video any credit for understandability, tho.

alrot wrote on Aug 3^rd, 2012 at 1:32pm:


Alrot, if you think they talk fast I have a show that will blow your mind..first, I did not watch it of my own free will, my sister and wife had a marathon of it when we had to babysit her: Gilmore Girls. Good grief those girls talk fast! Its an American show and Im American yet I cannot even pick out individual words at least half the time! AND IM YOUNG!! So hearing should not be a problem....unless all the shooting, aircraft engines, and shops have gotten to me already...

Of course you can't understand it.  It's not English other than the occasional "yeah" and "sure".

They may as well be saying,

"Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe."

Which is an actual English poem.

Hagar wrote on Aug 3^rd, 2012 at 3:27pm:


Nah  I'm not confuse at all ,those are dialogues that sound like English

this is what I could get but maybe are just sounds that looks like these words, its amazing how the brain hear among just noises ,try to follow me here ,


I thought you were in insubordination-sounds good "watch today--yeah those are rings on the fist- can't believe what Marty  told Ian- you thought about my call?-oh!they a  raising National Marines? Megalodon my S**T - s**t Car -what way-yeah sure-so soon and were were rapid up again?the we get the crap for help?-you want that?-all about transportation I'm for master poker screen -I plead the whole chase for rain-you wanna get for what?you f** a** hole-shut up

was I close ? hehehehe 

beaky wrote on Aug 3^rd, 2012 at 7:01pm:

Trust me:Irish IS nonsense.