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CheritaChen:
Part of the hilarity was his choice of random things for the monkey to do, and him scrambling to find words to describe them. I don't speak a word of French, but with him pantomiming the whole thing, it was a scream. Cheeky monkey!
Lorelei:
My problem isn't so much accents as mumblers.
I have no difficulties understanding Eddie Izzard, even in French. (It helps that his French is pretty simple, and that I have heard his routines in English first.)
Trainspotting was pretty easy, becuase I'd read the book and gotten the accent "in my head" beforehand (though, yes, Spud and Begbie were the most difficult accents; Spud kind of speaks his own language, likesay, catboy).
I even understood about 90% of the Brad Pitt (invented, I assume) "pikey" accent in Snatch. Jwerna duhg? Snahz duhg! Dun baht. Gudduhg. Tekdeh duhg.
For more incomprehensibility from another land, I understood the disturbed black woman ("Soulja Girl") ranting on the MARTA train (as shown on YT). I didn't know what a "Young Jeezy" was, but that's just a cultural issue.
But mumblers are my bane. The range of my hearing, high and low, is great, but I have slight middle ear deafness ("crowd deafness") that turns mumbles to mush, especially if there is background noise. Films that play background music or noises at nearly the same freq. as the people speaking...ooh, I hate that. I suspect that adjusting to it, and having a mostly deaf grandfather and totally deaf friend, has made me better at articulating clearly (when I must, I can mumble sometimes, too) as well as at understanding accents slightly easier.
reggikko:
Quote from: Lorelei on 2009 July 15, 22:01:48
But mumblers are my bane. The range of my hearing, high and low, is great, but I have slight middle ear deafness ("crowd deafness") that turns mumbles to mush, especially if there is background noise. Films that play background music or noises at nearly the same freq. as the people speaking...ooh, I hate that.
Hey, I have that, too. I didn't know it had an actual name. I think mine comes from listening to too much overly loud music as a teen. We didn't have all these fancy warnings like you whippersnappers do.
DrNerd:
Quote from: reggikko on 2009 July 15, 22:14:18
Quote from: Lorelei on 2009 July 15, 22:01:48
But mumblers are my bane. The range of my hearing, high and low, is great, but I have slight middle ear deafness ("crowd deafness") that turns mumbles to mush, especially if there is background noise. Films that play background music or noises at nearly the same freq. as the people speaking...ooh, I hate that.
Hey, I have that, too. I didn't know it had an actual name. I think mine comes from listening to too much overly loud music as a teen. We didn't have all these fancy warnings like you whippersnappers do.
I am totally guilty of mumbling, but I can enunciate when I need to. I agree that it's not always easy to decipher. I just had to go through an automated phone menu where the recorded voice sounded a whole lot like Alvin the chipmunk with a mouthful of oatmeal speaking from the bottom of an oil drum. I either paid my phone bill or ordered a Russian bride. Time will tell which!
Lorelei:
Quote from: DrNerd on 2009 July 15, 23:45:04
I either paid my phone bill or ordered a Russian bride. Time will tell which!
So, either way, you won.
Of course, you may have just adopted a dog.
(PRESS ONE FOR ENGLISH, PRESS 2 FOR PIKEY, PRESSOS TRES PARA GRINGOBOT HABLAR DEE ESPANOLOS.
*boop*
Wotcher. Jwerna duhg? Snahz duhg. Dun baht...mooch.)
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