Love it, but my god the accents!
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tomparis3 — 12 years ago(August 31, 2013 06:55 AM)
I agree. I'm swiss and a couple of years ago I begun to watch TV shows in english, a language that I didn't knew (my mother language is italian and I speak german and french). At first I had to watch them with english subtitles, and look up a lot of words in both regular and urban dictionaries. When I became accustomed with most american accents (even those in True Blood), I had a few problems with british and australian shows, not to mention canadians (I couldn't find subs for "The Border", and I had to stop watching it). Now I'm happy to say that I understand a lot of different accents, and honestly, I can't watch doubled stuff anymore. In regard to british shows, I find women's accents very sexy
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selteab — 13 years ago(February 02, 2013 07:24 PM)
That was just a tad harsh. I've travelled extensively within my own country (44 of the 50 states), throughout the UK, Ireland and Australia. All regions of all countries have their own accents. Some accents are easier to understand than others. Deep South, New Orleans, and some areas of NYC accents take me a while to adjust my "hearing". The only times I've had a really tough time was in the North of England and in the West of Ireland. It was absolutely hilarious. Had a fine and handsome Irishman explain to me that the easiest way to tell where a person was from was to listen to their pronunciation of the "f" word. And yes, when I first started watching "Law and Order UK" I had to switch on the subtitles.
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lisanabrams — 15 years ago(November 13, 2010 07:24 PM)
Please don't take offense but that is silly-WHY would they do that, it wouldn't be original if they did and we don't change things for them. Learn more about the English culture if you really want to 'get it'. Just sayin.
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!!!deleted!!! (4184863) — 15 years ago(February 07, 2011 02:10 PM)
Come on, that is a bit harsh no
As the OP I should have clarified that I am Canadian not American. Maybe that would have attracted less anger my way.
And, I love this show and I love the accents. I simply wondered why they didnt soften them a bit to have a broader appeal.
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Bowties_are_Cool — 15 years ago(December 06, 2010 01:45 PM)
I'm American I think their accents are easy to understand. I have more trouble understanding someone with a thick southern "twang".
I don't get why Americans complain about British,Irish and Scottish accents. As my Grandad told my Granmom when she complained about them. "They were speaking English before we were a country."
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Fricktator — 15 years ago(December 26, 2010 06:06 PM)
The actors are English and that is how they talk. If you can't understand people when they are talking in a British accent you probably shouldn't watch BBCA.
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MyOtherCar_is_a_TARDIS — 15 years ago(February 18, 2011 10:12 PM)
I don't understand how people don't understand what they are saying! I am American and I have never had a problem understanding this show or any other show I have seen on the BBC
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theprettybetty — 15 years ago(March 12, 2011 04:07 AM)
I am from Turkey and %95 of the time i have no problem understanding L&O uk. Not only i love English accent, understanding American "accent" is harder. Although i have to admit watching "Life on Mars" was a real challange.
I got a chuckle out of using "The Wire" as an example; Even us Americans can't understand half of it, which is a big reason why hardly anyone watched it. It is still a great show, but in order to understand the Baltimore street dialect, first you need to use the closed captioning. Then, you have to take notes and refer to the Urban Dictionary website. And even then, you have no idea what Snoop just said.
I was planning to watch it but i guess i shouldnt even try. If you dont understand that means i have no chance
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youngian67 — 15 years ago(March 15, 2011 06:31 AM)
If you have trouble with this show you should try Glasgow based cop series Taggart. You might have to grab a Canadian to help you.
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msjuicyse01 — 14 years ago(April 05, 2011 08:06 PM)
Lol you can't understand them? Their accents are some of the "lightest" Brit accents i've ever heard. Imo if most of them had lighter accents they'd sound like a lot of us and by us I mean those in the U.S.
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sammikat-903-551819 — 14 years ago(April 09, 2011 12:12 AM)
I don't know if you know this, but this is a BRITISH show. Made in the UK for UK viewers. Why in the world would they "soften" their accents for us?
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kweekes-2 — 14 years ago(April 13, 2011 06:48 AM)
So the fact that the OP came out and said he/she is CANADIAN went by all of you huh?
Looks like it's not just us Yanks who have a problem with the Brits and their accents. But hey, just keep trashing the Yanks for being insular right?
My main problem with British accents is that mumbling/slurring tend to be standard characteristics for alot of them. In the US, American actors often adopt what I call the "generic Hollywood" American accent. No one in the US actually speaks like this, but it's easily understood (American actors tend to enunciate much more than British actors) and sells worldwide. It's why the rest of this planet thinks all Americans sound the same until they actually get here.
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danny122-1 — 14 years ago(April 27, 2011 03:56 PM)
Hello Kweekes
. If you can find a clip of Matthew Fox on The Graham Norton Show, alongside German titwillow Diane Kruger - she ribbed fellow guest & Liverpudlian comic John Bishop for not being able to understand him - and John just said "That's from a German with an American accent - that's really put me in my place!" . As John also said, the range of accents in such a small country are more diverse than in America - purely because it means we can all hate each other more. As for a generic Hollywood accent, I could swear that you have said before that Brits in US ahows, playing Americans , have this same generic terrible accent ? BTW i used to love Boomhauer in King Of The Hill - ha ha , wtf did he just say ? So funny
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And also, The King was the master of the unintelligable. Check out Irish muppets' Zig & Zag rendition of the Beastie Boy's "Sabotage" , in the style of the man himself
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVq7w2j-6iw&playnext=1&list=PLC 59C60C932A26036
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