We all make mistakes : memes

[–] hactar42@lemmy.world 72 points 2 years ago (2 children)

One of the favorite stories is about the first time I took my wife to England. She majored in British literature in college and is the type of person who reads Shakespeare for fun, and can even read and speaks middle English. I worked and traveled to England a few times a year and had lived there in my early 20s, before we met.

For our fifth anniversary I took her to England. It was her first time ever leaving the US. In fact the first time she left the southern US.

We're standing at the curb at Gatwick waiting for a cab and there are two guys behind us talking. My wife leans over and whispers, "what language are they speaking?"

I just started laughing, and explained they were speaking English, they are just Scottish. All that book learning and studying of the language couldn't prepare her for the Scottish accent.

[–] poppy@lemm.ee 11 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Does she have a southern US accent? Middle English in a southern drawl sounds fun.

[–] hactar42@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That would be awesome, but her accent is not that strong. She grew up in the suburb.

[–] suction@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Awesome, how was meeting Tom Hanks in The 'Burbs?

[–] hactar42@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

He seemed nice until he blew up my basement

[–] suction@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Haven’t heard that euphemism for reproductive organs yet, and yes Mr Hanks is known for doing that!

[–] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Interestingly, linguists believe that the way people spoke in Shakespeare's time was similar to how people speak on some islands off the cost of the Carolinas in the US South.

I mean the English language didn't stay static in England and only changed in other parts of the world. Accents changed in England just as they changed elsewhere. And depending on where in the South someone is from it may actually be more accurate to be speaking older forms of English in those accents rather than in any of the modern English accent.

As odd as it may seem to hear someone read Shakespeare in s US Southern accent, it's likely a closer approximation to how it sounded in Shakespeare's time than someone saying it with a posh English accent.

TL;DR, You've not experienced Shakespeare until you have heard it in the original Southern drawl.

[–] poppy@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

You know, now that you say that I recall hearing something to that effect previously! Now I extra have to hear it! Haha

[–] TotallyNotSpez@lemm.ee 19 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Up the ante - walk into a Scotsman with a thick Glaswegian accent.

[–] perishthethought@lemm.ee 12 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Oh good, an excuse to share one of my favorite videos:

https://youtu.be/_FSWlfcg6oA

[–] BarrelAgedBoredom@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Thought it was gonna be this skit from limmys show haha. That one broke my brain until I binged the show and acquired a passive understanding of glaswegian

[–] MBM@lemmings.world 1 points 2 years ago

I've watched Limmy's show so much, I can even understand the old guy in a pub skits

[–] TotallyNotSpez@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Now we're talking, but it's still a video game set on average difficulty. It can be hecks worse, trust me. ^^

[–] Mr_Blott@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

https://youtu.be/bTcgCVsa-Pg?si=dKGuM74gIylEjTjm

[–] TotallyNotSpez@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I stll categorise this as "fairly easy", maybe "average" difficulty. What breaks my head is some Aussie slang. ^^

[–] Mr_Blott@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Did ye aye

[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I believe this is where the belter dialect in The Expanse comes from..

[–] Blaster_M@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I call the Glasgow Scot and raise one West Country Gerald

[–] TotallyNotSpez@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I burst out laughing watching this. Reminded me of how my British wife "warned" me about folks' accent back when I first met her family in rural England.

Honey, I understand them perfectly fine. Won't you be worrying, love?

:D

[–] cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (3 children)

https://youtu.be/I4k8dR04TzA?si=bImh5EJFEpKaaJ8w

[–] TotallyNotSpez@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Lol, that's really sweet. But imagine that specific MP to be the first boss in a very lengthy and challenging video game. ^^

[–] cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I'd put subtitles on for sure!

[–] pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 years ago

I could understand the first guy, but had to look up "antipodean".

[–] Swarfega@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

I could hear what he was saying but he was talking quite fast which makes it harder to understand.

[–] shneancy@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Glaswegian is medium difficulty, try Dundee

[–] cmhickman358@thelemmy.club 17 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Then they meet an Irishman speaking at full speed

[–] Stamets@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Or a Newfie

Hi!

[–] adam_y@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Scots is a language technically distinct from English.

the wiki entry

[–] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

Is Auld Lang Syne an example of this?

[–] raef@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago

But most people are talking about Scottish English

[–] GiveOver@feddit.uk 0 points 2 years ago

But don't trust Wikipedia when it comes to Scots!

[–] dditty@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If I can clearly understand Limmy from Limmy's Show would I be able to get by traveling in Scotland?

[–] Mr_Blott@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Aye until you got to Doric land and Aberdeen

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago

“Benendndneebawjdbdya ejdjfjhsbe zmxjsuwhhd”

“I’m sorry I don’t speak Welsh”

“I’m speaking English you dick”

[+] EmperorHenry@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

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[–] ChillDude69@lemmynsfw.com 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Side question: how old is Tom Holland going to have to be, before I can look at him and see something other than a fetus?

He just looks too young to be anything. He comes on screen, talking about adult problems that his character is having, and I just can't make myself take it seriously. My brain just goes "THIS IS A CHILD. THIS IS A CHILD. THIS IS A CHILD. THIS IS A CHILD," and I can't pay attention to anything that's going on in the movie.

Everyone else goes on about what a great actor he is, but I wasn't able to concentrate on any of that. I was just unable to notice anything apart from how he looks like a child.

Is it just something about his face? Is he going to look like that, all his life? Am I alone in this situation?

For what it's worth, Timothée Chalamet has the exact same problem, in my brain. In fact, I'm sure I would get a bunch of their roles confused between the two of them, if I went to write them down without googling anything.

[–] user1234@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 2 years ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbDnxzrbxn4

[–] CultHero@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Two of my best friends growing up were Scottish and their parents spoke with super thick Scottish accents. Made understanding Trainspotting and reading Irvine Welsh so much easier.

Some of my fondest memories were in my early 20s, their dad would make me a drink and after a few my Irish/English ass would start talking with a Scottish accent. They'd all get a huge kick out of it. To this day even though I grew up with a dad with a heavy Irish accent I still can't do a proper accent unless I've had a few, then I can't stop it. 😅

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Why is Luke a ghost? Luke died? Spoilers!

[–] RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Its fine, it's a fan-fiction film.

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