Well as an American that works with people that have thick accents (mostly asian or indian) on a day-to-day basis, and learned a foreign language myself, I can say that some brits have an almost impenetrable accent. But that's just me.
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Fuzz: the Sound that Changed the World
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Well as an American that works with people that have thick accents (mostly asian or indian) on a day-to-day basis, and learned a foreign language myself, I can say that some brits have an almost impenetrable accent. But that's just me.
What's funny about this particular video is that the guy from D*A*M* wasn't actually hard to understand. And yet, I found myself reading the subtitles anyway.
That said, if this were a British documentary and one of the builders was a cajun boy, I guarantee there'd be subtitles.
With Jeorge from Way Huge, from his pedal names and the mystery/intrigue around them on the used market I was expecting more of a mad scientist (more like Bjorn I guess) and he seemed like the most normal guy of all of them.
That said, if this were a British documentary and one of the builders was a cajun boy, I guarantee there'd be subtitles.
With Jeorge from Way Huge, from his pedal names and the mystery/intrigue around them on the used market I was expecting more of a mad scientist (more like Bjorn I guess) and he seemed like the most normal guy of all of them.
Fair enough, I guess you learnt something.
North Americans don't watch or listen to much media from the commonwealth, so they aren't accustomed to unfamiliar accents. Some of the stronger US dialects get the same treatment abroad, but you probably haven't noticed that because it made sense to you.
I think the subtitles were necessary in this film because 1} Bjorn has a hilariously bad accent (Swedes generally speak better English than him) and 2} D.A.M. pronounces "Mullard" like a friggin Frenchman!
given that i've just seen where you're gigging later this month (your band are pretty darned awesome btw) i can only chuckle...
given that i've just seen where you're gigging later this month (your band are pretty darned awesome btw) i can only chuckle...
It reminded me of the opening of The Meaning of Life, at least it did the last (and only) time I was in Leeds.
It reminded me of the opening of The Meaning of Life, at least it did the last (and only) time I was in Leeds.
that's settled it, i'm going to try and come watch you, if only to see the look of fear on your face as you're surrounded by hordes of babbling incomprehensible northerners spouting gibberish in strange alien accents. ilkley moor baht'at!
I see what you mean about Americans not hearing Brits much (when on hoilday it took me 5 minutes to ask for water because they couldn't understand me clearly) but over here there is loads of American TV, I recon I could understand most apart from the more extreme accents.
I wonder is crazyness a requirement of a good pedal builder?
A couple years ago, some [Invalid or Expired Link Removed]from Southampton in the UK came over here for a mini-tour.... one night in Boston one of them exclaimed "Aytomdyafawnsheeakurryay?"
Took me half a minute to figure out that he wanted to know if I felt like going out for Indian food.......
I bumped this thread mostly because I spent two hours this morning in a meeting with a Scot and a Texan, neither of whom could understand a bloody thing the other said....and they were both speaking "English."
