I recall watching a British indie gay comedy a few years ago that really needed subtitles for American English speakers. The Irish leads might as well have been speaking Gaelic for all I could tell, and I don't normally have trouble following Irish accents.
Harken: You fought with Captain Reynolds in the war? Zoe: Fought with a lot of people in the war. Harken: And your husband? Zoe: Fight with him sometimes, too.
'Bushwhacked'
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Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 18, 2012 6:37:06 pm PST #17627 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
§ ita § - Jan 18, 2012 6:43:33 pm PST #17628 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Northern Ireland Irish?
§ ita § - Jan 18, 2012 8:23:45 pm PST #17629 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I"m not very good with accents--cf mine own. So it's perfectly possible Downey was in my sweet spot of ni America ni Britain, but whatever he was, I could hear the words. I think it's two things, neither of which applied to me watching.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 19, 2012 6:09:42 am PST #17630 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Northern Ireland Irish?
I don't know, but I'd hear about one distinct consonant for every couple minutes of talking. It sounded like someone communicating while gargling. Or John Mayer singing.
§ ita § - Jan 19, 2012 6:54:22 am PST #17631 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Just wondering about a British movie with Irish leads. Not that it can't happen, but it seems to open it up for more accent shenanigans.
Fred Pete - Jan 19, 2012 7:34:42 am PST #17632 of 30000
Ann, that's a ferret.
Not all of the leads were Irish, but the main character of The Crying Game was. And I could understand everyone in that movie.
§ ita § - Jan 19, 2012 9:52:29 am PST #17633 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
If that sentence makes no sense to you, the contents may be a spoiler, or I may be generating gibberish. Either way.
Jessica - Jan 19, 2012 9:56:16 am PST #17634 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I haven't read the books so I assume the thing that happens is that she and the dress go to a nice tea party where nobody dies horribly at all.
Polter-Cow - Jan 19, 2012 9:57:46 am PST #17635 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Huh. That is not what I imagined. But I don't know how the book specifically described it.
Amy - Jan 19, 2012 9:59:40 am PST #17636 of 30000
Because books.
I actually knew exactly what ita meant. Yay?