It always makes us chuckle or comment when they describe the music in a scene in the subtitles in unique ways, especially as we can hear it because even listening to it, we'd never think to say the music was <insert strange adjective >!
I know a lot of countries speak English but it's so hard to recognise with an accent sometimes! It sounds terrible but i would need real life conversation subtitles or my own personal translator if I ever got to tour Scotland or Ireland!
So it's not just me! I was just saying/typing that back to Sheri!
My issue is with my hearing aids that I can't understand regional accents anymore. It is a big issue living here near DC because there are people living here from all over the world, so my family know to either answer for me or rephrase so I can hear. It can be very embarrassing!
The longer I was there though, the easier it got. One of the funniest times was when I was on a customer site with some coworkers from Korea and they had to call one of the top tech support people, who was from China. They couldn't understand each other at all, so I had to get on the phone and translate.
LOL! This reminds me of the time I was in Massachusetts and doing a double-blink when someone asked me where I wanted to "pahck my caaahh." Yes, someone had to interpret for me as to where I wanted to park my car.Even after all of that, when I worked in the New York area I still had the hardest time trying to understand some of the locals' really thick accents when I would go out and try to order lunch.
The accent thing makes so much difference. I worked for Ericsson (switching equipment side) for 11 years, and as they had employees from all over the world, being able to understand those accents was one of the skills I developed while there. When I initially interviewed for the job, one of the managers I interviewed with was from Mexico and was very soft-spoken. I barely understood anything he said; I just nodded a lot. I'm amazed I got the job.
Even after all of that, when I worked in the New York area I still had the hardest time trying to understand some of the locals' really thick accents when I would go out and try to order lunch.
These both made me laugh & I think now that if I said that here, instead of typing that, most of you would just double blink at me too
This is part of DH's argument with me, he can't see whatevers on like the bottom quarter of the screen - my reply is usually if it was so important, it would be the main focus of the scene & fill the screen. It's kind of ironic but I hate when there's a character reading a letter, text message or newspaper on the screen, because even on the big TV, when I'm used to reading subtitles in a certain size font, I have to listen hard to the voice-over reading the letter or message out because my eyes forget to adjust & read the text that the filmmaker actually wanted on the screen!