Transcripts

[2cbetter2.livejournal.com]

Hello, I'm relatively new to Jeeves and Wooster (just finished watching Bertie Sets Sail) and I was wondering has anyone posted transcripts of the episode online anywhere by chance? The reason I ask is I am an American and while most of the time I can understand what is being said, sometimes the accents do get in the way

Can anyone help?

Comments

[thistlethorn.livejournal.com]

:-) It was no trouble--I just happened to stumble onto it and saved the urls for myself. I'm glad you were able to get subtitles and links to transcripts! It really does help. I always found when watching Prime Suspect that I *had* to use closed captioning, because the dialogue part of the soundtrack was often overlaid with all the background noises in the scenes. Combine that with the unfamiliar accents, and I could catch about one word in ten without captioning. *g*

[2cbetter2.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you were able to get subtitles and links to transcripts! It really does help.

Indeed it does.

Combine that with the unfamiliar accents, and I could catch about one word in ten without captioning. *g*

The funny thing is you think the upper class accents on J&W wouldn't give me any difficulty in understanding when I am used to trying to understand the general London accents on Doctor Who (so glad I can turn on closed captioning/subtitles with it) but they still do occasionally make me scratch my head as I try to figure out what was said -- well before the subtitles were sent my way that is!

[thistlethorn.livejournal.com]

I find I can often figure out what they're saying if I'm already familiar with the phrases, but there are tons of '20s British and American slang terms used in J&W (along with British terms I just haven't heard before) that cause difficulty.

It took me quite awhile of watching the occasional British program before I realized that "sussed" was actually the word people were saying -- I couldn't imagine I was hearing that correctly. *g*

Someone in this post (maybe it was you?) was saying something about the differences between Amer and Brit English; I've always heard and liked the phrase "two countries separated by a common language." ;-)

[2cbetter2.livejournal.com]

I find I can often figure out what they're saying if I'm already familiar with the phrases, but there are tons of '20s British and American slang terms used in J&W (along with British terms I just haven't heard before) that cause difficulty.

I gotta say the era slang isn't so bad for me but I can see how it would be a problem.

Someone in this post (maybe it was you?) was saying something about the differences between Amer and Brit English; I've always heard and liked the phrase "two countries separated by a common language." ;-)

Yeah I talked how we in the US speak the same language as they do in England yet there are times we can't understand a word each other is saying. It's quite funny but that's what happens when your cultures seperate at some point. We share a common language and yet we don't - lol and don't even get me started about Australia either.