Media Oddity

[sodyera]

I just viewed an episode of Misfits on hulu.com that had English subtitles on a British show. Apparently, the accents the characters used was so strong that viewers were having trouble understanding them.

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[13chapters]

I don't know about everyone else, but there is one character on Misfits who has a very strong regional accent that I personally find extremely difficult to understand.

[sodyera]

I couldn't understand Katie(?) the telepath until around episode 3.

[rirakuma]

It's Kelly :) I loved Misfits! I'm glad there'll be a third series.

On UK TV I don't think I've ever seen anyone being subtitled because of a regional accent.

[biascut]

I've seen it done on Scottish and Northern Irish accents before.

Actually, that Poor Kids documentary on BBC1 recently had a lot of subtitling. I'd assume they'd say it was because they were kids and were speaking less distinctly than adults, but it was a bit patronising.

[biascut]

I'm a lot more middle-class than Kelly, but that's basically where my accent goes when I'm drunk, tired or lazy. :)