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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 11/19/2008 7:20:47 PM
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manda59
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Do you get offended if there is a British person on an American show (reality type) and they put subtitles for everything the British person is saying?
Do they really do that??!!!! <laughing out loud as I am typing!!>
How bizarre!!
I guess what it may be is that not enough Americans are sufficiently exposed to the "rest of the world", even the UK, and need some help?
I'm not offended at all <laughing so hard here, trying to laugh quietly so as not to wake up the rest of my family, but ending up coughing, lol> Why should I be offended at Americans admitting there's something they can't do??!!
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We were watching House Hunters International today
Never heard of it!!
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and they were in Scotland.
Ah, Scotland - that's different! If it was filmed in Glasgow, I'd probably likely need subtitles, or my husband sitting next to me! (he's not Glaswegian, but he has no trouble with the accent!)
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There were quite a few things that were said by the estate agent as well as the house hunters that were subtitled, and yet were very easy to understand. Would that be offensive to you, or do you brush it off?
I'd just find it funny (again)
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And do they subtitle Americans on your shows?
<stifling laughter again>
Oh the thoughts I am having here! It would be GREAT to subtitle Americans on our shows (no we don't btw) - but to have subtitles for "what we think they're really saying". 
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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 11/19/2008 8:39:18 PM
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Ok British ladies, here's a question.
Do you get offended if there is a British person on an American show (reality type) and they put subtitles for everything the British person is saying?
We were watching House Hunters International today and they were in Scotland. There were quite a few things that were said by the estate agent as well as the house hunters that were subtitled, and yet were very easy to understand. Would that be offensive to you, or do you brush it off?
And do they subtitle Americans on your shows?
I've never seen that done before. If I'm watching SuperNanny or Nanny 911 they might do it if someone is not talking loud enough for the mic or if it's a child who doesn't speak clearly yet.
I've never seen it done just because of the accent though.
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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 11/20/2008 2:03:45 AM
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I think I might have seen that done before....don't remember where though. I'm pretty sure it was for a Scottish person.
SuperNanny is from London I think and the lead nanny on Nanny911 was the royal nanny I think. So, I think we Americans are pretty used to English English as opposed to Scottish English or cockney English or another kind of English.
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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 11/20/2008 3:20:30 AM
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SuperNanny Jo Frost -
PERSONAL INFORMATION
HOMETOWN: London, UK
BIRTHDATE: June 27
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Nanny911
Stella Reid (born 3 October 1964 in Burnley, Lancashire, England) is a British nanny, best known as the co-star of the Fox network reality television show Nanny 911, on which she shares her child-rearing expertise with desperate parents. She is a very good nanny and has alot expierience with children.
Deborah Carroll (born December 10, 1961, in Bangor, North Wales) is a British nanny with over twenty years of experience.
Wiki doesn't say anything about the other nannies. I have the hardest time understanding one of the Yvonne's, but I don't know which one it is. In fact, I didn't even know until a few minutes ago that there were two Nanny Yvonnes.
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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 11/20/2008 5:46:24 AM
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Am I understanding THIS to say that you have to work 48/hrs/wk to qualify for OT?
I've no idea! I would have thought it varied from company to company. But I'm not sure.
Both Dave and I have always worked for companies where your salary covered you for the hours on your contract, plus any other hours necessary to do what needs to be done. In other words, the salary is per month, not per so many hours.
When I worked at Somerfield, on the shop floor we were paid normal time for the first 39 hours we worked and then tima and a half for any extra. Management could work 24/7 and had to fight to get overtime pay ~ I did frequently though.
I've worked for companies that have offered TOIL (time off in lieu) ~ and it's something that I did (sometimes) at Somerfield too.
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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 11/20/2008 5:48:45 AM
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Do you get offended if there is a British person on an American show (reality type) and they put subtitles for everything the British person is saying?
Do they really do that??!!!! <laughing out loud as I am typing!!>
How bizarre!!
I guess what it may be is that not enough Americans are sufficiently exposed to the "rest of the world", even the UK, and need some help?
I'm not offended at all <laughing so hard here, trying to laugh quietly so as not to wake up the rest of my family, but ending up coughing, lol> Why should I be offended at Americans admitting there's something they can't do??!!
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We were watching House Hunters International today
Never heard of it!!
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and they were in Scotland.
Ah, Scotland - that's different! If it was filmed in Glasgow, I'd probably likely need subtitles, or my husband sitting next to me! (he's not Glaswegian, but he has no trouble with the accent!)
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There were quite a few things that were said by the estate agent as well as the house hunters that were subtitled, and yet were very easy to understand. Would that be offensive to you, or do you brush it off?
I'd just find it funny (again)
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And do they subtitle Americans on your shows?
<stifling laughter again>
Oh the thoughts I am having here! It would be GREAT to subtitle Americans on our shows (no we don't btw) - but to have subtitles for "what we think they're really saying".
Manda, you're too funny...
I've seen some programmes where they have sometimes subbed an American ~ generally because of the accent. I know that there are some programmes where Americans will need subtitles though! 
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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 11/20/2008 8:02:11 AM
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Ah, Scotland - that's different! If it was filmed in Glasgow, I'd probably likely need subtitles, or my husband sitting next to me! (he's not Glaswegian, but he has no trouble with the accent!)
These guys were very easy to understand though! I have a hard time with Scottish accents, but Dh and I both understood it perfectly well.
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I've never seen that done before. If I'm watching SuperNanny or Nanny 911 they might do it if someone is not talking loud enough for the mic or if it's a child who doesn't speak clearly yet.
It tends not to be on shows specifically intended for American tv like Super Nanny or Nanny 911. Those people know they are around Americans. I'm talking shows that are set in the countries themselves and you have just regular people off the street talking. I find people who are on shows like Super Nanny tend to "watch" their accents a bit more.
Dh and I laughed one day when we were watching some show, and they had Jamaicans on and they subtitled them. They were some of the easiest people to understand (lol...sometimes I wish I could subtitle my FIL.)
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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 11/20/2008 10:40:20 AM
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I watched a program that gave the history behind British Punk with interviews from bands, etc. that I had to turn on the closed captioning option to make out everything they were saying.
The English accent was fine, and so was the Scottish accent...at least for a while. Then they interviewed some old band members from Souxsie and the Banchees and I couldn't understand a word they said.
I found the whole thing fascinating.
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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 11/20/2008 2:04:20 PM
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Usually if I know that I'm going to be hearing an accent, it's usually pretty easy to make out what they are saying. My SIL was telling me that a few weeks ago she was watching a show where they were subbing a lady who had a very thick southern accent.
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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 11/20/2008 2:32:57 PM
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My southern accent is only thick around my family. LOL
My husband's family are from Boston and I have a very difficult time understanding most of what they say.
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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 11/20/2008 7:05:14 PM
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My SIL was telling me that a few weeks ago she was watching a show where they were subbing a lady who had a very thick southern accent.
Now I would need that!
I wish sometimes here they would subtitle some East Coast accents. I can't get those.
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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 11/20/2008 8:56:23 PM
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My SIL was telling me that a few weeks ago she was watching a show where they were subbing a lady who had a very thick southern accent.
Now I would need that!
I wish sometimes here they would subtitle some East Coast accents. I can't get those.
Yes, they can be. Minnesotans can be hard to understand too.
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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 11/21/2008 10:38:34 AM
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The English accent was fine, and so was the Scottish accent...at least for a while. Then they interviewed some old band members from Siouxsie and the Banchees and I couldn't understand a word they said.
Hmmm, Siouxsie, and the other original members are all from London. The later members were from the North of England. Do you happen to remember any names from those interviewed (apart from Siouxsie)?
No, but the man had dark short hair, tats and piercings, leather vest...and it was a current interview about the band in the past. Now that I talk this through, he might have been someone with the band but not actually in the band.
And he talked super fast...it was actually fascinating to listen and hear about every 7th word or so. The sound of him talking was very melodic.
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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 11/21/2008 2:51:38 PM
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I'd say Canada can have 'em, but I like Lexie and Maggie too much to wish that on them. Awww! You're sweet. I live just north of Minnesota. In my opinion they have accents, which means they speak differently than I do.
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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 11/21/2008 9:54:46 PM
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Ok I don't know if anyone caught this because I refuse to read 97 pages of this titilating...topic? Why not?
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Petrol is NOT gas in the USA. You wouldn't have had to read 97 pages to know that this question had been answered already. If you had read the whole 97 pages, you'd have known that the question had been answered several times already.
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Liquid Propane (LP) is secretly smuggled into the USA by Canadians as part of an evil plot to take over our culture.
Never trust a Canadian. Nice to see that Canadians are giving you a taste of the medicine you like to dish out to the rest of the world by planting McDonalds everywhere and so taking over their cuoltures.
Never trust a Yank.
Oh my goodness that is funny LoooooooooooooooooL
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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 11/21/2008 9:57:01 PM
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Never trust a Yank.
Never Yank a Brit
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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 11/21/2008 10:22:26 PM
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I've worked for companies that have offered TOIL (time off in lieu) ~ and it's something that I did (sometimes) at Somerfield too.
Butting into conversation...
Forgive my American ignorance here, but isn't "the lieu" a terrible place to have time off?
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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 11/21/2008 10:24:57 PM
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I think you're thinking of the loo. Yeah, the loo would be a terrible place to take a vacation unless you ate some bad Mexican or something, then the loo would be a good place to be near.
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