Yeah, Niall informed me of his Scottish-LJ connection, and I was tempted to say something a little harsh, but then I thought: 'that wouldn't really be fair since Trainspotting is a somewhat unique case; by comparison I found Shallow Grave perfectly comprehensible and thoroughly enjoyable.'
So, for your own brogue, are we talking semi-comprehensible Leeth, or the utterly Greek of Inverness, Dundee, and Mull/Jura. :-)
Right, since I have this particular memory of Trainspotting, I went and found a used DVD and watched it again.
The scene I remember having the most initial confusion with was actually the park scene, with the binoculars and air gun.
With the exception of Begbie in the pub (going on about his pool prowess), I no longer have the comprehension difficulty (well, for film, which is generally clearer and slower than real life). I suppose there is something to be said for spending long long long hours in pubs in the UK. :-)
(grin) Hardly, between his mass market appeal (hence a modicum of comprehensibility) and those dentures (which have in fact slowed his speech further, skipping right over the innate slur), he's probably one of the better understood Scotsman around. None of the cryptic constructs about Haggis like Robbie Burns. ;-p
it's not actually. the actors weren't even speaking in a particularly broad accent, east coast accents tend to be fairly easy. believe me, there are folks that talk much broader than that (and sometimes even i am thrown).
but me? er... niall could tell you better than me as to whether i am incomprehensible!
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So, for your own brogue, are we talking semi-comprehensible Leeth, or the utterly Greek of Inverness, Dundee, and Mull/Jura. :-)
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Date: 2002-11-02 08:39 pm (UTC)The scene I remember having the most initial confusion with was actually the park scene, with the binoculars and air gun.
With the exception of Begbie in the pub (going on about his pool prowess), I no longer have the comprehension difficulty (well, for film, which is generally clearer and slower than real life). I suppose there is something to be said for spending long long long hours in pubs in the UK. :-)
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Date: 2002-11-03 12:00 pm (UTC)Re: (Cutting line)
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Date: 2002-11-04 04:05 pm (UTC)(though boy am i glad that i free of the days of having to recite burns poetry at school)
Re: (Cutting line)
Date: 2002-11-04 10:09 am (UTC)it's not actually. the actors weren't even speaking in a particularly broad accent, east coast accents tend to be fairly easy.
believe me, there are folks that talk much broader than that (and sometimes even i am thrown).
but me? er... niall could tell you better than me as to whether i am incomprehensible!