OI OMELUNDAH YOU CUNT!
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tetris11@lemmy.ml 2 years ago
British character on British TV:
“you alright, man? My mum said you’d been feeling a bit down and could use a talk.”
British character on US TV:
“Cor blimey, guvnor! Me mam gave us a right old bollockin’ on that you’d bin down in the dumps and could use a right ole shot in the arm!”
massive_bereavement@fedia.io 2 years ago
TheBat@lemmy.world 2 years ago
CUNT’S TAKEN ME BLOODY SON! OL SOUPS MUSS DIE!
MossyFeathers@pawb.social 2 years ago
British TV has to tone it down because British people get offended and think that the characters are just cartoonish stereotypes. Their US portrayal is more accurate because they don’t have to tone it down.
tetris11@lemmy.ml 2 years ago
“embracing your Britishness abroad” is just a euphemism for feeling homesick to the point of delirium
ADTJ@feddit.uk 2 years ago
Yep, completely right we all talk like that all day and don’t notice. That’s why we notice it sounds weird when we see people speaking completely normally in US shows.
MossyFeathers@pawb.social 2 years ago
It’s like hearing the sound of your own voice, or watching a movie in a higher frame rate than normal!
Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Reality:
“What’s up mate?”
dellish@lemmy.world 2 years ago
“Alright?”