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Originally Posted by Graham Coulson
... and Apples and Pears for Stairs, and Trouble and Strife for Wife and lots more that I can let you have, if you'd like... some quite amusing.  |
I learned about Vera Lyn from one of Victoria Wood's comedy routines.
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Originally Posted by DMB
It would not have occurred to me that I might need subtitles for something in English. I understand, however, that Americans often need subtitles for films from England.
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Years ago, before televisions and videos (think: VHS) came with captions, a friend and I were watching the Prime Suspect episodes where Jane Tennyson had been shipped off to Manchester, where the locals did
NOT "talk posh" (as Miss Brahams from "Are You Being Served" would put it). We really struggled to get through that one!
I would not say Americans "often" need subtitles for British TV/film -- most of us manage just fine.