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Why does that guy with perfect English have subtitles?
by ape4 8y ago
Why does that guy with perfect English have subtitles?
- notadoc 8y agoThere's a curious habit in US media to put subtitles on anyone with an accent. I would like to think it's to make video easier to watch without sound, or for the deaf, but I don't think that's the reason.
- mjevans 8y agoIt's for people like my parents who have a difficult time with some accents. It's just easier to subtitle it if there's any risk of it being unclear.
- omginternets 8y ago>There's a curious habit in US media to put subtitles on anyone with an accent. Which is ironic because there are plenty of Americans with undecipherable accents!
- monadgonad 8y agoThis is not US media.
- biggc 8y agoSo that the video is accessible to people who are hard of hearing?
- lomnakkus 8y agoFor the hard of hearing, non-native speakers who are used to subtitles from non-dubbed movies, etc. etc. I suppose. I do know that, as a non-native English speaker, I've always appreciated having English subtitles for English-speaking films. It helps immensely if you miss a word, there's a little too much mumbling, or whatever. One of the best (in both ways) examples being the movie Snatch.
- pathseeker 8y agoclosed caption
- rosege 8y agoha like this guy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CN666q3ptAU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CN666q3ptAU
- Bromskloss 8y agoSubtitles is good so that you can speed up the video beyond the point where you can no longer hear what someone is saying. You can also watch without sound.