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Friends is great, but still pretty advanced as English learning goes, with fast speech, and lots of slang and US/90s specific references.
by BlueTemplar 2y ago
Friends is great, but still pretty advanced as English learning goes, with fast speech, and lots of slang and US/90s specific references.
- djtango 2y agoI guess so but it also has slower lines too especially for comedic delivery. The cultural references are good (now dated because Friends is 20-30 years old) because after learning a language, cultural references are next when it comes to fully being able to converse
- throwawayq3423 2y agoBut it's also highly visual. I forget where I saw it, but someone showed people an episode of Friends without any audio, and they could still understand the plot based on the overly dramatized physical communication.
- djtango 2y agoI'm not surprised. It's extremely accessible in ways I wouldn't necessarily find engaging anymore given my very scarce time for watching media but that kind of accessibility is perfect for a show in a desired second language
- throwawayq3423 2y agoAlso the humor is very...basic. My theory is a show like Seinfeld with it's double and triple meanings didn't get popular abroad, but Friends and How I met Your Mother did. I think the simplicity of the humor is the reason.