Dr. Who

***RÃan*** · 06-05-2011, 03:11 AM

Just as an interesting aside - I've discovered a great tool for the Americans watching Dr. Who - closed captioning! I mean, I've been a huge fan of British literature and language for years and years, and am constantly explaining things to my family, but in the Doctor's Wife episode, they were just speaking so quickly that I was missing what they were saying, so I put on closed captioning (and I already have DVR, so I can pause and rewind) and it was great! I watched it first without the captioning, then went back and watched it with the captioning and picked up everything I missed, and learned a new expression ("give us some welly!")

Anyway, I'm doing it now with the Ganger episodes, and it's well worth-while - I even caught a use of "poncy", one of my favorite words, which I totally missed before. And until CC, I missed the bit about the ganger thing happening on that other island, and that was a good bit of info.

Anyway, I highly recommend it, esp. for the non-Brits

06-05-2011, 03:11 AM	#11
*RÃan* Half-Elven Princess of Rabbit Trails and Harp-Wielding Administrator (beware the Rubber Chicken of Doom!) Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Not where I want to be ... Posts: 15,254	Just as an interesting aside - I've discovered a great tool for the Americans watching Dr. Who - closed captioning! I mean, I've been a huge fan of British literature and language for years and years, and am constantly explaining things to my family, but in the Doctor's Wife episode, they were just speaking so quickly that I was missing what they were saying, so I put on closed captioning (and I already have DVR, so I can pause and rewind) and it was great! I watched it first without the captioning, then went back and watched it with the captioning and picked up everything I missed, and learned a new expression ("give us some welly!") Anyway, I'm doing it now with the Ganger episodes, and it's well worth-while - I even caught a use of "poncy", one of my favorite words, which I totally missed before. And until CC, I missed the bit about the ganger thing happening on that other island, and that was a good bit of info. Anyway, I highly recommend it, esp. for the non-Brits __________________ . I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! Ã‘Ã¡ Ã«?* Ã³Ãº Ã©Ã¤ Ã¯Ã¶Ã¼ Ã–Ã± Ã‰ Ãž Ã° ÃŸ Â® Ã§ Ã¥ â„¢ Ã¦ ♪ ?* "How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lÃ³mÃ«! AurÃ« entuluva!