#anyway. i'm thinking about taika waititi's tweets about subtitles not parsing accents right in the thor trailer

[cuddlytogas]

here's an ofmd pet peeve for ya, building on what just spat out of my queue (on Buttons, and Scots representation, and how the subtitles are wrong for "glaikit")

I am 99% certain that this subtitle is incorrect:

now, I am but a filthy Australian, so hey, maybe it's a Kiwi thing. but I am so sure that what he says is closer to "the fuck?", and most likely an aborted "do you" / "what do you" / "what are you talking about" verbalisation. more like: "D'yo-- fuck? No it's not."

like, there is nothing in his cadence that seems (to me, at least) to imply that he's addressing or insulting Izzy. it's more like a reactive expletive. the first syllable is very short, short enough that it rings more like a cut-off exclamation than a full half-word. and the briefest pause after "fuck" sounds much more like a redirection ("--") than a natural pause (","). and it's in a show that emphasises natural speech patterns in both accents and the frequent use of improvisation, so it's not like it'd be unusual to have a muddled, natural sound coming out in a moment like this.

anyway, it is driving me crazy, because I've seen people latch onto "dickfuck", but I heard something so distinct that I didn't even know what they were talking about at first. like, is it really just me???? i can't be the only one not hearing that??

but hey, maybe i'm wrong. after all, I still keep hearing "I think I'd li-like that" rather than "I think I might like that" in the bathtub scene in 1x06...