Re: orthography and pronunciation

On Wednesday, April 18, 2001, at 05:23 , Christophe Grandsire wrote:
>
> Ah! Then yes, IWHBN (It Would Have Been Nice :) ). But I wonder, are
> Americans
> as lazy as French people when it comes to reading subtitles? (some French
> friends of mine told me that they will never watch movies in original
> version
> because it's too difficult to read the subtitles and watch the images at
> the
> same time. And when you count the number of people who are actually
> illiterate...)
>
> Christophe.
>
> http://rainbow.conlang.free.fr
It depends.  The best dub is better than the best sub, but the worst dub is
much, much worse than the worst sub.  I have no particular preference, but
I may not be indicative of the average American...


Andy

adchaney@louisiana.edu
http://www.ucs.louisiana.edu/~adc7593/

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