Comments on: Do native English speakers understand each other? http://www.babelcom.com/blog/2009/07/english-subtitles/ Welcome to Babelcom's Blog Wed, 28 Mar 2012 07:20:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Deanna http://www.babelcom.com/blog/2009/07/english-subtitles/comment-page-1/#comment-29 Deanna Mon, 13 Jul 2009 19:20:36 +0000 http://www.babelcom.com/blog/?p=454#comment-29 I love this article! I´m American and remember that the first time I had a chance to speak in depth with an English person and they used the word "rubber" it gave for an important misunderstanding and lots of laughs. We´re the same but not! Pretty much the same happens with Spanish - Castilian v. other versions of Spanish. There are always words and expressions which are different. Just to finish, I know that I would have needed a translator to understand Oprah´s show. I absolutely cannot understand the Scots´accent! I love this article! I´m American and remember that the first time I had a chance to speak in depth with an English person and they used the word “rubber” it gave for an important misunderstanding and lots of laughs. We´re the same but not!

Pretty much the same happens with Spanish – Castilian v. other versions of Spanish. There are always words and expressions which are different.

Just to finish, I know that I would have needed a translator to understand Oprah´s show. I absolutely cannot understand the Scots´accent!

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