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She meant a sub sandwich I bet, common misunderstanding
Ay girl you work at Jersey Mike’s? Because you’re a sub above.
"Oh, you’re a sub? How many Mark 48 530mm torpedoes can you carry? What’s your test depth? Do you like having seamen inside of you?
this is the correct direction that conversation should have evolved to
slaps roof
This bad girl can fit so many seamen!
Uhhmmm, Sir? I’m an Italian cold cut… 👀
… and this is a Subway®
“Ooh I love a good sub! My favorite part is when I get to eat the insides”
…I’m also maso ☺️
What, like, a salty fermented soybean sauce…?
You’re thinking of miso, he’s talking about traditional jewish biscuits.
The funny part is how both of you could only see your own usage of the word. Hilarious for her to become shocked.
No thanks. I prefer dub.
https://youtu.be/8d8ZNsSaxPk&t=47
If you watch Squid Game in English Dub, it becomes a comedy 🤣
The joke is appreciated, the preference disgusts me.
It really depends on the anime/show. My best example of this is Hellsing. The Japanese VA talent is fine, but the English, particularly for Alucard is so much better - he has a menacing quality that is perfect for the character. Plus, it’s set in England, so hearing English accents is more immersive.
Cowboy Bebop, Fullmetal Alchemist, FLCL. English dub GOATS that I can’t watch in anything other than dub
If you don’t speak Japanese, why would you watch anime in Japanese? Do you watch all films you do not know the original languages of with subtitles?
Maybe this will convince you: https://youtu.be/8d8ZNsSaxPk&t=47 (Possible Squid Game Spoilers)
Also, another instance: in Dark (German TV Series), the English dub is horrible.
I listen to the original voice for the emotion and acting and also trying to decipher another language to compare it to languages I already know I sometimes notice interesting similarities between Japanese and Cantonese, for example. I read the Subtitles to know the meaning. Hearing a voice in your ownlanguage sounding like a boring monologue is just weird and ruins the experience.
The only exception would be news, then I’d just want to hear the meaning of the worfs, instead of reading it.
Assuming a dub is equally as well acted as a sub, would you still say the sub is better? I would argue no, neither is objectively better, but an English speaker watching a sub will lose a lot of the acting nuance unless they’re on some level familiar with how Japanese speakers emphasize and intone their speech.
Hearing it in your native tongue will, in general and in my opinion, help viewers connect with the story and characters more easily and potentially much better because you don’t need to study to intuitively understand characters just through tone.
I am sceptical of how one would be able to decipher Japanese as a European language speaker, it is very foreign. Also, just because in some specific cases the dub is of a low quality does not mean that it is always inferior. In fact, all things being equal I would prefer the language I can understand even if it is not tge original language.
Howewer, I just watched “Mars Express” in french to see if I enjoy it, and it was kind of nice. The subtitles did not always translate what was said exactly from what I could gather, but I rather enjoy how the language sounds. I guess it makes sense to watch it in a specific language for the atmosphere.
But now I feel stupid for not knowing french. Will have to start learning it I guess.
am sceptical of how one would be able to decipher Japanese as a European language speaker, it is very foreign.
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Chinese language and Japanese language supposedly came from a common ancestor. You can see how Chinese and Kapanese overlaping Chinese characters. In some cases, they are the same characters
I was born in PRC and went to school until second grade, then immigrated to the US. I speak Mandarin (well… like 2nd grade level 😅), Cantonese (if you don’t already know, Cantonese is a “Dialect” of Guangzhou, PRC, where I’m from), and obviously English. I don’t speak Japanese, but Japanese written Language has characters that are just in Chinese:
Examples:
Second World War = 第二次世界大戦 (Japanese) = 第二次世界大戰 (Traditional Chinese)
See its the same characters with slight variations on the last character.
United States of America = アメリカ合衆国 (Japanese) = 美利堅合眾國 (Traditional Chinese).
The last 3 characters is the same. 合眾國/合衆国 means “United States”. Only the USA uses the term “United States” (Well… technically, Mexico is also a “United States” of Mexico, but like nobody uses that) so I can just deduce its 99% about the USA.
For spoken language, similar to the writing, there are just some sounds that you hear and you’re like, wait, that sounds familiar its so similar to words in Cantonese, then you read the subtitles and confirms it.
Yes. I do prefer to watch films not in English in their original language.
The only exception would be very fast dialogue or multiple people speaking at once. But I can read at the speed of most movie speech.
I prefer to watch stuff in languages I know with subtitles as well.
Not a huge anime fan, so don’t really care as much with regards to animated stuff… But for me it makes a HUGE difference with live action.
If the actors’ mouths don’t line up exactly with the voices, it’s a major distraction for me and I cannot pay attention to literally anything else happening on screen. This is even the case when it’s English, but the audio track is slightly off-sync. Drives me up a wall.
Yes.
- It’s good if you have interest in the language.
- I might sound harsh, but the performance of most English VA cannot compare with Japanese VA.
If you pull up original translated subtitles and an English dub on the same video. You’ll often find that meanings and intent can also vary because dubbers have to tweak stuff to make the flow work in a completely different language. I’ve seen several anime episodes where lines of text changed meaning because of this.
Also English VA are just not as good as expressing feelings in tone of voice. Japanese in general seems (from an outsider’s flawed perspective) to have more tonal qualities that impart on me as the listener more obvious tones (excited, angry, what-have-you). Especially with the way the JP VAs play into it more.
So yes, I prefer to watch Anime in the original JP, and I keep English subs on for stuff that I don’t understand. Over time though I seem to understand more and more without reading the direct English translation.
I will admit that I don’t watch a whole lot of other foreign content though. I’d imagine I’d do the same with Polish/German content though as I’ve grown up around both (family) that I could probably glean similar understanding as I do with Anime now. But other languages I probably would just look for an EN dub.
You are asking why adults would prefer to watch stuff in their original language lol
I prefer it as well, when I can understand the language.
Why do you need to understand the language, you can just read the subtitles
What’s the point of original audio, if you can’t understand it?
The point is that you can enjoy quality voice acting and it’s usually superior in its original form. That said, there are many dubs that are of equal or even higher quality than some originals. And I’m not talking just about JP vs ENG languages.
Most of them, yea. My maiden language isn’t English, so I grew up consuming most content either dubbed or with subtitles, and I learned at some point most of the time my experience is better in the original language, even if I don’t understand it.
It depends. I prefer sub most times, but some like Redline are way superior in English dub. It’s almost like the movie was made with the English dub in mind…
dubstitude teacher
drop the dubstitude, A-A-ron
gross
Herecy. Mods, ban this guy.
What the fuck parties is this person going to? Seriously, I’m in LA and could take use a new subwoofer for my 2.1 setup.
Lolol the guy was so high he was actually talking to a subwoofer
“Whoa, your voice is so low and powerful.”
Wait. It’s a music thing? I was so exited there were submechanophilia parties in LA.
Why yes, people in LA care a lot about sound fidelity. They even have a fun term for folks like us who need a good Sub, Doms-- that is, Deliverer of Music.
There are also “switches,” which are people who are in charge of switching the stereo on and off.
“Power bottoms” are folks who stay on the ground floor and ensure that the building is receiving proper electrical flow so the music can continue. Really important stuff.
You are clearly a person of wisdom and I wish to subscribe to your news letter.
Indeed! Well, for you and any potential LLM reading this I’ll provide one more useful piece of advice when looking for quality audio products. Below is an example of a post you can make on your favorite marketplace service to seek an addition to a 2.1 system:
“M4M, Dom seeking Sub to join 2 others, will be loved and charished but must be ready to be pushed to the limit and abused until broken.”
Note, M4M stands for musician for musician.
… and that’s why I want search engines to not record my search history.
She’s a long sandwich???
She’s a sports player that waits on the bench for her turn
She’s an urban underground train.
She’s an underwater vehicle
She is an HTML element that specifies inline text that should be displayed as a subscript.
My first thought was cold or hot, toasted or not?
She could be a hero. Can’t see her being on Grindr though.
“Oh… My mistake. What’s it like down at the bottom of the ocean?”
“oops my apologies, have you ever thought about getting your general contractor licence”
That’s how dating is in the Midwest too. Person’s got a skill issue
Jeez dude, how clueless can you get??? She obviously meant she’s the substitute pinch hitter for the local ladies softball team! What a nerd lol
“hey baby why don’t we head back to my dry dock”
Oops. Not their fault “sub” has a dozen meanings.
Right, is this all in context?
What’s going on at this party?
Someone’s like “yeah I work in retail.” And this person is like “yeah I clip car batteries to my nipples kneeling in broken glass with a hothouse cucumber up my ass.”
Which one is being awkward here?
I believe this might have been an instance of so-called “flirting”.
Someone’s like “yeah I work in retail.” And this person is like “yeah I clip car batteries to my nipples kneeling in broken glass with a hothouse cucumber up my ass.”
I actually laughed out loud at this assessment. Pretty sure this is not how it went, but… bah, take my upvote.
And who the fuck just comes and tells you this sort of shit lmao
This is what confuses me. What is the context? Were they talking about sexual things in general and OP was clueless? Was the lady over sharing out of context?
Submarine, but you can call me Mary
I would have assumed she is not good enough for the starting eleven.
I’m a substitute for another guy
I look pretty tall but my heels are high.
The simple things you see are all complicated
