How do you follow all these shows with dialogue filled with jargon and slang?
Watched the first season of "The Wire" and took me a while to get used to all that slang and jargon. Now I'm trying to watch "Sons of Anarchy" and am pretty lost in many of the conversations. How are normal people supposed to follow these shows? Do these shows come with a glossary for viewers who are unfamiliar with all these terms, or do they just expect us to decipher it by nitpicking every word they say? Lots of the time the dialogue just crams a bunch of these terms together so that the whole scene is just a bunch of slang. How can someone decipher that? Anyone else have a hard time?
2 Answers to "How do you follow all these shows with dialogue filled with jargon and slang?"
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sometimes learning the lingo from the show is better than learning it the other way. well thats what i thought after watching breaking bad
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What do you mean the other way around? Being part of the culture? Yeah, I guess. Being involved in drugs and gangs would be rough. Breaking Bad doesn't really have much lingo, and most of it is pretty clearly explained or structured so that you can understand. But "The Wire" has whole scenes that are made up of slang, which is pretty hard to decipher if you don't know any of it.
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yeah i hadnt seen those two. i have sons of anarchy here but havent watched it. just seemed like a positive spin on your q ;) and yes by being part of the culture
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Posted by TwattyMcCocknoodles Dec 1st, 2012 at 3:43AM
"normal people" you've already failed
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Reply by Agonystick Dec 1st, 2012 at 3:47AM
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Reply by Agonystick Dec 1st, 2012 at 3:50AM
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