Comment on People not from English-speaking countries, was it possible to watch cartoons in English subbed?

JustMy2c@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• DepthCharge@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Indeed. Infact every smaller country utilizes subtitles. Bigger countries dub their movies and shows. Dubbing is too expensive for smaller countries.

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  • TwanHE@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    We have a shit ton of dubbed shows and films as well. Some were even way better than the English dub.

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    • DepthCharge@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      True yeah, the ones aimed at younger children. I was talking more in general. Like in Germany for instance where they dub almost everything, for the children and adults alike.

      Source: I’m also Dutch ;)

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• linearchaos@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I traveled through the Netherlands briefly. It’s one of the few places where I’ve ever felt uncomfortable with my English. I’m American, an English is my first language.

  The homeless people in Amsterdam have better diction than I do.

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  • DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.ca ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Says plenty about the US education system, doesn’t it?

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    • HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I think it says more about the role of English in the world today.

      You can travel across a large part of the world only knowing English. It is a Lingua Franca for international trade, even between two countries that don’t speak English.

      And along with that, there are local dialects of English that are different an international standard. It is a lot harder to correct the use of a language learned in a community than that you learn from media and education.

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• Sir_Fridge@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Cartoons for kids are usually dubbed though. I say for kids because stuff like the simpsons and rick and morty is still just subbed.

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  • TwanHE@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Nickelodeon stopped being dubbed after 10 pm iirc. And there were some shows on Jetix that had subs for the first seasons and we’re only dubbed later.

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  • JustMy2c@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Not in the 80s

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