What would you do if they dubbed american movies in australian?

[Peegee]

Because I am trying to watch 'crouching tiger hidden dragon' in cantonese and it's driving me !?>#22222 -- the original dialogue is in mandarin and to see it dubbed over in another chinese language both confuses and enrages me.

Granted 'american' and 'australian' is not the same as 'cantonese' and 'mandarin' in difference, but that's about the closest I can imagine -- the languages are basically the same buy people pronounce words differently.

So yeah, watching say, Arnold Swarzenegger talking like an Aussie. Am I out of line?

I think not.

[Samuraid]

I would have fun watching movies dubbed into Aussie. That would probably result in some quite hilarious phrases.

[Shoeberto]

Arnold Schwarzennegar is an Aussie, silly. Put another shrimp on the barbie, Arnie! Ha ha!

[Lon611]

i think European and American English would be a better anology (no offense to australians) but to me at least, europeans tend to not only have an accent, but have a different set of vocabulary. at least in my opinion. or maybe thats just bollocks :rolleyes2

neways, id laugh hysterically. the end. *goes to sleep*

[Cruise Control]

It would be very entertaining, like british comedies!

[nik0tine]

Arnold Schwarzennegar is an Aussie, silly. Put another shrimp on the barbie, Arnie! Ha ha!

He's Austrian.

eh... I guess that could be an "Aussie", but only very loosely.

[Shoeberto]

He's Austrian.

eh... I guess that could be an "Aussie", but only very loosely.

"That's a lovely accent there...New Jersey?"
"It's Austrian."
"Austria! Well, then. G'day mate! Let's put another shrimp on the barbie!"

[Dreddz]

It would just remind me of that Snake Catcher from Australia, damn he was the coolest

[xtreme112]

time for my comment ^_^

Firstly, Mandarin and Cantonese ARE NOT the same thing, I study mandarin and I've heard cantonese, there is a really big difference.

I would agree that it would be pretty funny translating it, but it would also be very pointless, you know not all of us australians talk with a dumb accent that the americans try to imitate, and NOBODY puts shrimps on barbies!
-I hate to burst the bubble, but they're just the facts...

[Mitch]

He's Austrian.

eh... I guess that could be an "Aussie", but only very loosely.

"That's a lovely accent there...New Jersey?"
"It's Austrian."
"Austria! Well, then. G'day mate! Let's put another shrimp on the barbie!"

shut up, Harry.....or maybe Lloyd

[Peegee]

time for my comment ^_^

Firstly, Mandarin and Cantonese ARE NOT the same thing, I study mandarin and I've heard cantonese, there is a really big difference.

I would agree that it would be pretty funny translating it, but it would also be very pointless, you know not all of us australians talk with a dumb accent that the americans try to imitate, and NOBODY puts shrimps on barbies!
-I hate to burst the bubble, but they're just the facts...

There is a huge difference -- much more between any 'dialect' (if any) of english, which is why I had to resort to accents.

[Yamaneko]

Does that mean Crocodile Dundee would make sense?

[Kakashi509]

Does that mean Crocodile Dundee would make sense?

I don't think anyone can understand that movie

[ThroneofDravaris]

Wouldn’t work. Not even Australians can understand the butchery of the english lanugage they use here. You might as well get the actors to do a voice track after drinking hydrofluoric acid.

[Mo-Nercy]

Would work for me. *is Australian*

Australian english is a naturally smart-arse langage. If someone was to ask an Aussie a question, it's likely that they'll say what they're NOT and then let you work out the rest. For example:

Q: How are you?
A: Not bad.

Q: How long did that take?
A: Aw, not long.

Q: How much was that?
A: Wasn't cheap!

And they're PRAWNS, dammit! PRAWNS! wtf is a shrimp!? Bloody drongos.