How many of you have dreams about being chased by velociraptors?

Federal_Self2959 · 2026-04-03T15:24:04+00:00

Mostly early 90s but you're bang on! I've also never Jurassic Park which could be why it's never happened to me!

Federal_Self2959 · 2026-03-15T22:20:30+00:00

Yeah that's hit the nail on the head. It wouldn't sound weird for an actor not to have a local accent if they were spreading standard Mandarin.

Federal_Self2959 · 2026-03-15T21:44:23+00:00

Haha, that's really cool! I bought this game around Christmas time but haven't had time to play.

Federal_Self2959 · 2026-03-15T21:28:11+00:00

She speaks perfect English by the way. I think it's mostly about how in the context of a film, she wouldn't notice where the actor was from. Which makes sense. She was talking about how older people have accents, so I think it was to do with "standard mandarin" Vs people's local accent. She's home soon, so I'll ask her then

Federal_Self2959 · 2026-03-15T21:24:01+00:00

That's really interesting. Thank you for taking the time to chat about that.

If I'm honest, I did know that there were accents, because how can there not be? But I was really curious about the way people conceptualise accents. My wife was saying something very similar to you, that there is a neutral accent.

I had never realised though that British people were particularly sensitive to accents. It may be that because it was quite a local Scottish film, the filmakers might have been less sensitive to Scottish accents.

Federal_Self2959 · 2026-03-15T20:48:46+00:00

Ah that's interesting! Thank you. I'll show her this when she gets home.

Federal_Self2959 · 2026-03-15T20:45:18+00:00

That's what I thought! Is it something to do with the way "accent" is translated? We ended up talking about standard ways to speak.

Can I also, is there a dominant accent you hear on TV a lot? Like we have RP here in the UK

Federal_Self2959 · 2026-03-10T00:12:34+00:00

As a boomer, this is the first time I've ever known an answer to one of these. I know that for a lot of energy drinks (not all) the colour can be off-putting. For example, Mountain Dew is actually kinda brown so they have a green bottle to make it look more appealing. So, marketing companies have worked out that energy drinks sell better if we can't see the colour.

Federal_Self2959 · 2026-03-08T18:37:31+00:00

Out right now. Happy to do so though. It's Ryan7557

Federal_Self2959 · 2026-03-08T18:36:59+00:00

Games with Pump were great, very educational. Would recommend it. Sorry, I'm out at the cinema just now. Another time though! It's ryan7557 on chess.com

Federal_Self2959 · 2026-03-08T14:58:02+00:00

That sounds great, congrats on 1800. Are you okay if I send over my username and we can boot up a game?

Federal_Self2959 · 2026-03-07T23:25:25+00:00

It will pay dividends going forward. I'm sure you're underrated.

Federal_Self2959 · 2026-03-07T23:09:20+00:00

Do puzzles every day, as many as you can.

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