"The Wire"

[Adam Atkinson]

A series called "The Wire" was recommended to me many months ago, and
I've watched the first
few episodes recently. For the first time since "Daunbailo'" I find
myself wishing something
in English had subtitles.

I find the scenes where black criminals talk amongst themselves quite
hard to follow at times.
Is it just that I haven't met enough black Americans or are these
scenes a bit tricky
even for Americans to follow?

[Kiuhnm]

You're not the only one!

http://popvultures.com/2008/01/08/up-on-the-wire/
(see Plattie reply).

Kiuhnm

[Enrico il Pentolaio]

Kiuhnm wrote:

> http://popvultures.com/2008/01/08/up-on-the-wire/

Ok, added to the list.

Ciao,
Enrico il Pentolaio.
--
"I've had enough trouble for a lifetime"

[Joseph Curtin]

"Adam Atkinson" <gh...@mistral.co.uk> wrote in message
news:9bd389de-7db1-49a4...@z17g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...

It's not that you haven't met enough black Americans, you just haven't met
the right (or is it wrong?) black Americans.
I would imagine that even Condoleeza Rice might find some of the
prison/gangsta/rap/homey language difficult to follow. After all, it's a
language of insiders, not intended to be understood outside the community.
When elements of the language become mainstream, they are discarded and
replacements coined.

I might have a problem understanding a conversation between two Cockneys
flogging fish in Billingsgate.

Joe from Massachusetts

[lucc...@gmail.com]

Premesso che The Wire e' una serie memorabile ed imperdibile, i
sottotitoli - necessari - sono facilmente rintraccaibili in internet.