About the film of '12 years a slave'
I watched this film today. I did understand English so so when I watched 'Nine months' but this time I couldn't understand well with 12 years a slave. So I came to wonder if English spoken in this movie were for this days in its dialect and colloquialisms? Or simply my comprehension is still not enough?? ;(
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Yes, 12 years a slave has a lot of dialogue from the time period and even as a native speaker there were some parts I didn't fully understand! So don't worry about it too much!
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As James said, "12 Years a Slave" has a lot of very old southern American dialect, as well as very strong south-eastern American accents. Also, there are a lot of offensive, hateful words in the movie that English speakers would almost never use in conversations today.
If you want to see what old southern American dialect looks like when written down, try reading "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" by Mark Twain:
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/76/76-h/76-h.htm#c1
^This book is hard for even native American English speakers to read.
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