so is the thing where apparently people have trouble telling “affect” and “effect” apart related to how english speakers love to slur all their vowels into an undifferentiated mess or is that a coincidence
reblogging with transcript because tumblr doesnt let me format things properly:
TINTIN: Captain, are you sure you should drink that? Think about the sugar content - HADDOCK: Oh okay, I’ll take up day-drinking again instead - TINTIN: Captain - HADDOCK: Do you know what country we’re in? Everything has #*&%! sugar in it. Bread, sauces, even that bottled ater you got probably has added sugar. HADDOCK: Lad, we went to McDonald’s. We’ve been up for 14 hours straight and got shot at. We’re not exactly making health concious decisions. HADDOCK: I’m already pushing sixty, let me (I couldn’t caption this part as his accent got too thick for me to understand) HADDOCK: It’s gonna take more than a wee bit of sugar to take me out - SNOWY: (growling) HADDOCK: BLISTERING BARNACLES HADDOCK: BLOODY HELL! SNOWY! TINTIN: MILOU! Arrêt! Arrêt!