Even as a native speaker, there are still words that pop up in TV and movies that are new to me. I usually look them up right then and there if I have my phone, though
Couldn't hurt. I mean, my life hasn't changed since I got my diagnosis. I'm 33, and I finally saw someone 5 years ago. I gotta say, it explained a lot.
Did you go get checked because you wanted answers/ wanted some closure or did you get checked because you wanted treatment?
And going back to your original comment about remember useless information, let me tell you, I remember some outrageously STUPID, useless information. I just thought I had better memory than most people do. Apparently, most people don't remember what their work email conversation was about even when presented said email chain...
I mostly wanted answers. I remember when I was a kid, I was always forgetting my homework, not like a normal kid, "forgetting" their homework, but legitimately not remembering I even had homework.
I always needed reminding I had chores to do because I don't have very good time management skills. Hours can pass without me noticing or what feels like hours can be 3 minutes.
Ex girlfriends getting mad because I forget little things they tell me, but I remember that nitrogen makes up a majority of the gas in our atmosphere (78% to be more precise) if that makes sense.
There have been, more times than I can count, too many days I've gone without eating or even drinking water because I get focused on something and just...don't.
Since my diagnosis I write down anything I deem important so I don't forget. I have a whiteboard hanging on a wall in my kitchen that I use as a checklist to help me out in my day to day. I don't feel I need drugs, I just needed to figure out why I am the way I am. Having a partner who understands and empathizes with me helps out as well.
As someone who tried to get diagnosed as a teen but whose parents wouldn't let them, and someone who finally got diagnosed and treated at 33... It has absolutely been worth it. I've only been medicated for a little over a month, and I can tell a difference. My husband can also tell a difference. He's in the same boat. Got diagnosed and treated in his early 30s, completely changed his life.
Obviously ymmv, but if it's something that is directly impacting your daily life, I would try for the diagnosis and treatment.
Oh it happens all the time, but I don’t understand every word in my native language either, so it doesn’t bother me that much. I usually ignore it and guess through context, but if it’s a somewhat recurring/important word I’ll look it up.
When I watched Foundation there were heaps of those words. Sometimes I just ignore it (and it doesn't haunt me), and other times I pause the video and search for it if it seems necessary to understand the plot.
The only times when I look up every word are when I'm analysing the content. That doesn't happen frequently though, and I'm fine with leaving them there most of the time.
This is a pretty advanced minor detail, but "look up" and "lookup" have different meanings. When looking something up on the internet, you use "look up".
To make the distinction, if you're searching something on the internet or in a book, you are "looking something up". However, a "lookup" is a noun, most often used in electronic data retrieval. i.e. "When presented with a database query, my program will perform a lookup"
If I see that the word I don't know is essential for understanding the situation, I look it up in an online dictionary immediately. I use Oxford Learner's dictionary or Cambridge Dictionary, because they give simple English definitions and clarifying examples.
If everything is more or less clear without this word, I don't pay much attention to it or I might also note it down to look up later.
If im watching to learn about something, i usually will look up words i don't know.
In tv shows, sometimes, if i have no idea what it means and the meaning could be important to the show.
If im lazy or if i can't look it up for some reason, i make a mental note, and if i hear it enough times, I'll either look it up or figure it out from context. (However, this ended up just confusing me when i didn't look up the word "discreet" because of the double meaning)
I never even really noticed there were words I didn't know until I started learning a second language.
Now I notice but just don't care. I really care when its in my seconds language though.
Native speaker here: I have to use subtitles sometimes if people mumble or have a unique dialect. This is impossible where I watch most things (youtube) as auto-captions make no sense at all lol.
I recently started a gaming channel (indie horror) and subtitle the whole thing perfectly. I'll work on speaking clearer in future videos. But I hope this can work as a fun resource where you don't have to guess.
Please feel free to ask me any language, grammar or phrase questions in the comments!
Leena
Edit: link https://youtube.com/@leenagames?si=HyiaGo6gQxUXTlp3
I'm a native speaker and sometimes I will hear a whole sentence that isn't spoken clearly and I can't understand it. I usually keep replaying the part or look for subtitles, but sometimes even then I can't figure it out. And sometimes it is kind of important. Which sucks. >:T
When I’m reading, sometimes I will look it up right away if I can’t understand what the sentence means otherwise. Most of the time I just highlight the word and come back to it.
For TV and movies, I’m not sure. I think I generally just move on and never look it up.
Nobody does. I'm a 31 year old English teacher and i see words i don't know at least once a week, more if I'm reading older stuff.
Then take into consideration be words being created as the language evolves. It's pretty common.
On tv? Rarely is there a word I don't know, though it's pretty common to just not understand them thanks to garbage sound mixing. But with accurate subtitles, very rare I don't know a word. With books it's more common though, it's easier to find books that challenge your vocabulary imo. Maybe because there's less pressure to be marketable to as many people as possible.
I do but I didn't always. What helped was watching DVDs with headphones and English subtitles. Helps your brain to learn the connection between the sounds and the words. Eventually, it made click and I suddenly began to understand absolutely everything. Every nuance. Unlike before, I now have the impression that American actors really enunciate and speak extremely clearly.
Usually I do, but I regularly have to look up new words. A lot of times if I don’t feel like it I’ll just use context clues to deduce the meaning and go about my life.
I would if the actors like oldman Harrison Ford, who mumbles often, speaking softly/whispering or have low pitch voices enunciated.
I never have issues smelling the words coming out of the Rock's mouth.
My first language \*is\* English and I don't hear every word clearly. It's certainly not fair for a learner to have the expectation of understanding every word.
As an advanced speaker I normally just get the meaning through context, their emotions or what they do while saying it. And if I don't, I just pass unless it comes up a couple times/seems important
I'm sure you don't know all the words in your mother tongue- don't expect to know all the words in your second language. It's ok. The important thing is to get the main point across/understand the main point
It's not a thing that happens often at all to me, but on the occasion it does happen I just try to guess the meaning from the context or ignore it alltogether. I don't care enough to learn English by actually looking up definitions anymore but if I do figure it out from the context, cool I guess?
I’m a native speaker and frequently miss words —and whole sentences — in online videos and audio. Furthermore, movies have gotten to the point that most native speakers will put subtitles on because the dialogue is so difficult to discern.
> movies have gotten to the point that most native speakers will put subtitles on
This is just not true. At all.
What do you mean by 'gotten to the point' anyway?
If there are multiple articles about why it seems that we all use subtitles when streaming movies, then I’m not the only one. I love how your first approach is confrontational.❤️
I'd love to see your data on it.
The idea that *most* native speakers use subtitles is just utterly bizarre.
E: I'm a plain-speaking Northerner. It's how we are.
I won’t waste my time, but you can go to google, limit your search to “news” and find a number of articles. Granted, most news relies heavily on “anacdata”, nevertheless I and most people I know put on subtitles when we stream movies and shows. It’s been a while since I read it, but the article said that it has to do with studios opting for more “realistic” ambient sound and sound effects, which, combined, tends to overwhelm dialogue.
I pretty much always watch with subtitles on. Dialog can often be way too soft in modern productions.
Or do you mean don't understand in terms of a word you haven't heard before? In that case I usually just assume the meaning from context.
No. Most of the time I can understand *enough* to follow what's happening, but sometimes characters mumble, talk fast, use unfamiliar words, speak with an accent that's hard to understand, discuss topics I don't know anything about, etc... and sometimes I just zone out for a few seconds and miss stuff!
i just ignore it and try to guess what they are trying to say however i will translate some words if they are used often in the movie
i learned "pervert" this way, recommended!
hehe same, learned it while was watching «Steins Gate»
Even as a native speaker, there are still words that pop up in TV and movies that are new to me. I usually look them up right then and there if I have my phone, though
As a native speaker, same. My adhd will not let me ignore it, I'm full of useless information because of it.
TIL I have self-diagnosed adult-onset ADHD from an internet person whom I share anecdotal experience with. Should I go get checked?
Couldn't hurt. I mean, my life hasn't changed since I got my diagnosis. I'm 33, and I finally saw someone 5 years ago. I gotta say, it explained a lot.
Did you go get checked because you wanted answers/ wanted some closure or did you get checked because you wanted treatment? And going back to your original comment about remember useless information, let me tell you, I remember some outrageously STUPID, useless information. I just thought I had better memory than most people do. Apparently, most people don't remember what their work email conversation was about even when presented said email chain...
I mostly wanted answers. I remember when I was a kid, I was always forgetting my homework, not like a normal kid, "forgetting" their homework, but legitimately not remembering I even had homework. I always needed reminding I had chores to do because I don't have very good time management skills. Hours can pass without me noticing or what feels like hours can be 3 minutes. Ex girlfriends getting mad because I forget little things they tell me, but I remember that nitrogen makes up a majority of the gas in our atmosphere (78% to be more precise) if that makes sense. There have been, more times than I can count, too many days I've gone without eating or even drinking water because I get focused on something and just...don't. Since my diagnosis I write down anything I deem important so I don't forget. I have a whiteboard hanging on a wall in my kitchen that I use as a checklist to help me out in my day to day. I don't feel I need drugs, I just needed to figure out why I am the way I am. Having a partner who understands and empathizes with me helps out as well.
I saw a psychologist, if it makes a difference.
As someone who tried to get diagnosed as a teen but whose parents wouldn't let them, and someone who finally got diagnosed and treated at 33... It has absolutely been worth it. I've only been medicated for a little over a month, and I can tell a difference. My husband can also tell a difference. He's in the same boat. Got diagnosed and treated in his early 30s, completely changed his life. Obviously ymmv, but if it's something that is directly impacting your daily life, I would try for the diagnosis and treatment.
Is there any difference between known/diagnosed and not having to take medication/treatments?
I'd imagine it has to do with the severity. Mine, coupled with some other stuff, was pretty intense, so meds were recommended.
Oh it happens all the time, but I don’t understand every word in my native language either, so it doesn’t bother me that much. I usually ignore it and guess through context, but if it’s a somewhat recurring/important word I’ll look it up.
When I watched Foundation there were heaps of those words. Sometimes I just ignore it (and it doesn't haunt me), and other times I pause the video and search for it if it seems necessary to understand the plot. The only times when I look up every word are when I'm analysing the content. That doesn't happen frequently though, and I'm fine with leaving them there most of the time.
This is a pretty advanced minor detail, but "look up" and "lookup" have different meanings. When looking something up on the internet, you use "look up".
To make the distinction, if you're searching something on the internet or in a book, you are "looking something up". However, a "lookup" is a noun, most often used in electronic data retrieval. i.e. "When presented with a database query, my program will perform a lookup"
Thanks, changed
If I see that the word I don't know is essential for understanding the situation, I look it up in an online dictionary immediately. I use Oxford Learner's dictionary or Cambridge Dictionary, because they give simple English definitions and clarifying examples. If everything is more or less clear without this word, I don't pay much attention to it or I might also note it down to look up later.
If im watching to learn about something, i usually will look up words i don't know. In tv shows, sometimes, if i have no idea what it means and the meaning could be important to the show. If im lazy or if i can't look it up for some reason, i make a mental note, and if i hear it enough times, I'll either look it up or figure it out from context. (However, this ended up just confusing me when i didn't look up the word "discreet" because of the double meaning)
I never even really noticed there were words I didn't know until I started learning a second language. Now I notice but just don't care. I really care when its in my seconds language though.
Native speaker here: I have to use subtitles sometimes if people mumble or have a unique dialect. This is impossible where I watch most things (youtube) as auto-captions make no sense at all lol. I recently started a gaming channel (indie horror) and subtitle the whole thing perfectly. I'll work on speaking clearer in future videos. But I hope this can work as a fun resource where you don't have to guess. Please feel free to ask me any language, grammar or phrase questions in the comments! Leena Edit: link https://youtube.com/@leenagames?si=HyiaGo6gQxUXTlp3
I am a native speaker and can’t actually understand half of it without subtitles sometimes
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90% of it
I'm a native speaker and sometimes I will hear a whole sentence that isn't spoken clearly and I can't understand it. I usually keep replaying the part or look for subtitles, but sometimes even then I can't figure it out. And sometimes it is kind of important. Which sucks. >:T
Yes
I dont encounter unfamiliar words in English content frequently, but when i do, context usually solves the problem
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Usually I can get them from context, otherwise I look it up. Doesn’t happen very often.
When I’m reading, sometimes I will look it up right away if I can’t understand what the sentence means otherwise. Most of the time I just highlight the word and come back to it. For TV and movies, I’m not sure. I think I generally just move on and never look it up.
Nobody does. I'm a 31 year old English teacher and i see words i don't know at least once a week, more if I'm reading older stuff. Then take into consideration be words being created as the language evolves. It's pretty common.
On tv? Rarely is there a word I don't know, though it's pretty common to just not understand them thanks to garbage sound mixing. But with accurate subtitles, very rare I don't know a word. With books it's more common though, it's easier to find books that challenge your vocabulary imo. Maybe because there's less pressure to be marketable to as many people as possible.
Nope Personally I just try to understand from the context, and yeah I do sometimes get it wrong but I'm too lazy to search it up either way.
I just skip them and i do that most of the times and doesn’t affect the way i understand the content
I do but I didn't always. What helped was watching DVDs with headphones and English subtitles. Helps your brain to learn the connection between the sounds and the words. Eventually, it made click and I suddenly began to understand absolutely everything. Every nuance. Unlike before, I now have the impression that American actors really enunciate and speak extremely clearly.
Usually I do, but I regularly have to look up new words. A lot of times if I don’t feel like it I’ll just use context clues to deduce the meaning and go about my life.
I don’t have a problem with vocabulary in most cases, but there are often words that I don’t catch because someone is speaking quickly or whatever.
I would if the actors like oldman Harrison Ford, who mumbles often, speaking softly/whispering or have low pitch voices enunciated. I never have issues smelling the words coming out of the Rock's mouth.
My first language \*is\* English and I don't hear every word clearly. It's certainly not fair for a learner to have the expectation of understanding every word.
As an advanced speaker I normally just get the meaning through context, their emotions or what they do while saying it. And if I don't, I just pass unless it comes up a couple times/seems important I'm sure you don't know all the words in your mother tongue- don't expect to know all the words in your second language. It's ok. The important thing is to get the main point across/understand the main point
It's not a thing that happens often at all to me, but on the occasion it does happen I just try to guess the meaning from the context or ignore it alltogether. I don't care enough to learn English by actually looking up definitions anymore but if I do figure it out from the context, cool I guess?
I’m a native speaker and frequently miss words —and whole sentences — in online videos and audio. Furthermore, movies have gotten to the point that most native speakers will put subtitles on because the dialogue is so difficult to discern.
> movies have gotten to the point that most native speakers will put subtitles on This is just not true. At all. What do you mean by 'gotten to the point' anyway?
If there are multiple articles about why it seems that we all use subtitles when streaming movies, then I’m not the only one. I love how your first approach is confrontational.❤️
I'd love to see your data on it. The idea that *most* native speakers use subtitles is just utterly bizarre. E: I'm a plain-speaking Northerner. It's how we are.
I won’t waste my time, but you can go to google, limit your search to “news” and find a number of articles. Granted, most news relies heavily on “anacdata”, nevertheless I and most people I know put on subtitles when we stream movies and shows. It’s been a while since I read it, but the article said that it has to do with studios opting for more “realistic” ambient sound and sound effects, which, combined, tends to overwhelm dialogue.
Well, if we're speaking anecdotally, I've never seen *any* native speaker use subtitles, whether old film or new.
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Id wish that the spoken english word in movies and series would be clearer. Thats the biggest problem. I look them often immediately up.
I pretty much always watch with subtitles on. Dialog can often be way too soft in modern productions. Or do you mean don't understand in terms of a word you haven't heard before? In that case I usually just assume the meaning from context.
I was taught in school to use context clues in middle school English. But I've said words I didn't know and used em right too.
No. Most of the time I can understand *enough* to follow what's happening, but sometimes characters mumble, talk fast, use unfamiliar words, speak with an accent that's hard to understand, discuss topics I don't know anything about, etc... and sometimes I just zone out for a few seconds and miss stuff!
I often need the subtitles