Re:English has been my pain for 15 years (2013)
by petke on Saturday November 28, 2015 @07:56PM
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Im not sure how it is today but when I grew up in Finland in the 80s all the most popular tv-series for kids where in English only. Of the top of my head: The Transformers, Inspector Gadget, M.A.S.K., He-Man, G.I. Joe, My Little Pony, Care bears, Smurfs, Postman pat, DJ Kat show, and then non-cartoon shows like like MacGyver, Knight Rider, Airwolf, Quantum Leap, Rescue 911, etc.
We also watched some some non-English tv shows like the Swedish "Bjornes magasin" and the Finnish "Pikku Kakkonen". But these shows where not as cool and not as plentiful as those English tv shows.
Re:English has been my pain for 15 years (2013)
by gongador on Saturday November 28, 2015 @05:33PM
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As far as I can remember, that's a relatively recent trend though (dubbing childrens' programmes), at least in Sweden. I can't remember any being dubbed until possibly in the late 1990s, more likely the early 2000s.
Re:English has been my pain for 15 years (2013)
by kwhitefoot on Sunday November 29, 2015 @04:27AM
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Been in Norway 30 years now and all three children grew up here from the late 80s. Children's television has always been either dubbed or home grown.
As an adult subtitled programmes are very useful for locals learning English and foreigners, like me, learning Norwegian.
English spelling is often a problem because people are told that it is simply irregular when the truth is that if you know a little etymology you can figure out a lot because when you know where the word comes from you can then find out what set of rules are to be used for it. I'll admit that there are still difficult words :-)