HBP Trailer

[Geoff Bannister]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Carol" <justcarol67 at ...> wrote:

Carol:
> > > Also, can anyone help me with Mrs. Cole's words? I can understand
> "Since he's been here, he's never had a visitor," but not what comes
> before that. 

Jen:
> > Mrs. Cole: "In all the years Tom's been here, he's never once had a
> visitor..."

Carol:
> Thanks. That's what the shot-by-shot analysis that I linked to in the
> movie group said as well, so it must be right. Also, now that I know
> what she's saying, I can "hear" (understand, interpret) her words. I
> don't know whether it's my ears, the sound quality (does HD relate
> only to the video or to the audio as well?) or just my relative lack
> of exposure to British accents other than "received pronunciation." (I
> have no trouble understanding Hagrid, though.) Anyway, did anyone else
> find Mrs. Cole difficult to understand?

Geoff:
Speaking as a UK English native, I had no problem with that comment. 
Mrs.Cole speaks a fairly good English, a kind of "educated London but 
not posh" - if that makes any sense. Interestingly, I had more trouble 
picking up Tom Riddle's comments about "making bad things happen". 
I'm more inclined to think that it's the quality of the clip.