I personally thought LondonLad's reply was clear enough, and that he gave a compelling reason for having enjoyed the film; however, since I am an editor/proofreader by trade, and bored out of my mind, I'll jump in and help (nearly a year after everyone involved has stopped caring). I've translated this into American "English," as I suspect snes4u is a Yank. He has the typical arrogance, along with an inexplicable pride in his unwillingness to learn or accept turns of phrase from other cultures and/or parts of the world.
Q: Why sit through this?
A: Because, as someone from London's East End, who has experienced some of the things depicted in the film, I know that the film is true to life. I've known these people: people like Ray, who think they are bad-ass but are really nothing at all, people like the druggie son (and the mothers of children like him, who will go on loving their kids, no matter what they put them through). I also have friends who talk in telephone numbers!! I live in the east end.
While I lived in England as a child and teen, and can usually handle Brit-speak fairly well, I wasn't sure how to incorporate the parenthetical near the end - but I think that is mostly because I haven't seen the film yet and don't know the context of "talking in telephone numbers" so don't know how it is connected to "those who have no money speaking in financial terms," (which I think is what he was saying in the parenthetical).
Anyway, no one will care, but I wanted to try to "build bridges..." or something. Okay, no. I just really didn't want to edit yet another legal article. This was more fun. On a parting note, it's always good to remember that "educated" isn't the same as "intelligent." There are folks to whom grammar skills are not a huge priority but who have buckets of good sense and wisdom, and many people with advanced degrees who can barely manage to get their shoes tied in the morning.
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snes4u
9 years ago
HaplessFan, you are a nice person.
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HaplessFan
9 years ago
I should have been nicer. It was wrong for me to imply arrogance on your part. People with the experience of having lived in both countries can forget that, for all their similarities, British and American English - especially when dealing with regional dialects - are really entirely different languages (just similar enough to get an unwary traveler into real trouble!!).
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Londonlad2001221
9 years ago
Hello Hapeless Fan, Thanks for a good reply.. The context of the saying "Talking in telephone numbers" means there are people who like to lie or to put a spin on there lives to make them feel better, mainly there income.
That's what the characters like Ray and his mate are like, Especially when they telling stories of there past..
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