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Sean Zdenek

Sean Zdenek

soundwriting, visual design, inclusive media, rhetoric

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Tag: Two and a Half Men

In a manner of speaking

Posted on July 4, 2011August 15, 2018 by Sean Zdenek
Charlie Sheen in Two and a Half Men (2004)

When a character’s accent is meaningful or when a scene or line of dialogue hinges on how a character speaks, manner of speech needs to be indicated in the closed captions.

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Posted in Captioning, Manner, Non-SpeechTagged accent, Charlie Sheen, dialect, manner of speaking, Two and a Half Men3 Comments on In a manner of speaking

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