Problems with understanding the movie

[svetlana14]

Dear All,

Can you explain to me what is the likely British dialect used in the attached extract. Especially, I have problems with understanding the word "lifetime", which is on the srt. The extract is from a British movie full of British slang. Than you very much.

 

[Tdol]

The speaker is Scottish- the novel is set in Edinburgh.

 

[svetlana14]

Thank you. Please give me an advice on how to deal with understanding the word "lifetime" from the speach given that it is extremely different from what I used to encounter. What should be a starting point. Maybe you can give me a transcription of this word following the way the speaker said on the tape. Many thanks.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

Yes, it's a Scot speaking.

Sorry, I don't hear "lifetime." I speak American English and only understand fragments of what he's saying.

Robin Williams, the American comedian, had a routine about what Scots sound like to Americans:

Scottish to Americans

PS: Note the differences between the spelling of speech and speak.

 

[JenniferZeman]

Same questions and same problem! please help me out too.