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On Thu, 30 Oct 2025 22:48:34 +0000, Pancho wrote:

> There is a fashion in modern English-speaking movies/TV for actors to
> mumble. If you watch older films from the 1930s and 1940s, the actors
> speak far more clearly. Actors used more of a cut glass accent, which is
> easier to understand.

Some of the older movies sound a bit stagy and wooden. The attempt to have 
dialog sound more natural sometimes goes too far. Or you might say it's 
very natural as peoples' speech gets sloppier. If all you do is text why 
bother learning to speak clearly?