Did british people understand american movies when they were first shown in the uk?

i'd like to have attestations form people who have witnessed this......or who just know that......try to ask your parents if you are young....!!!!! 10 point to the most complete amswer...Did british people understand american movies when they were first shown in the uk?we still don't.Did british people understand american movies when they were first shown in the uk?
of course Americans speak english don't we?



if by understand you mean get the main point of the movie, then this isn't necessarily country specificDid british people understand american movies when they were first shown in the uk?American English is still English. It's still perfectly understandable. There may be some slang that isn't known right off the bat, but any intelligent person would still grasp the gist of the meaning based on context.Did british people understand american movies when they were first shown in the uk?
First of all, Why wouldn't they? Depending upon the type of movie, certainly they would. Most of us have no accent. Southern, and Eastern Americans do have an accent, but it is recognizable for the most part. The words aren't slurred and mutilated. British or those from the UK have some heavy accents and are more difficult to understand. They don't try to mutilate the words.

Now here: the Drug/Gang type Rap lingo is not understood by normal Americans. Words are slurred, mutilated and unrecognizable. What is the point of that....? I doubt that anyone can understand that crap except for the targeted and selected group. I find it tasteless, without merit and a waste of money and time. I find it shows a lack of proper education, except for the education learned by living on the streets in poor neighborhoods. Nothing wrong with the poor, but we all have choices and can do better....(I grew up very poor....education was my choice) Promoting drugs/gangs......to the young and impressionable should be punishable by law.



That is my opinion and I am sticking to it.Did british people understand american movies when they were first shown in the uk?Yes, American English can be understood, though at first you have to guess what some things mean.

There are only a few words that are completely strange or used in a totally different way and most of them are usually clear from the context.

It would be impossible to speak American, but understanding it is not a serious problem.