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Listenever Posted 11 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation

British Accent...Help!

British actor Benedict Cumberbatch says something and I really can't figure out what he said.

Could anyone speaking British English help me out with this one? (Not that you have to speak British English to answer.)

The problematic part is at 2:24 of the video below.

Here's what I heard...but this may be way off.
"He's (bored today). I'd love to....guess the word."

  

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It's quite hard to hear exactly what he says. He starts with: It's more to make them laugh then something like: Than to get... to make him to guess the word

  • It's quite hard to hear exactly what he says.
  • He starts with: It's more to make them laugh then something like: Than to get...
  • to make him to guess the word
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It's quite hard to hear exactly what he says. He starts with:

It's more to make them laugh

then something like:

Than to get... to make him to guess the word
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I knew I was way off base. Oh well.
Thank you very much!
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pronunciationkarenIt's quite hard to hear exactly what he says. He starts with:It's more to make them laughthen something like:Than to get... to make him to guess the word
Replace the word him with the word them and you will be correct.

It seems that the difficulty in understanding is because he started speaking, then paused and then con

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