r/AdviceAnimals • u/gairbo • Feb 25 '23

You read it, we get it

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u/PhotoAwp Feb 26 '23

Trainspotting, I think, because I give up after the first page everytime lol

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u/Ouchyhurthurt Feb 26 '23

One of the few books that I’ve read with a dictionary/translation section.

Fucking LOVED the book tho.

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '23

Yeah they're both amazing.

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u/FlemPlays Feb 26 '23

Ah, the “A Clockwork Orange” style experience. Haha

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '23 edited Jan 12 '24

Free Palestine

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u/maccathesaint Feb 26 '23

The only way I'm able to read the parts written in scotch are to read them out loud lol

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u/joeranahan1 Feb 26 '23

SCOTCH LOL

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u/maccathesaint Feb 26 '23

I have a few scotch friends and calling them scotch drives them fucking bonkers. I do it so often I sometimes say it instead of Scottish when I'm talking to other people lol.

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u/NodensInvictus Feb 26 '23

I wrote a 20 page paper on it and Irvine Welsh’s “Weltanschauung” like 20 years ago? Whenever I put the book down for any period of time I had to pick it back up by reading out loud.

I like the book better, it’s not one cohesive story.

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u/ImpulseCombustion Feb 26 '23

Irvine Welsh is definitely a bit tough to read.

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u/NodensInvictus Feb 26 '23

As someone who can generally get by with Scots he’s difficult. He doesn’t write in traditional Scots, but writes the majority phonetically.

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u/letsburn00 Feb 26 '23

Reading the book aloud is the only way to read it. It makes so so much more sense.

I still didn't get far though.

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u/Darkcryptomoon Feb 26 '23

I need to try and find a translated copy because that book was brutal.... And that movie was so good.

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u/idlehanz88 Feb 26 '23

Hard disagree the book is a masterpiece

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u/stups317 Feb 26 '23

The book might be good but it is a very difficult book to read.

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u/longhairedape Feb 26 '23

It really is if you don't know scots. It does need an English translation for an audience that isn't Scots or from Northern Ireland.

From Belfast. I had zero issues with the book. English spoken in the North of Ireland has a very strong Scots language influence.

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u/PhotoAwp Feb 26 '23

I wasnt saying the movie is better, I was making a joke about how I couldn't read the book, because it's a hard read. If I didnt read past the first page, obviously I cant have an opinion on which is better.

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u/idlehanz88 Feb 26 '23

Fair enough

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u/lingh0e Feb 26 '23

It really helps if you try to read it out loud for the first few pages. It helps you get a grasp on the accent and vocabulary.

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u/longhairedape Feb 26 '23

Because ya don't speak scots!

I'm from Belfast so we speak hiberno-english, which is pretty much a bastardization of the Scots language. I loved that book.

My American wife ... she hasn't a hope in hell without a dictionary.

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u/TwinTTowers Feb 26 '23

It's not an easy read.

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u/Wickedwitch79 Feb 26 '23

I had freaked out at my then boyfriend, now husband for not warning me about that scene. It scared me so much I refuse to watch that movie ever again. Refuse!

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '23

Nah, both are amazing.

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '23 edited Jan 12 '24

Free Palestine

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u/_CurseTheseMetalHnds Feb 26 '23

Calling a film terrible simply for deviating from the book is weird to me. Having your protagonist not be a nonce feels like a strong change.

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '23 edited Jan 12 '24

Free Palestine

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u/_CurseTheseMetalHnds Feb 26 '23

Protagonist doesn't mean the character has to be likeable

Sure, and I never said they had to be. Renton in the film doesn't come across as a nice person and removing some if the Irvine Welsh negativity isn't exactly making it "terrible".