Reminds me of the Hollywood trope of a character saying “In English please” after any reference to something on a computer.
I hate it so much when they do it. The writers should just say it the way an IT admin would and move on. Pretending that the character is speaking another language is just anti intellectual bullshit.
Have you ever seen A Touch Of Cloth? It’s a superb send-up of police procedurals. There’s a scene where the main character, Cloth, is explaining some not-very-complex idea like you said and one of his lackeys replies, “Can you explain it like I’m some kind of viewer, guv?”.
Reminds me of the Hollywood trope of a character saying “In English please” after any reference to something on a computer.
I hate it so much when they do it. The writers should just say it the way an IT admin would and move on. Pretending that the character is speaking another language is just anti intellectual bullshit.
Have you ever seen A Touch Of Cloth? It’s a superb send-up of police procedurals. There’s a scene where the main character, Cloth, is explaining some not-very-complex idea like you said and one of his lackeys replies, “Can you explain it like I’m some kind of viewer, guv?”.