First Person: Surviving the Costa Concordia

[Andyspills10]

lmfao what is he saying

[glendcruz2001]

ALRIGHT, I AM A CREW OF COSTA AND A BIT OF A CRITIC.. ALL I WANT TO STRETCH ON IS,.. ACCORDING TO THE MARATIME LAW ALL PASSENGERS AND CREW SHOULD HAVE AN EMERGENCY DRILL THE SAME DAY OF EMBARKATION, AND I WORKED ON THE P&O CRUISES BEFORE AND THEY DID HAVE ON THE SAME DAY.. EXCEPT FOR ALL THE SHIPS OF COSTA.. THEY ALWAYS HAVE IT ON THE FOLLOWING DAY AFTER EMBARKATION. WHAT IF THE SHIP HAD TO SINK ON THE VERY FIRST DAY IT SELF??? WOULD THE PASSENGERS KNOW WHERE TO GO??

[unchartedgeek]

just jump and swim to the land

[Regginyaga]

"surviving"

only 2 people died

[TheBilliebobsmith]

Lying bastards.

[2009korte]

brighton accent - horrible posh/gay trash place

[stoyanfourn]

These people obviously have a very strong accent. They are 100% from the UK, I can tell that, however at first they sounded to me like Dutch or something like that.

I can probably even understand all of what they say, but I have to play the clip again a few more times.

And, I am from Bulgaria, so do all native English speakers understand them easily?

[VOIDxxxxoooooo]

@stoyanfourn I got it, and I am an American! LOL!

[jamiemh76]

@stoyanfourn British listeners will understand this without problem, although their accents are very strong. Most people in Britain have regional accents, we generally don't sound like the tv newsreaders on the BBC, or the Hollywood movie versions of English people. For a tiny country there is a huge variation in accent and regional dialect.

[stoyanfourn]

@jamiemh76 Yes, I know that. I've been to the UK for a few weeks on an English language course to practice and learn (more precisely in Ramsgate, Kent) and I've heard different accents. I can also understand this couple in the video, but at first it didn't sound like English at all. It is the same when we listen to some Bulgarian dialects - some people are hard to understand even though they speak the same language as we do.

[andy7666]

Thats an Essex accent I think, I love Southend - best place in the World!

[greenb1a]

terrible accent

[taxiwarrior]

If that would happen in the middle of sea.....death toll would reach 100's!

[concubinage]

@taxiwarrior no..probably 2000's 

[fedayi44]

alo alo

[jford69]

Cheerio

[Dracenfelz]

I love Monty Python

[UglyAmerican0374]

Something about a "crunch" and "a generator problem"...I think I heard "life jackets" and something about a "boat" or "going through the boat"...I dunno.

Can anyone translate this from English into Mandarin and back to English so it makes sense?

[LeonEyedass]

@UglyAmerican0374 This is English. You should try to learn it.

[UglyAmerican0374]

@LeonEyedass This is English? Uh...ok. You know what Leon, you're absolutely right! This is a perfect example of diction and a command of the English language. I would cast Kenneth Branagh as John Rodford in the film version. Fucking Shakespeare!

[noraoc2012]

Also, a gigilo gave them a scarf and a coat. Sweet.

[techweenie1]

@noraoc2012 This was one of the best bits of the video!

[noraoc2012]

I think they're sweet. Nice to see them taking it all in stride. I can just about make out what they are saying - apparently there was a spot of bother on their ship.

[MissONTM]

Huh?

[techweenie1]

Husband: I heard a crunch. And my glasses started going one way and (unintelligible - she said let's beat to it?) and we asked what was going on and they said nah it's the engine or something.

Wife: They said it was generator problems.

Husband: Yeah generator...then the lights went out and come back on and then they started going the other way but like quite a lot the other way and that's when

Wife: You were sitting like this.

Husband: Yeah and then all the plates were coming off the tables

[techweenie1]

and smashing and things it was just a lot of bedlam then. And then everybody was getting the life jackets and they told us to stay, to sit down it's alright it's under control (unintelligible bit) which in the cabin, when we got them, (unintelligible bit - it was running?) only 7 hours, once it's on the cabin? it's a...if you get 7 bleeps and a long bleep then you abandon ship and this that and the other. We got our emergency card (we-et? weird? what?!?)

Wife: Well 'til the next day.

[techweenie1]

I don't have the patience to transcribe but here's how it sounds to my Chicagoan ears...and I lived in London for 6 months.

[funpoleece]

Can someone please add subtitles.

[CHRISTINKER86]

It's not weird English it's a cockney accent from London I got every word, open ya pissing lugs!!

[pinkally1986]

This is how you speak proper, like what I does guv'nor. This,that and the uva.

[dj1897]

I would love to drink a pint with this guy while watching a football game!

[happydelicious]

@dj1897 Sounds like you really want to suck his cock. Go for it!!

[TurkiyeCumhurbaskani]

so these folks are the rednecks of Britain? Like people from a pig farm in Alabama :))

[fedayi44]

@TurkiyeCumhurbaskani so your a camelfucker from istanbul? gumulbumulburukmurukk

[TurkiyeCumhurbaskani]

@fedayi44 No I never seen a camel in my life but believe me I fuck very goodlooking sexy women all the time, camel, donkey fuck belongs to people like you, we're too civilized and modern for that!!

[muhachka1]

WTF??? The era of refined 'cultured' people cruising is obviously well and truly over. :)

[mandey415]

wow did they say they didn't even do their drill yet? On carival you do your drill 30 minutes after boarding.

[TheBillswill]

what language are they speaking?

[TheEIREGUNNER]

@TheBillswill english but i think its a cockney accent i may be wrong

[meritgoods]

@TheEIREGUNNER You're right. english cockney

[AttemptingToBeBusy]

@TheBillswill English with a frightfully dreadful Essex accent, tip tip, tally-ho.

[PeekyBooo]

I hope people donate money tot he town's folk who helped on the Island.

[isocrate27]

They should leave the ship there and open up a museum-casino combo.

[Shangas]

I did not understand a SINGLE word of that.

[sdh483]

@Shangas It's English, you dolt.

[Shangas]

@sdh483 What kind of English? That accent is SO strong I could barely understand what they were talking about.

[caessarion]

@Shangas ขอบคุณค่าาาา

[WesterlySunn]

I'm from NC and I understood every word they said.

[CitrineVlogging]

@Shangas I'm English maybe thats why i understand it but still it's shocking that you can't. it's very clear to me and i'm not from around those parts.

[wojpa]

@Shangas me either , some weird english LOL

[setabretsam]

@Shangas they're cocknees!! vay shud know oowl abart it. they normally do!!

[Shangas]

@setabretsam That was so strong I somehow wonder if it was a Cockney accent. It's not any cockney accent I've ever heard.

[techweenie1]

@Shangas To be fair I understood the overwhelming majority of it like 95%...maybe two or three things he says I'm not sure about.

[85fdrxMarines]

@Shangas u dont understand because ! you don't understand you'rself! :))

[cepomwa]

@85fdrxMarines he is right, you can't understand this guy...

[Shangas]

@85fdrxMarines What are you, five years old? Learn how to type proper fucking English. It's really hard to sound insulting when you can barely tpye it out properly. It only shows what an idiot you are. "You'reself". Oh no! Do you know what that means? "You are self". What the fuck does that mean? Your response makes no sense at all.

[85fdrxMarines]

@Shangas fu** tell ur mother !! and all waht u say about fuc** just tell ur mum private.! :D pussy kid

[bornyesterday21]

@Shangas  LOL...me neither.

[glendcruz2001]

@Shangas check ur english .. i think the gentleman was right..

[francescomi]

this kind of experience can remain in your mind forever !! as a war experience !

[IuamTravandServ]

meant to say they probably thought about it when they first boarded and that it had come true.

[IuamTravandServ]

Everyone thought something similar to this would happen, no matter how little or long they thought about it. Their worst nightmare had come true! It can happen to anyone. We all need to count our blessings everyday.

[stingingtruth]

Are they just going to leave titanic there

[NeccoWecco]

@stingingtruth When ships crash or get old, they are sunk, so, in another interview a guy said it's on the edge of a cliff, so chances are they will just push it off the cliff when they're done searching

[realitizer]

did they say a gigaoe gav m a blanket :P

[KittyRavage]

Could you imagine if it actually fully sank? Titanic part 2. :(

[KittyRavage]

The staff was completely unprepared and made the situation chaotic. -_-

[JAGZiiE]

R.I.P to everyone who lost their lives

[Meltface82]

@matbbm What's a "bladdy wanker"?

[Splenda4Life]

Look in the video, the boat was apparently too close to the rocks. Worst captain ever.

[matbbm]

oh bladdy wanker