Verb Choice
I can’t remember who started it. Somehow, though, when I watch movies on Amazon Prime, the closed captioning kicks in. I generally don’t mind this too much since some dialog is whispered or indistinct. I also presume some kind of AI does it and it makes mistakes. That’s not my concern today, however. Today it’s word choice. Humans of a certain stripe are good at picking the correct verb for an action. I’ve been noticing that the closed captions often select the wrong word and it distracts me from the movie. (Plus, they include some diegetic sounds but not others, ...