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What do you think of 'Rooms With A View'?

I LOVE it!
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I HATE it!
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Postby Moon-Crane » Wed Oct 10, 2007 2:48 pm

Beer Necessity wrote:In defence of the writers, I have to say this piece of dialogue from Moons Over Seattle was spot-on...

Niles: Okay, okay, moving on... Your first date?
Harry: She had me over for dinner.
Gertrude: Oh, do you remember, I cooked you bubble and squeak.
Harry: And then we went out, got squiffy and half starkers and snogged behind the chippy.
Niles: You lost me after the word "dinner," but the language of love is universal.

I love the 'snogged behind the chippy' line, that's classic northern-speak! :lol:


That is excellent. :)
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Postby CatNamedRudy » Wed Oct 10, 2007 2:49 pm

Moon-Crane wrote:
Beer Necessity wrote:
CatNamedRudy wrote:So, in the "proper" British vernacular what I'm assuming Gertrude would have ACTUALLY written was: Niles: I know we haven't always got on. Correct? (or am I still being a British impaired American here?)


I suppose so, but 'gotten' didn't exactly leap out at me as something a British person wouldn't say, as I've used that word quite a bit myself.

Still, I'm always happy to learn something new! :)


I don't agree with WR - i'd have used gotten, too. It sounds more correct. I'd never say 'we haven't always got on'. It's either 'we haven't always gotten on' or 'we don't always get on', for me. Maybe it's a Northern thing, but i don't think so. It's certainly not rare.


Well, that makes me feel a bit better because the way I wrote it sounded like extremely poor grammar to me!
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Postby Mr Blue Sky » Wed Oct 10, 2007 3:42 pm

Moon-Crane wrote:
Beer Necessity wrote:
CatNamedRudy wrote:So, in the "proper" British vernacular what I'm assuming Gertrude would have ACTUALLY written was: Niles: I know we haven't always got on. Correct? (or am I still being a British impaired American here?)


I suppose so, but 'gotten' didn't exactly leap out at me as something a British person wouldn't say, as I've used that word quite a bit myself.

Still, I'm always happy to learn something new! :)


I don't agree with WR - i'd have used gotten, too. It sounds more correct. I'd never say 'we haven't always got on'. It's either 'we haven't always gotten on' or 'we don't always get on', for me. Maybe it's a Northern thing, but i don't think so. It's certainly not rare.


So Dan O'Shannon may rest easy! :lol:

Yeah, I have (sadly) gone over that sentence a few times in my head now and 'gotten' just sounds right. We're both northerners though MC, we need the input of someone posh! :lol:
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Postby welshben23 » Wed Oct 10, 2007 4:02 pm

Beer Necessity wrote:
Moon-Crane wrote:
Beer Necessity wrote:
CatNamedRudy wrote:So, in the "proper" British vernacular what I'm assuming Gertrude would have ACTUALLY written was: Niles: I know we haven't always got on. Correct? (or am I still being a British impaired American here?)


I suppose so, but 'gotten' didn't exactly leap out at me as something a British person wouldn't say, as I've used that word quite a bit myself.

Still, I'm always happy to learn something new! :)


I don't agree with WR - i'd have used gotten, too. It sounds more correct. I'd never say 'we haven't always got on'. It's either 'we haven't always gotten on' or 'we don't always get on', for me. Maybe it's a Northern thing, but i don't think so. It's certainly not rare.


So Dan O'Shannon may rest easy! :lol:

Yeah, I have (sadly) gone over that sentence a few times in my head now and 'gotten' just sounds right. We're both northerners though MC, we need the input of someone posh! :lol:


Do you want my input? :lol: :D :oops:
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Postby Dorset Girl » Wed Oct 10, 2007 4:02 pm

Beer Necessity wrote:Yeah, I have (sadly) gone over that sentence a few times in my head now and 'gotten' just sounds right. We're both northerners though MC, we need the input of someone posh! :lol:


Well, I'm not 'posh' sorry but as a Southerner, 'gotten' sounds weird, I've never used that before. But then I s'pose things like 'T'aint goin' through thik jamb' sounds weird to you Northern people. :lol:

(And probably to other people in the south too, but never mind... :oops: )
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Postby welshben23 » Wed Oct 10, 2007 4:06 pm

Dorset Girl wrote:
Beer Necessity wrote:Yeah, I have (sadly) gone over that sentence a few times in my head now and 'gotten' just sounds right. We're both northerners though MC, we need the input of someone posh! :lol:


Well, I'm not 'posh' sorry but as a Southerner, 'gotten' sounds weird, I've never used that before. But then I s'pose things like 'T'aint going through thik jamb' sounds weird to you Northern people. :lol:


It sounds weird to me :D and I'm not Northern! :lol:
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Postby Dorset Girl » Wed Oct 10, 2007 5:28 pm

welshben23 wrote:
Dorset Girl wrote:
Beer Necessity wrote:Yeah, I have (sadly) gone over that sentence a few times in my head now and 'gotten' just sounds right. We're both northerners though MC, we need the input of someone posh! :lol:


Well, I'm not 'posh' sorry but as a Southerner, 'gotten' sounds weird, I've never used that before. But then I s'pose things like 'T'aint going through thik jamb' sounds weird to you Northern people. :lol:


It sounds weird to me :D and I'm not Northern! :lol:


So what is it in Welsh then? My guess is "Ni ar adegau anghydsynia" but my Welsh is notoriously crap, so that probably means "excuse me, could you fetch the hall porter, there appears to be a frog in my bidet?" :lol:
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Postby White Rabbit » Wed Oct 10, 2007 6:26 pm

CatNamedRudy wrote:So, in the "proper" British vernacular what I'm assuming Gertrude would have ACTUALLY written was: Niles: I know we haven't always got on. Correct? (or am I still being a British impaired American here?)

She would've written: 'Dear Niles, I know we haven't always got along.'

Despite what Moon Crane or Beer Necessity have written, I insist 'gotten' is archaic in British English. Both 'got' and 'gotten' were commonly used in the Middle Ages, but 'gotten' was falling out of favour in the British isles around the American Revolutionary Wars. The Americans continued with 'gotten', while the Brits changed to 'got'. I can't really explain why Moon Crane thinks 'gotten' sounds more correct. Maybe he heard the Frasier cast use it one too many times? I dare say that the show holds some sway over people.
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Postby welshben23 » Wed Oct 10, 2007 8:11 pm

Dorset Girl wrote:
welshben23 wrote:
Dorset Girl wrote:
Beer Necessity wrote:Yeah, I have (sadly) gone over that sentence a few times in my head now and 'gotten' just sounds right. We're both northerners though MC, we need the input of someone posh! :lol:


Well, I'm not 'posh' sorry but as a Southerner, 'gotten' sounds weird, I've never used that before. But then I s'pose things like 'T'aint going through thik jamb' sounds weird to you Northern people. :lol:


It sounds weird to me :D and I'm not Northern! :lol:


So what is it in Welsh then? My guess is "Ni ar adegau anghydsynia" but my Welsh is notoriously crap, so that probably means "excuse me, could you fetch the hall porter, there appears to be a frog in my bidet?" :lol:


:lol: I have no idea.
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Postby Moon-Crane » Wed Oct 10, 2007 11:47 pm

White Rabbit wrote:
CatNamedRudy wrote:So, in the "proper" British vernacular what I'm assuming Gertrude would have ACTUALLY written was: Niles: I know we haven't always got on. Correct? (or am I still being a British impaired American here?)

She would've written: 'Dear Niles, I know we haven't always got along.'

Despite what Moon Crane or Beer Necessity have written, I insist 'gotten' is archaic in British English. Both 'got' and 'gotten' were commonly used in the Middle Ages, but 'gotten' was falling out of favour in the British isles around the American Revolutionary Wars. The Americans continued with 'gotten', while the Brits changed to 'got'. I can't really explain why Moon Crane thinks 'gotten' sounds more correct. Maybe he heard the Frasier cast use it one too many times? I dare say that the show holds some sway over people.


Just to rebutt. I have used it all of my life, and i lived for long enough before Frasier came along :)

If BN and myself use it to this day, and hear it used, maybe it is a Northern thing. Gertrude was Northern, so it would be logical for her to use it - hence she uses it :)

Even if it's not common - if it's still in use, how can it be incorrect to use it?
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Postby Dorset Girl » Thu Oct 11, 2007 10:27 am

Moon-Crane wrote:If BN and myself use it to this day, and hear it used, maybe it is a Northern thing. Gertrude was Northern, so it would be logical for her to use it - hence she uses it :)


Good point, she was! What are we arguing about then? The writers got it spot on. :thumbright:
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Postby Agides » Thu Oct 11, 2007 10:51 am

.....or maybe Gertrude picked up the word while she was staying in America! :wink:

Tbh, I've never picked up on this before - bad Frasier fan!! :lol:
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Postby Mr Blue Sky » Fri Oct 12, 2007 2:01 pm

Moon-Crane wrote:Just to rebutt. I have used it all of my life, and i lived for long enough before Frasier came along :)

If BN and myself use it to this day, and hear it used, maybe it is a Northern thing. Gertrude was Northern, so it would be logical for her to use it - hence she uses it :)

Even if it's not common - if it's still in use, how can it be incorrect to use it?


That's exactly my take on things too. I'm not sure where you're from White Rabbit, but I've lived in Northern England all my life and it sounded fine to me.

I also have to say the idea that my use of English is influenced in any way by Frasier is pretty ridiculous. I spoke English for 22 years before the show even aired here, and 'gotten' was still part of my vocabulary. Forget what the history books say, if you're interested in learning what words people use in a certain region it's probably better to experience it first hand...
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Postby Stratman » Sat Oct 13, 2007 1:16 pm

Love it. Outstanding stuff, well deserving of the awards it won.
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Postby Cake for Brains » Sun Oct 14, 2007 11:47 am

Stratman wrote:Love it. Outstanding stuff, well deserving of the awards it won.


What did it win?
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