7X11 The Crimson Horror(Grading/Discussion)(SPOILERS

Discussion in 'Doctor Who' started by Samurai8472, May 4, 2013.

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Grsde "The Crimson Horror"

Poll closed Jun 13, 2013.
  1. Geronimo!

    52 vote(s)
    43.7%
  2. Good

    40 vote(s)
    33.6%
  3. Average

    16 vote(s)
    13.4%
  4. Bad

    8 vote(s)
    6.7%
  5. …You just cannot see it

    3 vote(s)
    2.5%
  1. Starkers

    Starkers Admiral Admiral

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    Stop confusing the Americans! :)
     
  2. Mr Awe

    Mr Awe Vice Admiral Admiral

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    ^ That one I know, thanks to my imported, off-air recordings of Father Ted which included the commercials from back in the day! :)
     
  3. Sindatur

    Sindatur The Gray Owl Wizard Admiral

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    I assumed it was a Beer (or Beer-like Beverage)
     
  4. Bob The Skutter

    Bob The Skutter Complete Arse Cleft In Memoriam

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    Me? I'm always bitter.
     
  5. ITL

    ITL Vice Admiral Admiral

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    I'm always stout.
     
  6. Bob The Skutter

    Bob The Skutter Complete Arse Cleft In Memoriam

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    I took you for a Newky Broon man.
     
  7. ITL

    ITL Vice Admiral Admiral

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    And you would be right. Well, it's a drinky I do enjoy, but Broon and I are not exclusive.
     
  8. Kelso

    Kelso Vice Admiral Admiral

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    That's no excuse. I'm not only America, but from the South. If I can follow it without trouble, anyone can. :p
     
  9. Venardhi

    Venardhi Vice Admiral Admiral

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    Southern dialects are closer-related to English ones than those in the rest of the country according to my old diction and dialect professor. There is some place in the south where, supposedly, they speak as close to 'colonial-era English' as you can get, closer even than any modern English accent.
     
  10. Allyn Gibson

    Allyn Gibson Vice Admiral Admiral

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    You may be thinking of Tangier Island in the Chesapeake Bay. Also, Harkers Island off the coast of North Carolina.
     
  11. publiusr

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    She made that episode. Love her in Game of Thrones as well.

    I think she was at her best when she played Ms. Danvers a few years back.
     
  12. Venardhi

    Venardhi Vice Admiral Admiral

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    I think it was the latter.
     
  13. diankra

    diankra Rear Admiral Rear Admiral

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    Certainly, there's a lot of evidence that Shakespeare probably sounded a lot more like some Americans than anyone in England now or for the last 200 years...
     
  14. Ghost Bones

    Ghost Bones Captain Captain

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    What evidence is that?
     
  15. diankra

    diankra Rear Admiral Rear Admiral

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    Academic studies... basically, the early American accent was derived from the standard accent of 17th century England, and then we both diverged, but the philological studies of spelling and so on suggest that some American accents are probably closer to 17th century English than anything currently in use in England.
    There can't be any certainty about it in the absence of recordings, but the linguistic analysis heads that way.
     
  16. sttngfan1701d

    sttngfan1701d Commodore Commodore

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    ^ Yeah, I remember that from college. Not so hard to believe when you think about it. England (and English) was a totally different animal centuries ago. I remember being very impressed with the HBO miniseries John Adams because they got the accents bang on.