The Tate & Tennant Show

[WillsBabe]

This coming Saturday, 11th April, Catherine and David will be sitting in for Jonathan Ross on Radio 2 from 10 am. I'm planning on listening while I do some decorating.

 

[wamdue]

ill problay iPlayer it

 

[The Mirrorball Man]

ill problay iPlayer it

Nothing to do with the topic, but isn't it great how you can verb anything these days?

 

[Technobuilder]

Is there anyway someone can put up a link to this after-the-fact so that those of us in the States can listen to it?

 

[StCoop]

Is there anyway someone can put up a link to this after-the-fact so that those of us in the States can listen to it?

Unlike TV, you can listen to BBC Radio shows from anywhere in the world.
Just go here for up to a week after the show airs: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/radio2

 

[wamdue]

ill problay iPlayer it

Nothing to do with the topic, but isn't it great how you can verb anything these days?

that or my bad spelling & grammar are catching on

 

[Demonland]

ill problay iPlayer it

Nothing to do with the topic, but isn't it great how you can verb anything these days?

It started with Xerox a long time ago.

 

[WillsBabe]

^ And Hoover. I believe there is a grammatical term for it, but I can't remember.

 

[wamdue]

Xerox & Hoover are both brand names, like the iPlayer I suppose, however we tend just to say "photocopy" in the UK, instead of Xerox. We will say Hoover ever if we are using a Dyson.

 

[WillsBabe]

^ Yeah, I never hear the phrase "to Xerox" over here. People do useHoover as a verb, though, I agree.

 

[captcalhoun]

and 'sellotape'.

 

[wamdue]

and 'sellotape'.

is that a brand? didnt know that?

 

[captcalhoun]

since ages. hence the old Blue Peter thing about "sticky-back plastic" IE sellotape. these days though, it's become generic, like Xerox or Hoover.

 

[wamdue]

was not aware of that, thanks

 

[WillsBabe]

Sticky back plastic and Sellotape are two different things. Sticky back plastic comes in sheets on rolls and is used for covering things, like backing books. When they don't want to use a brand name for Sellotape or Scotch Tape, they say "sticky tape".

 

[captcalhoun]

yeah, but sticky-back plastic was how they referred to it back in the '60s before the roll stuff came along

 

[WillsBabe]

^ Really? I didn't know that.

 

[wamdue]

Sticky back plastic and Sellotape are two different things. Sticky back plastic comes in sheets on rolls and is used for covering things, like backing books.

that is more what I thought "sticky back plastic" actually was.

 

[WillsBabe]

^ I've just discovered that it's the generic term for Fablon. I love this bbs. It's so educational!

 

[Technobuilder]

Is there anyway someone can put up a link to this after-the-fact so that those of us in the States can listen to it?

Unlike TV, you can listen to BBC Radio shows from anywhere in the world.
Just go here for up to a week after the show airs: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/radio2

Didn't know that. Thanks for the info.