hi CeeCee..
ohh my! I could never sit through Downtown, nope..
Something with that accent, like they marbles in their mouths, my brain doesn’t connect to it, I need to use CC to read what they are saying ahaaa!
but- Mad Men was great!!!!!!!
And- I’m more into the pulp fiction Fargo, that is exciting stuff..
I guess I’m just high octane drama.. lol 🙂

If su has a Community College in her area, she should call them up and ask if they have a class in English language and that she would like to learn it…lol

@su.
Don’t get me wrong, su. I have a hard time sometimes understanding the Brits. The English language, or their version of it, has multiple dialects. Cockney must be the hardest. The irony is, that although English is their native tongue, the Brits are the worst spellers and commit the worst grammar mistakes. DOWNTON ABBEY fare is supposedly referred to as High English. I do not enjoy their accent myself. But, you have a way of expressing yourself that truly entertains me. Never change. ‘Nite.

@su. As an educator, my love, I can tell you that the language is ENGLISH, not American English. You are talking about dialects and slang which may fall in “American ” category, but the language is still English. I am not too fond of the expression “queen’s English” ….exactly what that means, I could never understand since some English locals and locales butcher the language. I find the therm ‘High English’ more acceptable. Just because the language stems from across the pond, does not mean the English know their grammar. Don’t let the ‘high’ accent fool you. English derives from… Read more »

Should read: Queen’s English; term, not therm.

hi Jimh.. Last night on the on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.. He had 3 of the stars from Downton Abby.. He talked about the accent..lol And he asked them if they could read the script with an American accent, and they did, very well .. they read the script without their Brit accents, it was really good with the American accent.. I knew what they were saying LOL I speak, read & write 3 languages (a couple of others ehh not very well, nope.. I did learn with the English language that it is not the Queen’s English… Read more »

My favorite British shows are Absolutely Fabulous, Keeping Up Appearances, Are You Being Served and French and Saunders.

Jimh, CeeCee,
Do what I need to do to understand them, use the CC and read along ahhaa!!

Blake…i like some of those too…Are You Being Served is one of my all time favorite comedies!

Love Are You Being Served. Sad to hear Nicholas Smith (Mr. rum bold store manager), and the last living member of the ensemble just passed away.

As for accents…it’s great how the Brit, and even Australian actors can “speak” American English. But part of their appeal in N.A. has been “the accent!” Both countries have some of the best actors and actresses we now, and over the years have see in film and T.V. And who else can say “Bond…James Bond” as convincingly.

Blake &Jimh…Correction to my spazie iPad…Mr. Rumbold, store manager in ‘Are You Being Served.’

Yeah it is stupid. Empire is nothing but fluff TV and the SAGs are generally take acting nominees more serious. But of course they are going to be called racist. This headline doesn’t help either.

@Blake.
Thank you. I so agree with you, Blake. I can’t stand EMPIRE. I tried watching it…yes, it is as you say, fluff TV. It does not make me racist. Another show I vehemently do not like is SCANDAL. …..there .so many more that are rated so high but far below my level of acceptance or intelligence.
I do love all the British programming.

JimL…Thanks for the update. I think what I’m going to do is get ‘Are You Being Served’ from the library and “binge” watch at my leisure…that sounds a little contradictory. Love the Brit series Blake also mentioned, and others throughout the years…especially the mysteries (Agatha, Rosemary &Thyme, Poirot, now Sherlock, etc) and Masterpiece Theatre,(Tinker Tailor Soilder Spy with Alec Guinness, I Claudius, etc), and who can forget Monty Python/Fawlty Towers. Don’t know what we would have done without PBS, the main “network” that brought these programs to us. Also like ‘Doc.’ I know, I get carried away talking about it.