walking in the 'Downton Abbey village'

Sorry too, Oakapple, also didn't mean to highjack your thread - but on similar note, I do like the shows taking place in the UK villages which are so nice, (the villages, not necessarily the shows) nothing like some of the small towns here which can sometimes be quite bleak. Eventually I'll probably get over my servant issues and back to watch Downton Abbey series, as I'm curious to see what happens to everyone.
 
Denise and Cookie; that's fine, hijacked threads are just part and parcel of forum life.;) As we are all different, I didn't suppose that everyone would like Downton, it's a matter of choice. Midsomer Murders [also filmed here in Oxfordshire, Wallingford, where Agatha Christie used to live] always makes us laugh, as you say so many murders in a few small villages, a bit like Morse [Oxford]
where he has to crack all the cases single handed.
 

He came out with the odd remark; a big clue to Morse; but remember that bewildered look he had? He never knew what he had said!
 
oakapple said:
Denise and Cookie; that's fine, hijacked threads are just part and parcel of forum life.;) As we are all different, I didn't suppose that everyone would like Downton, it's a matter of choice. Midsomer Murders [also filmed here in Oxfordshire, Wallingford, where Agatha Christie used to live] always makes us laugh, as you say so many murders in a few small villages, a bit like Morse [Oxford]
where he has to crack all the cases single handed.
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I liked Frost at first but then he seemed sad too much of the time, I really loved his acting though. He made you "feel" what it does to see people hurt.

I'm like you and don't mind if folks wander off my topics. Also, I didn't know MM was filmed where Agatha Christie lived, so cool!!
 
Yes, I like Frost too, there is a lot of humour in the writing, but he 'feels' for people too and is kind.I used to like the Morse series
[I have met the author,Colin Dexter, he was rather deaf , you had to shout a bit.] I also like the young Morse series called 'Endeavor', but am not all that keen on the Lewis series. Colin Dexter said he knew nothing at all about police procedure [and it shows!]
 
Denise, do you have any trouble understanding the accents?When we watch US shows it's often difficult to make out what is being said, and we sometimes give up on a series altogether. This happens now and then, but mainly we have a little trouble getting what is said, but on some shows, no trouble at all.As the US is so large, with such a variety of accents, do you have the same problem?
 
I haven't so far but I've been hearing the British accent since I was little, and then, all the movies and shows that are made there. I love the sayings you have, they are really neat. I heard one not long ago and it was on Midsomer. A gal on there was mad at another gal and she told her "you know your problem is you have some pages stuck together" LOL!! I loved it!!

She was a teen though so maybe it's a British teen saying like our US youth have their stuff I don't even understand, LOL!!
 
Never heard of that saying Denise! Though I have heard it said that somebody had a 'few pages loose' or was 'losing their marbles'. Hee-hee, lets hear a few American sayings?
 
here's a few for Oakapple:

ankle- biters and rug-rats = children
bling = flashy jewelry
in a New York minute = very fast
friend with benefits = someone to have casual sex with, without committment
 
Good ones RR, here's some I still use although oldie;)

Far out = really neat
cool = really neat

newer I've heard:

my bad = I made a mistake
chill = calm down
 
I love Downton Abbey, and I am so sorry it will end with the 5th season. Have you gone there to watch the timing?
 
mymusic said:
I love Downton Abbey, and I am so sorry it will end with the 5th season. Have you gone there to watch the timing?
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Do you mean the filming mymusic? No, I haven't , to be honest I'm not that interested in watching any filming, only the finished programme.Glad you enjoy it too, I shall be sorry to see it end, but that's better to end on a good note than to string it out to series 15 or something.
 
There are a lot more the kids are saying but I couldn't think of many as I'm just, not around the young ones much anymore;)
 
A few more people are now saying they like Downton Abbey, hurray! Thanks dancing Queen, yes we do have some lovely villages here, and each county has different architecture [as we are only a small country our counties are small]where I live is called the gateway to the Cotswolds, and the houses are made of golden/grey coloured stone.
Josiah, that saying [loosey goosey] is new to me.
 
When we watched The Sopranos we got used [eventually] to the New Jersey accents, and now there is a programme called True Detective [set in Luisianna] did I spell that correctly?We only understand one word in every five.There was another programme set in New york [can't remember the name] that we gave up on entirely. Yet, we have the US [old] film on dvd 'It's A Mad, Mad Mad mad World' made in the 60's and we understand every word of that.Do actors mumble more or is it our older ears at fault?
 
I live in the town were Catherine Cookson was born and a lot of her Novels were set. On many occasions I used to drive tourisst around in coaches on what was the "Cookson Trail." It was marketed by the local Council. I met many nice people from all over the World. Up until 1976 I lived in one of the run down houses that were so typical in the films.
 
Hello mpd, so you are somewhere up Durham way then? My Mother used to love those novels.If there is one thing us Brits do well, it's cash in on these 'author' trails.;) In Haworth [Yorkshire] it's all about the Brontes, then there are various ones in Oxford and Exmoor is redesignated as Lorna Doone country etc. No doubt the tourists like it.We were having lunch in a pub we go to in Oxford [good pub grub] called The Eagle And Child when we were asked [twice] to take group photos of tourists because it's the pub that 'The Inklings' used to use, C.S. Lewis, Tolkein et al.
 
oakapple said:
When we watched The Sopranos we got used [eventually] to the New Jersey accents, and now there is a programme called True Detective [set in Luisianna] did I spell that correctly?We only understand one word in every five.There was another programme set in New york [can't remember the name] that we gave up on entirely. Yet, we have the US [old] film on dvd 'It's A Mad, Mad Mad mad World' made in the 60's and we understand every word of that.Do actors mumble more or is it our older ears at fault?
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I have the same problem. For one thing, it seems like people talk faster. Especially young people. Even IRL.
I use closed caption when available.
 
Oakapple, the reverse for me. When I first began watching British TV, with Monty Python's Flying Circus, I couldn't understand anything they said, so I gave it up. Later, there became more shows available and I got used to the accents. I have no trouble now and love the shows! Go figure.

The Louisiana accent, being southern, would be difficult for you. It's difficult for me, too.
 

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