Downton Abbey - I'm hooked

[The Wiser Hatter]

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Downton Abbey verbal anachronisms

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Who is Freddy?

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Again, WOW! What an episode!

 

[dhermann1]

Not all of those anachronisms are anachronisms. "Rosey", "Couldn't care less", and I'm pretty sure "Push comes to shove". But still, there are plenty of others.

 

[AmateisGal]

Not all of those anachronisms are anachronisms. "Rosey", "Couldn't care less", and I'm pretty sure "Push comes to shove". But still, there are plenty of others.

Such as?

 

[AmateisGal]

Again, WOW! What an episode!

It was brilliant. Absolutely loved it (and it was the second time for me to see it!).

 

[Worf]

I caught up with D.A. on DVD last year. Friends on another forum had recommended it highly. I enjoyed the first season immensely. I'm less than in love with the second installment as I felt they went a little overboard for cheap sentimentality and soap opera content. Sneakin' and cheatin', poisenings and deathbed pronouncements sigh. However, maudlin as it was it was still entertaining. And, in that I'm hooked, I'll be lining up for Series 3, 4 and 5 if there are any.

Worf

 

[The Wiser Hatter]

Downton Abbey paper dolls

 

[AmateisGal]

Downton Abbey paper dolls

Haha! Love it!

I can forgive small anachronisms, even as a trained historian. I'm not going to nitpick a few very subtle changes in language as language is very, very versatile and fluid. If Anna said "our garden is rosy again" or whatever it was, it's very possible someone COULD have said that at that time - it didn't have to be a "popular expression." People come up with their own sayings all the time as is evidenced by the enormous shift of teen slang every ten years or so.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

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[Bruce Wayne]

http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2012/02/22/the-aristocrats/

 

[The Wiser Hatter]

downton-abbey-season-three-trailercan not find a link to this that can be embedded here but this years season of the Abbey looks good to. Wow Boardwalk and Abbey too great shows.

 

[hatophile]

I am new to this show, my wife and I watched a show from season 2 last week. I understand the third season will bring the characters into the 20's which should be interesting. I really enjoyed what I watched so far.

 

[ButteMT61]

Great show. We bought the first seasons on Blu-Ray to get caught up. Can't wait until January for the new season. Shirley Maclaine I'm not so sure about, but that won't ruin it.
One of the best shows in years - certainly on PBS. We got sucked in and finished two seasons in ~10 days!

 

[Wally_Hood]

While with the in in laws we started watching on the streaming gizmo. A couple of episodes a night. Mrs. Hood got the sister in law hooked, then the menfolk got started watching, too.

 

[Weston]

Season 2 was a bit soapy, season 1 was perfection. Season 3 could be Carson sending out the laundry every week and we'd still be glued to the tube.

 

[AmateisGal]

I hate that here in the States, we have to wait until January for Season 3. It's in the UK in September. Lucky!

 

[Weston]

If you know where to look, you can sometimes catch the episodes an hour or so after they air in the UK. My wife and I watched the Christmas Special on Christmas! Quite the present, that.

 

[The Wiser Hatter]

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Two new clips from the upcoming season.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

I wonder what is going to happen with Mr. & Mrs. Bates.