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sydthebeat

Wang King wrote: »

I have tomorrow and Friday off...first 2 days hols of the year.
Fota island tomorrow to see the in-laws
And a wedding on Friday.... 2 English accents I can't stand, Scouse and Brummie, workmates wife is going...she's a Brummie.... The bride is a scouser.... It's going to be wall to wall fingernails on a blackboard for my eardrums

not a peaky blinders fan then??

Stheno

sydthebeat wrote: »

not a peaky blinders fan then??

Wtf is peaky blinders? Slang for that something Abbey programme?

Wang King

Stheno wrote: »

Wtf is peaky blinders? Slang for that something Abbey programme?

I've heard of it , its about gangs in England about 100 years ago I think , I'm guessing it's set in Liverpool or Brum ?

mfceiling

Stheno wrote: »

Wtf is peaky blinders? Slang for that something Abbey programme?

I think?? it was a term used for a gang years ago who used to sew razor blades into the peaks of their caps and then could whip off said cap and slash you across the face!! AA Gill wrote an article about them in the Sunday Times a while ago and this is what I remember!!

awec

Stheno wrote: »

Wtf is peaky blinders? Slang for that something Abbey programme?

Show on Netflix with Cillian Murphy. It's about a gang called the peaky blinders and it's set in post-war (WW1) Birmingham.

Incredibly good show.

awec

awec wrote: »

Show on Netflix with Cillian Murphy. It's about a gang called the peaky blinders and it's set in post-war (WW1) Birmingham.

Incredibly good show.

Ah c'mon - it's not *that* good, decent watchable show.

awec

Good news mfceiling... xfactor starts this weekend!

Stheno

awec wrote: »

Good news mfceiling... xfactor starts this weekend!

The auditions are the only bit worth watching

stephen_n

Stheno wrote: »

The ad's are the only bit worth watching

FYP

Podge_irl

Still one spot open in the fantasy if anyone interested.

Wang King

Podge_irl wrote: »

Still one spot open in the fantasy if anyone interested.

I'm still trying to register, get failure messages on my phone, will try on my lappy tomorrow

Podge_irl

Wang King wrote: »

I'm still trying to register, get failure messages on my phone, will try on my lappy tomorrow

I think we're only up to 9 total with you. Though there seems to be 9 registered when I check...

I may have screwed something up.

Wang King

Podge_irl wrote: »

I think we're only up to 9 total with you. Though there seems to be 9 registered when I check...

I may have screwed something up.

No, is say it's me to be honest

mfceiling

awec wrote: »

Good news mfceiling... xfactor starts this weekend!

That's me in the kitchen every Saturday night from now to Christmas while my lovely Sony tv is polluted with that crap in the living room!! Could be worse...actually to be honest I don't think it could...

molloyjh

mfceiling wrote: »

That's me in the kitchen every Saturday night from now to Christmas while my lovely Sony tv is polluted with that crap in the living room!! Could be worse...actually to be honest I don't think it could...

Oh it could. One word: Kardashians.

Stheno

molloyjh wrote: »

Oh it could. One word: Kardashians.

Until I discovered who they were I would see the programme on tv listings and thought it was a star trek spin off about the cardassians

Buer

Deleted User wrote: »

Ah c'mon - it's not *that* good, decent watchable show.

I'd go with awec, excellent show that really flies under the radar. If it was a HBO production, people would be falling over themselves to download it but it doesn't get near the same publicity as a BBC show.

Buer

Buer wrote: »

I'd go with awec, excellent show that really flies under the radar. If it was a HBO production, people would be falling over themselves to download it but it doesn't get near the same publicity as a BBC show.

Still think it's a solid but unspectacular show. Not every HBO show is out of this world either. I liked Sam Neil in it, apparently he had the Belfast accent so perfect that they actually had to soften it as people struggled to understand it in a test screening!

In fairness, it has a top drawer cast and plenty of publicity - but it's just not as engaging as I thought it would be.

dregin

Speaking of Belfast things that people can't understand - The Thomas House have pint bottles of Harp. Did not know this was a thing.

pickarooney

I gave up on peaky blinders after one episode. I thought the accents were rubbish. Brummie is hard enough to listen to when it's authentic but when it's badly done it's a horror.

Yeah_Right

Deleted User wrote: »

Still think it's a solid but unspectacular show. Not every HBO show is out of this world either. I liked Sam Neil in it, apparently he had the Belfast accent so perfect that they actually had to soften it as people struggled to understand it in a test screening!

In fairness, it has a top drawer cast and plenty of publicity - but it's just not as engaging as I thought it would be.

he was born in Belfast, I believe. Moved to NZ as a kid.

.ak

Yeah he's Irish born alright.

His Belfast accent in it is absolutely awfully though.

eyeball kid

.ak wrote: »

Yeah he's Irish born alright.

His Belfast accent in it is absolutely awfully though.

I didn't think it was too bad. But then they all sound the same up there to me.
I couldn't tell the difference between one northern accent and another.

awec

He was born in Omagh.

The accent he puts on in the show is just terrible.

.ak

eyeball kid wrote: »

I didn't think it was too bad. But then they all sound the same up there to me.
I couldn't tell the difference between one northern accent and another.

Just sounded very forced and strained, it wasn't believable and almost comic like.

Wang King

He left the place as a child, his father was a serving British officer I think? I'd say the chances of him having a nordie accent 10 mins after he left the country were about zilch.

Yeah_Right

Wang King wrote: »

He left the place as a child, his father was a serving British officer I think? I'd say the chances of him having a nordie accent 10 mins after he left the country were about zilch.

His dad was a kiwi (maybe in the British army) and his mum was English.

You're right about forgetting the accent at a young age though. Kids adapt pretty quickly. I thought he may have had Nordie relatives.

Wang King

Yeah_Right wrote: »

His dad was a kiwi (maybe in the British army) and his mum was English.

You're right about forgetting the accent at a young age though. Kids adapt pretty quickly. I thought he may have had Nordie relatives.

Yeah think his father was stationed in northern Ireland for a while, born there out of necessity, not choice. Didn't have any northern connection outside of that if I remember

Wang King

Just noticed a poster in AH has used one of my past boards names...tiny adjustment of course...should I be annoyed or flattered?

Stheno

Wang King wrote: »

Just noticed a poster in AH has used one of my past boards names...tiny adjustment of course...should I be annoyed or flattered?

Flattered

Today was satanic customer day, my head hurts