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Yeah, the "public" in the phrase "public school" refers to the fact that they're owned by members of the public as a business enterprise, rather than operating as an arm of the state.
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marktheando posted:Northern accent refers to the north of England. Except in Scotland where schools where you are paying fees are called Private schools. Its always amusing when engish people refer to someone as "Northern", because they are all southerners to us.
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Apr 14, 2015 21:11
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SiKboy posted:Except in Scotland where schools where you are paying fees are called Private schools. Its always amusing when engish people refer to someone as "Northern", because they are all southerners to us. Huh it never occurred to me that public school wasn't used up here, but now that you mention it.
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Apr 14, 2015 21:16
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I'm honestly not sure if we have public schools over on this side of the Irish Sea. They're usually categorised as "Protestant", "Catholic" and "Integrated" as far as I'm aware. I went to a grammar school myself. It suited me fine, but I understand some people don't like them. 
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Apr 14, 2015 21:22
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<puts the kettle on> Tea, everyone?
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Apr 14, 2015 21:35
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The_Doctor posted:<puts the kettle on> 
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Apr 14, 2015 22:07
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I only ever drink sweet/iced tea, even during winter so I'm probably some sort of horrible backwater redneck to genuine tea-drinking folk.
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Apr 14, 2015 22:26
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The_Doctor posted:<puts the kettle on> You haven't been in England long, have you Donna Lucia?
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Apr 14, 2015 23:40
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The_Doctor posted:FIGHTING WORDS It's the screen name of the guy saying it that makes it art.
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Apr 15, 2015 00:32
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The way I've always understood it is state schools are government-run, private schools charge fees and public schools are posh secondary schools for twats like Eton and Harrow.
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Apr 15, 2015 00:36
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CobiWann posted:It's the screen name of the guy saying it that makes it art. Doctor no more. 
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Apr 15, 2015 00:38
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Australians have inherited similar attitudes with accents, all the regionalism and class distinctions. I have an accent a bit similar to Clive James without the Gough Whitlam nasality, and I was mercilessly teased and ostracized for it in North Queensland where the accent is broad and my RP-like accent was alien and hoity-toity. What the hell is "Received" anyway? Received from who? They sound very punchable. I've always loved northern accents and Irish accents from both my ancestry and exactly the same class distinctions so I'm no better am I, like the Who fans were all yay Eccleston good honest Northerner eww that chav of a companion though...
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Apr 15, 2015 00:39
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Dabir posted:The way I've always understood it is state schools are government-run, private schools charge fees and public schools are posh secondary schools for twats like Eton and Harrow. I went to Harrow's day school. 
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The_Doctor posted:I went to Harrow's day school. I've got a 2nd-hand apron...
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Apr 15, 2015 00:41
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ewe2 posted:Australians have inherited similar attitudes with accents, all the regionalism and class distinctions. I have an accent a bit similar to Clive James without the Gough Whitlam nasality, and I was mercilessly teased and ostracized for it in North Queensland where the accent is broad and my RP-like accent was alien and hoity-toity. What the hell is "Received" anyway? Received from who? They sound very punchable. I've always loved northern accents and Irish accents from both my ancestry and exactly the same class distinctions so I'm no better am I, like the Who fans were all yay Eccleston good honest Northerner eww that chav of a companion though... I get poo poo for my accent, but that's because it's a weird Australian-British combo that I have no idea of the origins of; none of my family sound like it, and I didn't really watch British TV until Doctor Who came back so it can't be from there. I sound British to Australians, Australian to British, and British to everyone else, unless they know I'm Australian. My accent is unpopular in every country.
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Cleretic posted:My accent is unpopular in every country. You're South African?  Edit: Just to clarify, I actually really like the South African accent, but they seem to get a lot of grief for it for some reason. I blame Lethal Weapon.
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Apr 15, 2015 01:04
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Jerusalem posted:You're South African? From my American perspective, it's the hardest to understand of all the various regional English accents. I'm glad that certain scenes in District 9 had subtitles. I can understand specific South Africans I know pretty well, but seeing them in movies or on TV is a challenge.
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Apr 15, 2015 01:13
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Android Blues posted:Yeah, the "public" in the phrase "public school" refers to the fact that they're owned by members of the public as a business enterprise, rather than operating as an arm of the state. This isn't true. The "public" refers to the fact that anyone could in theory attend them, unlike ecclesiastical schools or those for the sons of guild members.
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Apr 15, 2015 02:09
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I moved to America to get married and my wife got me a kettle as a birthday present 
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Apr 15, 2015 04:39
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Jerusalem posted:You're South African? Must be all those Krotons giving it a bad name.
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Apr 15, 2015 05:59
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The_Doctor posted:I went to Harrow's day school. I went to a prep school myself. I understand I'm supposed to feel bad and/or guilty about it, but I liked it well enough.
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Apr 15, 2015 09:16
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SiKboy posted:Except in Scotland where schools where you are paying fees are called Private schools. Its always amusing when engish people refer to someone as "Northern", because they are all southerners to us. Shadwell hated all southerners and, by inference, was standing at the North Pole.
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Apr 15, 2015 09:34
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Jerusalem posted:You're South African? It's true. A Londoner is responsible for all the hate the South African accent gets.
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Apr 15, 2015 09:52
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Interesting. Apparently on the Damaged Goods Big Finish adaptation, someone states that they're working for Torchwood.
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Apr 15, 2015 10:24
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The_Doctor posted:Interesting. Apparently on the Damaged Goods Big Finish adaptation, someone states that they're working for Torchwood. To be fair, it's not like the BBC can stop RTD doing what he wants, mostly because as often noted, he's literally a giant and they're scared of him.
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Apr 15, 2015 13:08
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Jerusalem posted:You're South African? It's kind of dumb and also https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxEweP2TiMk
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Apr 15, 2015 13:12
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Didn't a lot of people post about hating the Big Finish Key to Time here? Or was it just the Graceless spin-off? I'm a bit into the second part (The Destroyer of Delights) and it's actually really good so far. They're definitely rolling the dice with it, because one of the Companion Chronicles in the middle of it is told from the bad sister's perspective, although I have to admit that even though I objected to that on principle, the story was actually pretty okay except for the ending.
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Bicyclops posted:Didn't a lot of people post about hating the Big Finish Key to Time here? Or was it just the Graceless spin-off? I'm a bit into the second part (The Destroyer of Delights) and it's actually really good so far. They're definitely rolling the dice with it, because one of the Companion Chronicles in the middle of it is told from the bad sister's perspective, although I have to admit that even though I objected to that on principle, the story was actually pretty okay except for the ending. I think it was mostly Graceless -
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Fil5000 posted:I think it was mostly Graceless - That makes sense. An entire spinoff related to those two characters would be a strange choice at absolute best. The Judgement of Isskar really gave Peter Davison a lot to work with, though. I don't know if his birthday sale is still going on at the Big Finish website, but it if it is, I recommend that one for anyone looking to grab a few deal stories.
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Bicyclops posted:I don't know if his birthday sale is still going on at the Big Finish website, but it if it is, I recommend that one for anyone looking to grab a few deal stories. A few? I kind of grabbed them all… Although I guess this does give me an excuse to go back and watch the whole “Key to Time” arc with Tom Baker.
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CobiWann posted:A few? I kind of grabbed them all… You need an excuse to watch The Ribos Operation?  EDIT - I think it's its own excuse. "Can't come in to work today. Being treated for dangerously low ham levels." After The War fucked around with this message at 14:08 on Apr 15, 2015 |
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After The War posted:You need an excuse to watch The Ribos Operation? Well, I do like the character Fred...
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Bicyclops posted:Didn't a lot of people post about hating the Big Finish Key to Time here? Or was it just the Graceless spin-off? I'm a bit into the second part (The Destroyer of Delights) and it's actually really good so far. They're definitely rolling the dice with it, because one of the Companion Chronicles in the middle of it is told from the bad sister's perspective, although I have to admit that even though I objected to that on principle, the story was actually pretty okay except for the ending. I really enjoyed the first two - Judgement of Isskar and The Destroyer of Delights. It was really refreshing to hear Davison's Doctor paired with someone who genuinely wants to learn from him, instead of the 'exasperated Dad shepherding rowdy and unenthusiastic kids around' thing he usually has going on. The third part is an unpleasant, incoherent mess, though. And also, though I've not heard Graceless, I couldn't think of two less suitable spin-off characters than Amy and her sister that I can't remember the name of. They were (literally) made for this plot.
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Barry Foster posted:I really enjoyed the first two - Judgement of Isskar and The Destroyer of Delights. It was really refreshing to hear Davison's Doctor paired with someone who genuinely wants to learn from him, instead of the 'exasperated Dad shepherding rowdy and unenthusiastic kids around' thing he usually has going on. Yeah, it's very interesting exploring the nature/nurture stuff by having two "twins" who are essentially clean-slate adults make a choice as who to travel with and have it shape their personalities, but even three full length stories is stretching it a bit, let alone an entire stand-alone spin-off. The whole appeal is that this is a completely new thing that Davison's Doctor is just kind of running with, and I'm sure it creates an arc for Amy to learn her identity from him and then part ways, at which point we really, really don't need to see more of her. CobiWann posted:A few? I kind of grabbed them all… If that's all it ever did, it's done its job!
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Jerusalem posted:To be fair, it's not like the BBC can stop RTD doing what he wants, mostly because as often noted, he's literally a giant and they're scared of him. But he didn't write the Big Finish adaptation...?
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Bicyclops posted:Didn't a lot of people post about hating the Big Finish Key to Time here? Or was it just the Graceless spin-off? Graceless loving sucks.
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Chairman Mao posted:Graceless loving sucks. I actually remembered that you'd said so specifically! I just couldn't recall if people's criticisms extended to the Amy/Zara stuff in the main range.
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As I state in the OP, don't listen to any spin-offs starring companions created by Big Finish.
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CaptainYesterday posted:As I state in the OP, don't listen to any spin-offs starring companions created by Big Finish. Gallifrey's good.
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