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In the New Yorker...
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: southendmd on May 22, 2017, 08:53:58 pm ---I'll stick with cowboys.
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--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on May 22, 2017, 11:28:34 pm ---You wouldn't make an exception for Rupert Graves?
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--- Quote from: southendmd on May 23, 2017, 08:11:00 am ---Well, if you put it that way...
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;D
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: southendmd on May 22, 2017, 12:32:54 pm ---Like "Morris". See the film; it's important.
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I put it on my "To watch" list on my iPhone. Whenever I add something to that list I do it using the microphone. So I pronounced the movie the British way, and apparently Siri speaks British English, because it added "Maurice" to the list.
Actually, I hate Siri, and long ago had replaced her with the male voice, who's no more useful than she was. I thought maybe the male voice was British and that explained it. So I called up the Siri function, which offered (in writing) to help me with anything from "what time is sunrise in Paris?" to "how long do greyhounds live?" I hit the mic icon.
ME: How do the British pronounce Maurice (Mo-REESE)?
SIRI GUY (in robotic voice): Interesting question. Katy.
That was it. No further information on that topic. No "you got me!" or "that's a tough one." I can report, however, that greyhounds live about 11 years.
When I hear Mo-REESE, I picture someone like Samantha's father. When I hear MORE-is, I picture someone more along the lines of another '60s sitcom star.
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on May 22, 2017, 03:18:32 pm ---Do undergamekeepers really say things like "Come without fail" and "We shan't never be parted"?
(At least the second one has a double negative.)
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I know! Who says "shall" but also uses double negatives? British people in those days, I guess. It's funny -- I can live with the double negative; it's the "shan't" that bothers me.
I would probably forgive it in this context, but I find it really off-putting when modern people say "shall."
For some reason, in a question, it's OK. "Shall I make coffee?" wouldn't bother me. But I have a friend who, on Facebook, writes things like "I shall watch 'Maurice' tonight" and it always makes me roll my eyes.
--- Quote --- I really have always been a fan of Merchant-Ivory films. You always knew a Merchant-Ivory film would be a classy, high-quality production.
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Same. When the Onion published its first post-9/11 edition -- the whole thing such a classic for brilliantly treading a line between appropriateness and hilariousness -- there was a great piee headlined "American Life Turns Into Bad Jerry Bruckheimer Movie." I always remember this quote from a putative civilian:
"If the world were going to suddenly turn into a movie without warning, I wish it would have been one of those boring, talky Merchant-Ivory ones instead. I hate those movies, but I sure wish we were living in one right now."
http://www.theonion.com/article/american-life-turns-into-bad-jerry-bruckheimer-mov-220
Aloysius J. Gleek:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on May 23, 2017, 10:12:35 am ---I know! Who says "shall" but also uses double negatives? British people in those days, I guess. It's funny -- I can live with the double negative; it's the "shan't" that bothers me.
I would probably forgive it in this context, but I find it really off-putting when modern people say "shall."
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The Devil Wears Prada (2006)
or to see/hear it, click:
https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/aef42a57-e33d-4383-a6b4-dc600722d406
southendmd:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on May 23, 2017, 09:49:57 am ---
When I hear Mo-REESE, I picture someone like Samantha's father. When I hear MORE-is, I picture someone more along the lines of another '60s sitcom star.
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I picture this guy:
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