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Counting Down to the End of....Downton Abbey
Aloysius J. Gleek:
--- Quote from: Sason on February 21, 2012, 07:22:43 pm ---Ok, I take your word for it, John! ;D
How could I do anything else, since I've never seen Downton Abbey....? ::) :D
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Oh, there are a lot of Fins around--
There's Finn McCool (spelled Fionn mac Cumhaill, but pronounced Finn McCool) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fionn_mac_Cumhaill , and there's
Fingal http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fingal's_Cave
and there are even Finns who are http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish-speaking_Finns
but Downton Abbey's Lord Grantham meant something ENTIRELY different! :laugh:
Aloysius J. Gleek:
Collect Them All!
http://www.vanityfair.com/online/oscars/2012/02/downton-abbey-trading-cards-finale-christmas-special#slide=1
Exclusive! Downton Abbey
Trading Cards for Season 2’s Finale
By Sarah Ball
5:00 PM, February 17 2012
After we posted these exceedingly clever Downton Abbey Valentines last week, designed by Dallas-based comic artist Chad Thomas, we partnered up with Chad for a sporting way to end Season Two: trading cards! Click to view, and check back Monday for a finale recap. (To see all of our recaps of Season 2, from the premiere through Episode 6, go here .)
Sason:
--- Quote from: Aloysius J. Gleek on February 21, 2012, 07:48:08 pm ---
and there are even Finns who are http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish-speaking_Finns
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The Swedish dialect spoken by Swedish Finns is the most beautiful to listen to, imo. It has a very distinct ring to it.
Tove Jansson, who wrote the books about the Moomin trolls, was from Finland. Her books have to be read in that specific dialect in order to sound right.
To a Swede, a Moomin who doesn't speak Finnish Swedish, is no real Moomin! ;D
Sason:
Maybe this can help satisfy your Downton Abbey obsession, John?
;D :laugh: ;)
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clJK3KBqdlE&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]
Aloysius J. Gleek:
--- Quote from: Sason on February 22, 2012, 02:19:26 pm ---Maybe this can help satisfy your Downton Abbey obsession, John?
;D :laugh: ;)
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clJK3KBqdlE&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]
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OH NOES!!!
ITZ WURLD WAHR EYE!!
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
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