Re: MPH in the UK

On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 08:50:19 GMT, the Omrud <usenet.omrud@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

In article <5vq5jeF1lvch4U2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, robban1@xxxxxxxxxxx
had it:

Oleg Lego wrote:

On Tue, 22 Jan 2008 12:26:12 GMT, Django Cat posted:

Sara Lorimer wrote:

From: que.sara.saraDELETE@xxxxxxxxx (Sara Lorimer)
Subject: MPH in the UK
Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 09:45:11 -0800
Newsgroups: alt.usage.english

I saw an episode of the English TV show "Top Gear" last night (what
can I say, there's a writers' strike).

It must be great to have access to quality televison for a change.

Ever since Tony mentioned "Green Wing", I have been watching for it to
show up on Bell Expressvu (satellite). It finally showed up this past
weekend. It was decidedly weird, and strangely compelling. Quite funny
in spots.

Talking of weird, but with funny bits and quite a few unbearably silly
bits... Has anyone seen... forgotten the proper title: something like
"Black Books" or the "Black Book Shop"?

We like that in this house - it has the benefit of including the
strange and wonderful Bill Bailey.

I saw a stand-up piece by Dylan Moran. In "Black Books" he always
sounds like he's a bit swozzled. I thought that was because the
character was always a bit swozzled, but that seems to be Moran's
normal manner.

Now the question is whether or not Moran is always a bit swozzled or
if he's always playing a character.


--

Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida
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