Questions FROM the UK and FOR the UK

Simplicity

I do watch "How I Met Your Mother", "The Office", "The Big Bang Theory" and "American Idol" (go Chrystal!) as well as Seinfeld reruns...can't go wrong there.
How popular was "Life On Mars" in the UK? It's really one of the best shows I've seen in a long time. The American version of that show wasn't really that good.
I've never heard of "Spooks". I'll look it up.

Over all, I guess I prefer to listen to music. '70's rock-n-roll! But I like so much more.
I noticed your profile. I'll have to check out your music.

Life on mars was pretty popular as I remeber but it wasn't my sort of thing so have never watched it. There was a lot of hype though when it was first released.
I love all types of music from everywhere around the world. favourites from america has got to be seattle area where all the grunge came out. Pearl Jam being somewhere near the top of my list but not a massive fan of 70's rock n roll but each to their own.

karenjoy

Loved LOVED Life on Mars, and also love Marmite. In my house it's a male female split on Marmite, us ladies love it, my son doesn't like it although he was raised on it and my Canadian husband really doesn't get it at all. It's lovely on warm buttered toast....and with cheddar cheese in a nice white bread sandwich...yum yum.

I have noticed that on many things I see from the states they have subtitles for people from different parts of the UK, Do you really find the various regional accent that hard to understand or is it just assumed you won't understand? I find some US accents very difficult indeed, but we don't get subtitles.

Did you get offended that the names of books and films etc are changed for the US market in the purported assumption that people won't understand? ie Over here the book and film was 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone' but it was the Sorcerers stone in the US?

TheMaidOfAstolat

Loved LOVED Life on Mars, and also love Marmite. In my house it's a male female split on Marmite, us ladies love it, my son doesn't like it although he was raised on it and my Canadian husband really doesn't get it at all. It's lovely on warm buttered toast....and with cheddar cheese in a nice white bread sandwich...yum yum.

I have noticed that on many things I see from the states they have subtitles for people from different parts of the UK, Do you really find the various regional accent that hard to understand or is it just assumed you won't understand? I find some US accents very difficult indeed, but we don't get subtitles.

Did you get offended that the names of books and films etc are changed for the US market in the purported assumption that people won't understand? ie Over here the book and film was 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone' but it was the Sorcerers stone in the US?

I hate when they subtitle stuff (if I can understand Jamie Oliver and the weird cockney accent-I think I can understand any Brit speak).
Also, as for HP-not only did they change the title, many of the words as well-jumper/sweater, rubbish bin/trash can...ect (I guess they thought that kids can't work out the 'translation' over time (at least the first book, the rest of them stayed true to the Brit versions).
Also, I must say that I love Are You Being Served and Keeping Up Appearances (yep, I know they're old..but they are hilarious). I would also have to say that the best actors and actresses come out of the UK (and they don't seem to get sucked into the Hollywood crap)-love Alan Rickman! :blushing: :bigsmile:

snookeroo

As far as I've notice, we don't get subtitles on UK shows.
But I guess they've always been giving us different versions of what was originally released over there.
The Beatle albums released here were always a couple of songs short from what was realeased in the UK. That way, after a few album releases, they always had an extra album/ L.P. to sell us with those tracks that were left off.

karenjoy

I have met Alan Rickman, he is a bit up himself to be honest, but we were at a special charity film screening of 'Truly Madly Deeply' which starred Alan and Juliet Stevenson and a less well known actor Michael Maloney, my husband and I spent a good part of the party before the film with the very lovely Michael (he is mainly a Shakespearean actor, but is in films and TV) Alan was being mobbed by people and looked as if he hated every moment of it, but he did spend a good deal of time talking to a disabled lady and I did talk to him for a bit, he was very polite but not especially friendly. I would like to have met Jude Law, as my friend did, apparently he is lovely.

karenjoy

Oh and Jamie has an essex accent and not a cockney one :-)

TheMaidOfAstolat

Oh and Jamie has an essex accent and not a cockney one :-)

Didn't know that...thanks.

toots99

How funny! As I'm reading this, I see a clip of an English TV show called "Man Stroke Woman", and Nick Frost was saying how he dialed "999". At first I didn't get it, until I heard the sirens in the background of the show. In the US, we dial 911. :laugh:

erikazj

Marmite is the most disgusting substance known to man...IMHO!

I'm completely addicted to American TV - CSI, Criminal Minds, Fringe, House (MD), Bones, NCIS, Trueblood, Medium etc!

Erika

toots99

Marmite is the most disgusting substance known to man...IMHO!

I'm completely addicted to American TV - CSI, Criminal Minds, Fringe, House (MD), Bones, NCIS, Trueblood, Medium etc!

Erika

I looooooove True Blood!!

sofaking6

I live in England and just though I say Little chef does not make me happy either. We call it Little Theif instead based on their prices. The same goes for burger king, it becaomes burger ching. In america when i went it was like 3 dollars a meal. England is ridculously expensive now but I suppose i still love it.

PS. I never understand the meaning of uptown and downtown when you refer to cities. Any americans wanna help me out?
Ben

I *think* it's about the street or avenue numbers...downtown referring to the lower numbers and uptown the higher.

I've become addicted to a BBC show, "You Are What You Eat"...that crazy little lady. It took me ages to figure out that squash was a drink! And a "fry-up" is any fried meal, or just breakfast?

snookeroo

I live in England and just though I say Little chef does not make me happy either. We call it Little Theif instead based on their prices. The same goes for burger king, it becaomes burger ching. In america when i went it was like 3 dollars a meal. England is ridculously expensive now but I suppose i still love it.

PS. I never understand the meaning of uptown and downtown when you refer to cities. Any americans wanna help me out?
Ben

I *think* it's about the street or avenue numbers...downtown referring to the lower numbers and uptown the higher.

I've become addicted to a BBC show, "You Are What You Eat"...that crazy little lady. It took me ages to figure out that squash was a drink! And a "fry-up" is any fried meal, or just breakfast?

I like "You Are What You Eat" too. And "Cash In The Attic"

erikazj

I live in England and just though I say Little chef does not make me happy either. We call it Little Theif instead based on their prices. The same goes for burger king, it becaomes burger ching. In america when i went it was like 3 dollars a meal. England is ridculously expensive now but I suppose i still love it.

PS. I never understand the meaning of uptown and downtown when you refer to cities. Any americans wanna help me out?
Ben

I *think* it's about the street or avenue numbers...downtown referring to the lower numbers and uptown the higher.

I've become addicted to a BBC show, "You Are What You Eat"...that crazy little lady. It took me ages to figure out that squash was a drink! And a "fry-up" is any fried meal, or just breakfast?

I like "You Are What You Eat" too. And "Cash In The Attic"

Gillian McKeith scares me to death...I want to be healthy, but I don't want to look like a bag of bones! Her methods have been more or less debunked in the UK...having said that it is scary what a lot of the people eat before her intervention.

karenjoy

a fry up is usually a fried breakfast, sausages, eggs, fried bread (has to be white bread) mushrooms, tomato, bacon (Canadian bacon) baked beans and black pudding, all fried together (apart from the beans) with lashings of tomato sauce (ketchup) and/or brown sauce...ooo love brown sauce!!!

Simplicity

Gilliian Mckeith is mad. She has very strange techniques. Also if you get a chance American peeps have a look for a show called supersize vs superskinny. It is quite a good show and always has a nice heart warming ending.
Fry ups are amazing!
Cash in the attic used to be watched by me with breakfast before i went to college. Quality programming lol
Also since we mentioned famous names anyone else met any stars.
Robert Plant (lead singer of Led Zepplin) once bought a train ticket off me. How cool!!
Ps thanks sofaking I totally get what you mean. Also I used to be in bands called the sofakings. only we where sofakingwhat with slighty ruder implications x

sofaking6

I've seen Supersize vs Superskinny on youtube but it's annoying to have to watch in 8 minute segments or however they have it broken up...it seems like a really cool show though. I also watch "How Clean is Your House"..love Kim and Aggie.

Simplicity...oh my name is intended the rude way, I assure you! LOL!!

And re: fry-ups...ok so now what's a "lashing"...a side order? And black pudding? Oh and in the UK, "pasties" are meat pies, but in the US they're the things that strippers stick on their bosoms!

snookeroo

I have never been to the UK. I've ALWAYS wanted to go. Maybe one day...
I have English, Irish and Welsh roots.
Well, I have my VIRTUAL bags packed. I have my VIRTUAL passport.
I thought, perhaps, I could be there vicariously.

Would someone like to "adopt" me?

MissingMinnesota

To answer the uptown vs downtown question for most larger American cities uptown is the ritz arty area while downtown is the business area. Unless it is Charlotte NC where they call their business area uptown and don't have a downtown. I have lived here 5 years and I still call it downtown. NYC is also different as it is so big it is split into so many different areas.

I have been wondering what the conversion from a stone to a pound is.

erikazj

A 'stone' is 14 pounds.

Erika

murph73

Oh I see the Little Englanders are banging on about no longer being the centre of the universe. You gave up your empire 50 years ago.

Get. Over. It.

bekylouisex3

It's so confusing when I see the date in the US way, MM/DD/YY :laugh: when it's something like 4/8/10 i m confused thinking is it 8th of April or 4th or August?

tiarapants

Marmite - the best thing in the world. Especially with cheese. Not the healthiest food though. Husband HATES it.

Alan Rickman - he used to be our neighbour and is essentially an extremely funny guy, but very private. Lovely man.

xx

pickledlilly

Oh I see the Little Englanders are banging on about no longer being the centre of the universe. You gave up your empire 50 years ago.

Get. Over. It.

Who are Little Englanders? Are you referring to my height :laugh:

noble1987

I have one word to say -

Colour



tee hee hee x

susiewusie

Great thread ,can someone tell me what grits are and are the protions really huge over there I love watching man v food and some of the sandwiches are so huge .Your pastrami and corned beef looks totally different to ours much much nicer think if an amercian wanted corned beef they would be dissapointed lol .

MissingMinnesota

Grits are a coarsley ground hominy. Usually consumed in the southeastern area of the states for breakfast with butter and/or cheese. Shrimp and Grits are also popular as a main course. I can't stand them myself I am more of an oatmeal person.

Proportions tend to be over the top over here also and is one of the main causes of our health and weight issues. Since you were watching man against food I am guessing you were looking at the NY pastrami from the Carnige Deli which is known for its MASSIVE size.

navstar

Jelly in the UK is what you in the US call Jello
It took me ages (about 15 years!) to figure out that when you say jelly you mean jam!, I used to read about peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and think yuck!!

And Biscuits are what we call cookies here in the UK, what you in the US call biscuits we call bread rolls!!

susiewusie

Grits are a coarsley ground hominy. Usually consumed in the southeastern area of the states for breakfast with butter and/or cheese. Shrimp and Grits are also popular as a main course. I can't stand them myself I am more of an oatmeal person.

Proportions tend to be over the top over here also and is one of the main causes of our health and weight issues. Since you were watching man against food I am guessing you were looking at the NY pastrami from the Carnige Deli which is known for its MASSIVE size.

Your going to kill me but whats hominy ? :laugh: for some reason I thought grits would be something like fried potatoes .it could have been the Carnige Deli I was drooling :laugh:

MissingMinnesota

Your going to kill me but whats hominy ? :laugh: for some reason I thought grits would be something like fried potatoes .it could have been the Carnige Deli I was drooling :laugh:

It's kind of like the corn version on malt o meal. http://southernfood.about.com/cs/gritsrecipes/a/grits_recipes.htm

amy1612

Jelly in the UK is what you in the US call Jello
It took me ages (about 15 years!) to figure out that when you say jelly you mean jam!, I used to read about peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and think yuck!!

And Biscuits are what we call cookies here in the UK, what you in the US call biscuits we call bread rolls!!

Actually they call "biscuits" what we call "scones"....It was quite strange when I found that out,as alot of americans ask about 2tea and scones"....its just a sweet "biscuit", instead of a savoury (such as cheese) one.