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From: sasmym@angelou.unx.sas.com (Marilyn Miller)
Subject: Re: British Sitcoms, etc.
Originator: sasmym@angelou.unx.sas.com
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 19:37:31 GMT
Organization: SAS Institute Inc.


In article <727947431snz@kells.demon.co.uk>, geoffl@kells.demon.co.uk (Geoff Landergan) writes:
|> In article <C19nt8.Isx@unx.sas.com> sasmym@angelou.unx.sas.com writes:
|>
|> >
|> >I have become "hooked" on some of the British sitcoms which are shown on
|> >our local PBS affiliate.  The two we see right now are "Good Neighbors"
|> >and "Are You Being Served?"  The cast members of these programs are so
|> >delightful and I am curious to know if any of them still appear on British
|> >TV--my favorites are Penelope Keith, Paul Eddington, Felicity Kendall,
|> >Richard Briers, John Inman, and Molly Sugden.  You would be surprised how
|>
|> There is a new sitcom just started over here called "Grace and Favour"
|> which has almost the entire cast of AYBS running a hotel of some kind,
|> I think that's scheduled for transmission in Jan 2008 over there!
|>
|> If you get the chance, you must see "Yes [Prime] Minister" which stars
|> Pail Eddington.
|>
|> From Red Dwarf: 'In our journey through space we have encountered many
|> strange things, only last week we passed a moon that was shaped exactly
|> like Felicity Kendall's bottom.  We went round that one a few times, I
|> can tell you'.
|> --
|>       Geoff Landergan                         geoffl@kells.demon.co.uk
|>       Mitcham, Surrey, UK
|>       +44 81 646 2605
|>
   Thanks for the TV info!  I will look forward to "Grace and Favour" in
   the next century!  "Yes, Prime Minister" did air here and I enjoyed it.
   Paul Eddington is fun to watch.  The reference to Felicity Kendall's
   derriere prompts me to ask--who (or what) is Red Dwarf?  Also, I just
   got caught up with this newsgroup--what's all this about Prince Charles'
   legitimacy (or lack thereof)?  The American press has been busy with our
   new media darling (last name of Clinton) so we don't know the latest in
   the Charles/Diana saga.  I hope you British aren't embarrassed by any
   of the Royals' shenanigans--Americans wrote the book on dysfunctional
   families and scandal in high places!!!!!!!

   Marilyn Miller
   Austin, Texas
Newsgroups: soc.culture.british
From: harper@oracorp.com (Douglas Harper)
Subject: Re: Americanisms (was Re: Back from the UK)
Organization: ORA Corporation, Ithaca, New York
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 22:48:22 GMT

In article <8351@tekig7.PEN.TEK.COM> briand@tekig5.PEN.TEK.COM writes:

>It's fun to listen to US folks try to pronounce Spanish. 

More fun than hearing "jag-you-are" and "Nick-are-agg-you-uh"? ;-)

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Newsgroups: soc.culture.british
From: godfrey@vxdesy.desy.de
Subject: Re: Anybody Know UK Univ Rankings?
Organization: (DESY, Hamburg, Germany)
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 09:16:48 GMT

In article <19930120161738IZZYJE4@MVS.OAC.UCLA.EDU>, IZZYJE4@MVS.OAC.UCLA.EDU (Steve Good) writes:
> I am considering getting my MBA in England, specifically I have
> applied to Bradford University and already been accepted.
> However, I would like to know how this school ranks relative
> to other schools in the UK and also compared to MBA programs
> in the US.
> Can anybody provide me some insight

These were recently published in the Times newspaper, some time around
Oct/Nov 1992. I don't recall where Bradford was - many of the polyversities
were near the bottom (one of those that I teach at was near the bottom).  I
would guess Bradford would be around 1/2 - 2/3 down the list, perhaps lower
if the polyversities (not real universities) are excluded.  I'm sure someone
will remember the date the Times published the list, if not then either write
or telephone the Times in London and they will send you the relevant issue
(enclose something like $3 for their costs).
From: jack@dcs.glasgow.ac.uk (Jack Campin)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.british
Subject: Re: guide dogs
Date: 22 Jan 93 13:42:08 GMT
Reply-To: jack@dcs.glasgow.ac.uk (Jack Campin)
Organization: COMANDOS Project, Glesga Yoonie

hiscrp@nuscc.nus.sg (C R Pennell) wrote:
> I have a blind student, aged 23, here in Singapore who really wants a
> guide dog. There are no guide dogs in Singapore.
> Please would someone, over the next few days, pick up a phone, call the
> local RNIB office/Guide Dogs for the Blind and aks them how he should
> pursue this idea. He would be willing to come to Britian one vacation to
> be learn how to manage with the dog, and would look after the transport
> and arrangements etc.

Wouldn't it be rather a lot easier to go to Australia or New Zealand?  Or
maybe they even have them in (horrors) Malaysia?

Can't find the RNIB in a phone book but the Royal Blind Asylum & School
office in Edinburgh is at 031 229 1456.

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From: cwilson@gssec.bt.co.uk (Colin Wilson)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.british,soc.culture.celtic
Subject: Re: Robert Burns Dinners
Date: 25 Jan 93 17:25:02 GMT
Organization: BT

In article <CC.93Jan22101950@arran.dcs.ed.ac.uk>, cc@dcs.ed.ac.uk (Chris Cooke) writes:
|> In article <1993Jan21.131326.19429@gssec.bt.co.uk> cwilson@gssec.bt.co.uk (Colin Wilson) writes:
|> 
|>    |>   Sin a tha "Uisge Bheatha"!  Nach e "Whiskey" no "Whisky".  De/an e
|>    |> ceart!
|>    |> 
|>    |> mn
|> 
|>    Been watching "Speaking our Language", have we?
|> 
|> Naahh, they haven't got on to whisky yet.  So far we can introduce ourselves,
|> ask how we are ("very well, thank you"), talk about the weather, and say
|> "come in".  It all seems very *British*, somehow :-)
|> --

Maybe MN should have waited until they had. "S fhe\arr a' Gha\idhlig a
tha briste, na a' Gha\idhlig a bhith 'na ciste", I know they say, but
there are limits.

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From: JVDWIEL@KUBVX1.KUB.NL (Joost vd Wiel)
Subject: London Zoo
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 93 16:17:15 GMT
Organization: Tilburg University, The Netherlands
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Hi all,

Last week I was watching a docu-programm about the London Zoo on the the 
BBC2 television. It was about the problems that the oldest, and maybe also th
biggest zoo in the world has. 

One of the major problems was a financail one, the zoo needed about 10 million
pounds 'to pay all the bills' (simply stated). 
Me and my room-mate thought it was a pity that this had to happen too this 
zoo, and we were wondering whether there would not be a very simple solution
to (all ??) this problem:

Why not turn the zoo into a academis-research institute? (the LARZ, stands for
London Academic Reasearch Zoo, makes it easier for me to type :-) )
This LARZ has various advantages. Not only can it stay open for the public,
but also can several disciplines be tought. We were thinking about students in
animal-psychology, veteran students, zoologists, recreations students, etcetra. 
As students pay college money, and sceintist can do research for companies,
payed for offcourse, money gets in. And with this money some of the costs can
be covered.

Besides that the EC or the Brittish Government can (and propably *will*)
subsidize the LARZ, it is (as far as I know) also a unique thing. The zoo was
unique, but as an institute it will become even more.

Maybe this already happened in the past, and the zoo is a 'LARZ' already, but
if so I have never heard of, and if so: why is it that it is almost 'bankrupt'
and why is it that such a unique 'business' has to be covered up.

I hope I get some response to this, because I really would like to know how
you think about it.

                                    Greetings, 
                                    Joost van de Wiel.




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From: TSOS@uni-duesseldorf.de (Detlef Lannert)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.british,alt.usage.english
Subject: Re: Back from the UK
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 08:14:25 GMT
Organization: Universitaetsrechenzentrum, Heinrich-Heine-Universitaet, Duesseldorf
NNTP-Posting-Host: lannert.rz.uni-duesseldorf.de
Summary: Save water. (Drink beer?)

In article <1993Jan24.171109.26913@netcom.com> sue@netcom.com (Sue Miller) writes:

>In article <1993Jan24.160530.14919@news.columbia.edu> gmw1@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Gabe M Wiener) writes:
>>In article <1993Jan22.071041.1654@netcom.com> sue@netcom.com (Sue Miller) writes:
>>>>>Why? If you gotta go, then you gotta go, and if someone else is having a 
>>>>>long leisurely soak in the tub it's handy to have the loo in a separate 
>>>>>room.
>>>>
>>>>Yes, but where do you wash your hands when you're done if someone is
>>>>having a long leisurely soak in the tub?
>>>>
>>>C'mon Gabe, in the kitchen!!
>>
>>But what if someone's scrubbing pots in the kitchen sink?
>>
>
>You really want to be awkward about this, don't you.  Well,
>two possibilities spring to mind.  1) Wipe your hands on your
>jeans and forget it, you were obviously not meant to wash your
>hands  2) go use the outside tap.
>
3) There's already plenty of hot water in the kitchen sink. Go use it.
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From: quelch@ibms7.scri.fsu.edu (Geoffrey Quelch)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.british
Subject: Re: Charles's DNA tested to prove not illigitimate
Date: 26 Jan 93 15:07:27 GMT
Reply-To: quelch@ibms7.scri.fsu.edu (Geoffrey Quelch)
Organization: SCRI, Florida State University

In article <1993Jan25.211333.15955@ttinews.tti.com> jackson@soldev.tti.com (Dick Jackson) writes:
>
>Apparently the kings and would-be kings did lead their
>gangs/armies into battle and take the chance of being slit up. Question:
>who was the first English monarch not to lead the English army in person?
>
>Dick

The last King to lead his troops in battle was George II at Dettingen
(1743). Of course this isn't a direct answer to the question because
presumably some earlier Kings may not have had any battles to lead troops
in. My vote therefore goes to George III as the first King not to lead
his troops in battle.
GEQ


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From: sizex@bnr.co.uk (Eric Barber)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.british
Subject: Tracy/Tracey Island
Date: 25 Jan 93 10:47:11 GMT
Organization: BNR Europe Ltd, London Road, Harlow, England.
NNTP-Posting-Host: 128.199.202.49

I wonder if anyone can use their scanner to give us the instructions
for making Tracy Island...

Eric
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From: py1djf@sunlab1.bath.ac.uk (D J Ford)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.british
Subject: Re: seperate hot and cold water taps in th
Date: 27 Jan 93 22:54:48 GMT
Organization: School of Physics, University of Bath, UK

In the referenced article, cstadgs@csv.warwick.ac.uk (Mr R J Tinsley) writes:
>In article <1993Jan26.172500.2923@adobe.com> cjackson@adobe.com
>(Curtis Jackson) writes:
>>This is true, if you make the quaint UK-centric assumption that the rest
>>of the civilised world is still plumbing with lead rather than copper.
>
>geoff@tyger.East.Sun.COM (Geoff Arnold @ Sun BOS - R.H. coast near the top)
>writes:
>>A report issued [in the US] a couple of weeks ago points out that the alloys
>>used to fabricate taps contain a fairly high proportion of lead.
>
>Need I say more? :-)
>
>-Bob
>
	What a pity such a large amount of the domestic
	plumbing in the UK is still lead. Still its
	not to dangeourous if the right precuations are used.

>Just my `hundreds if not thousands of dollars' worth


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From: cjackson@adobe.com (Curtis Jackson)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.british
Subject: Re: guide dogs
Date: 26 Jan 93 19:59:57 GMT
Organization: Adobe Systems Incorporated, Mountain View

In article <1k3su0INN9th@bigboote.WPI.EDU> mfriley@pacman.WPI.EDU (Margaret F Riley) writes:
}I can't remember all of the details, but it seemed to me that the
}person in need was going to be in England when he/she needed the
}guide dog.  There is a 6 month quarantine for animals entering the
}country (or is it the entire UK?), so a guide dog from the US would
}be tied up in a kennel for 6 months while the person tried to
}find other means of assistance.

No, the original poster said:

>....He would be willing to come to Britian one vacation to
>be learn how to manage with the dog, and would look after the transport
>and arrangements etc.
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Newsgroups: soc.culture.british
From: gdb15@grebe.cl.cam.ac.uk (Guy Barry)
Subject: Re: london, england
Reply-To: gdb15@cl.cam.ac.uk
Organization: U of Cambridge Computer Lab, UK
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 11:23:15 GMT

In article <1993Jan25.230253.20230@clts1.comlab.ox.ac.uk> Geraint.Jones@comlab.oxford.ac.uk (Geraint Jones) writes:
>gdb15@cl.cam.ac.uk quote(?) and wrote:
>(  >the West country is the west of England (Wales being just Wales); 
> ) 
>(  Except that you might have expected the west of England to refer to
> ) areas like Herefordshire and Shropshire, when it actually refers to
>(  areas like Somerset and Gloucestershire.
>
>Except that Cumberland and bits of Lancashire are quite 
>as far West as Somerset and well west of Goucestershire			g
>___
>But then Cumberland is no more England than is Cornwall.

I think you missed my point.  The question was whether terms like "The
West of England" were relative to London or referred to the country as
a whole.  My point was that the true west of England (i.e. west of the
central areas) is never referred to as such, whereas the region lying
approximately due west of London frequently is.

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Newsgroups: soc.culture.british
From: eac@world.std.com (Eric A Cottrell)
Subject: Re: london, england
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 19:52:14 GMT

In <1993Jan20.105117.16835@walter.cray.com> cmfb@cray.com (Chris Bone) writes:

>Why not The British Times...

I think that England should have a daily paper called "The Englishman". If
Scotland can have one, why not England?
BTW, how is "The European" doing?
73 Eric eac@world.std.com
From: aaron@minster.york.ac.uk
Newsgroups: soc.culture.british,uk.politics
Subject: Re: Tony Benn to abolish monarchy
Date: 25 Jan 93 16:16:29 GMT
Organization: Department of Computer Science, University of York, England

w.p.coyne@newcastle.ac.uk wrote:
:    replacing the House of Lords by an elected House,

It was entertaining last week to hear the Lords debating on proportional
representation, some supporting it as it is much more democratic.
They ought to vote to abolish themselves first. 

He who is without sin...
Newsgroups: soc.culture.british,alt.usage.english
From: gtoal@pizzabox.demon.co.uk (Graham Toal)
Subject: Re: Back from the UK
Organization: Cuddlehogs Anonymous
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 01:12:11 GMT

In article <C1C17o.29A@ecf.toronto.edu> pelton@ecf.toronto.edu (PELTON MATTHEW ALAN) writes:
:>> If, indeed, it is not a question, then would it not be simpler to merely
:>> say "hello"?
:>But isn't "hello" just a contraction of "how the hell are ya"?
:  No.  It's a contraction of "God be with you."

Drole!

In case anyone doesn't realise this is a joke, hello is derived
from an old word used to call hounds.

G
From: bocmunro@bnr.co.uk (Bruce Munro)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.british
Subject: Re: london, england
Date: 27 Jan 93 11:53:34 GMT
Organization: BNR Europe, New Southgate, London.
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In article <4033@wyse.wyse.com> jmunro@wyse.wyse.com (Jim Munro x2497) writes:
>In article <1993Jan24.160401.15715@clts1.comlab.ox.ac.uk> Geraint.Jones@comlab.oxford.ac.uk (Geraint Jones) writes:
>>
>>There has
>>not been a Manchester Guardian since Adam was a lad. 
>
>It's certainly very possible to buy or subscribe to the weekly airmail
>edition of the "Manchester Guardian' almost anywhere outside of the UK.
>
>The daily edition may now be called The Grauniad, and it may also be published
>in London. It still retains some connections to Manchester, even if it is only
>the 'Property For Sale' ads.

They still have presses in Manchester to print papers for distribution
in the frozen north of the country. I'm pretty certain that all the
production work is carried out in London though.

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From: ray@philmtl.philips.ca (Ray Dunn)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.british
Subject: Re: Robert Burns Dinners
Date: 24 Jan 93 22:50:02 GMT
Organization: Not Philips.

>In refd article rm4@st-andrews.ac.uk (Rosa Michaelson) writes:
>That should be SUPPER not DINNER - we in Scotland call the evening spent
>eating haggis, neaps, tatties, shortie and drinking loads of whiskey, and
>listening to Burn's poetry, scottish music, and more whisky toasts 
>BURN'S SUPPERS.

Well, I was at a "Robbie Burns Brunch" today in an Irish pub, so what're
you going to make of that?

If you're interested, for $5.95 each we had a Scotch meat pie (kept hot too
long), a Scotch egg (deep fried), a small spoonful of haggis of dubious
origin, bacon (streaky, undercooked), fried potatoes, fried potato scone
(oozing grease), lots of HP sauce, and buttered toast on the side.
All washed down by a pint of Smithwicks!  This was at 12 noon Sunday.

Who says Canada has no culture!

[I did edit the 'e' out of your quoted "whiskey", but on reflection I have
another complaint.  What's "shortie"?  I take it you mean "shortbread", but
that's traditional at Hogmanay, not at Burns night!]
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From: agc@weasel.demon.co.uk (Alan Charlton)
Subject: Re: Happy Birthday Dave
Organization: home
Apparently-To: mail2news@news.demon.co.uk
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 21:05:52 +0000

In article <C1E2HL.BGy@news.fai.com> pault@ossi.com (Paul Taylor) writes:

   Dave Shariff Yadallee (B. Sc. (Econ/Math) (U of Alberta 1990) )
   Birthdate: 29 Jan 1969, Redhill, Surrey, England, UK
   May I propose a birthday email card, to which we each add our best wishes.

   >
   >God Save the Queen, God Bless us All! Remember! Jesus Saves!!
   >
   Jesus may save, but Kevin Keegan scores on the rebound.
   Couldn't resist.. :-)

Damn!  You beat me to it!

Alan :-)
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From: sue@netcom.com (Sue Miller)
Subject: Re: Back from the UK
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 07:10:41 GMT

In article <1993Jan22.002203.20703@news.columbia.edu> gmw1@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Gabe M Wiener) writes:
>In article <hayesstw.204.727441202@risc1.unisa.ac.za> hayesstw@risc1.unisa.ac.za (Steve Hayes) writes:
>>>>I'd guess that fewer than 50% of modern houses in Australia would have
>>>>a toilet bowl in the bathroom.  The preferred arrangement is to have a
>>>>separate room.
>>>
>>>Most Americans would find this arrangement very clunky and inconvenient,
>>>I should think.
>>
>>Why? If you gotta go, then you gotta go, and if someone else is having a 
>>long leisurely soak in the tub it's handy to have the loo in a separate 
>>room.
>
>Yes, but where do you wash your hands when you're done if someone is
>having a long leisurely soak in the tub?
>
>

C'mon Gabe, in the kitchen!!

Newsgroups: soc.culture.british
From: geoffl@kells.demon.co.uk (Geoff Landergan)
Subject: Re: US as No. 1 (3 data books) 
Distribution: world
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Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 17:27:20 +0000

In article <C1F01w.HG4@newcastle.ac.uk> Adrian.Waterworth@newcastle.ac.uk writes:

>(And please note that my use of the word "prejudice" in this sense is
>not meant to be perjorative - it is simply a suitable term to describe
>the type of unconsciously weighted view to which I refer.)

Then the word you are looking for is 'bias'.

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