Talk:Hyacinth Bucket

message: My opinion, it is a sad day for Britain if Hyacinth Bucket is a British Cultural Icon..... anyone else agree? (or otherwise), I plan to remove Category:British_cultural_icons on March 17,2006 depending on outcome mr_uu 01:35, 11 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes I suppose the argument then would be is television, or are television sitcoms considered culture?  Perhaps a better designation would be "pop-culture" icon?  Anyway, it'll be up the person who more stronly disagrees with you to propose another update.  KenBentubo 18:59, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

text: I strongly disagree. Let's put it to a vote. Noneofyourbusiness 15:38, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  British Cultural Icon ???? 

message: Please do tell me if i'm wrong, but it's Hyacinth Bouquet. It isn't Bucket as it says on here, should all links be changed?
:Well it's just pronounced "Bouquet," you see.  KenBentubo 19:12, 26 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Name Correction 

message: I wonder if Sheridan's name is another play on words?  Such as a Marquis Sheridan Ice Bucket?<BR>
Sheridan Ice Bouquet<BR>
KenBentubo 19:11, 26 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sheridan 

message: The tag was placed due to the personal opinions riddled throughout the article ("Hyacinth takes snobbery and social-climbing to such an extreme level, it provides much of the show’s humour", "in addition her polite and often cheerful attributes also help in making the character likable", and "Hyacinth's dedication to improving her social standing, ingratiating herself (frequently in a completely shameless manner)", for example). - Dudesleeper /  Talk 18:59, 2 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Well I haven’t read all the article yet, but I think the line between fact and opinion isn’t always easy to distinguish between. However the quote: “Hyacinth takes snobbery and social-climbing to such an extreme level, it provides much of the show’s humour" is clearly true, this is the case, Hyacinth does take snobbery to a high level and it is this that creates comedy. I’ll read through the article and make sure tentative language such as “possibly” and “ it could be seen..” are also incorporated into the text, and remove any opinions, but some facts can easily be mistaken for opinions, and this is important to consider.Edito*Magica (talk) 20:14, 3 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It would be true if everyone had the same sense of humour, but this isn't the case. - Dudesleeper /  Talk 10:42, 4 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  NPOV 

message: I just finished watching one of the reruns a second ago; Hyacinth says "it's b-o-u-q-u-e-t" saying each letter. Her husband does not object. Parthian Scribe 03:32, 9 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: She was obviously lying because the name is spelt b-u-c-k-e-t several times over the course of the series and various characters (including Hyacinth on one occasion) pronounce it that way. I imagine Hyacinth was tired of people pronouncing it "bucket" and wanted them to pronounce it "Bouquet" for a change. As for Richard not objecting, he would have been too terrified of Hyacinth to do so, Richard being Richard. One can pronounce the name however they like however. --Jupiter Optimus Maximus (talk) 11:53, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

text: In the credits, it says "It starred...Patrica Routledge...as...Hyacinth Bucket". End of story.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.108.11.98 (talk) 02:13, 4 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rename to Hyacinth Bouquet 

message: Here,
Ironically, the one time Hyacinth is seen mixing with aristocracy, she makes a fool of herself in front of them.
the word “ironically” is misused, because this result is exactly what a rational person would expect such an absurd character to do in such a situation. I’m not sure what a better word would be—possibly “comically” or “farcically”?
--Greta Hoostal (talk) 22:28, 15 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Misuse of Word

message: But the assertion still holds true. Hyacinth's married name sounds like bouquet when SHE pronounces it and it supports the floral theme. Ah, all the lovely flowers. Good writing. Great characters.   —Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.75.12.70 (talk) 22:01, 12 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dubious assertion 

message: Why in the world is it spelled "Bouquey" throughout the whole article? That's not even the right way to spell "bouquet" let alone how it's actually spelled, "bucket". --68.56.8.163 (talk) 04:39, 22 June 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: It's not supposed to be spelled that way and has been changed. An overzealous editor changed the spelling in several articles. 50.53.83.35 (talk) 09:34, 24 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bouquey