Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Oct 26th, 2004, 07:40 PM
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They were very amusing on oprah. I first saw Colin Firth as a younger man when he starred on the stage with Richard Burton in Equis, and the first Hugh Grant when he played a gay young man in the beautiful, Maurice.
Oct 26th, 2004, 10:06 PM
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Colin Firth ... dazzling? The guy reminds me of that Dorothy Parker line about an actress who played the full gamut of emotions, from A to B. Except that in Firth's case, Z to Z would be closer to the mark.
Oct 26th, 2004, 11:30 PM
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flygirl:
"fit" has indeed come to mean 'fanciable'.
At any rate in media English, and in the parodies of media English used by "people" like Ali G. I've never actually heard a real human being use the term in that way. Whether that tells us more about the use of English in my social circle, or about their fanciableness is another matter.
"fit" has indeed come to mean 'fanciable'.
At any rate in media English, and in the parodies of media English used by "people" like Ali G. I've never actually heard a real human being use the term in that way. Whether that tells us more about the use of English in my social circle, or about their fanciableness is another matter.
Oct 27th, 2004, 12:15 AM
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Neil, you should know by now that this is strictly a girls thread, and when I said dazzling, I wasn't talking about his acting abilities....
flygirl, fit does mean 'hot', as you lot might say, even if flanner's circle would never stoop to use the term. Flanner would perhaps say 'eligible', or am I getting him confused with mkingdom???
flygirl, fit does mean 'hot', as you lot might say, even if flanner's circle would never stoop to use the term. Flanner would perhaps say 'eligible', or am I getting him confused with mkingdom???
Oct 27th, 2004, 01:48 AM
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Caroline: I too began to use the term 'fit' to mean 'fanciable', 'attractive', 'phwooar' when I was a student in Sheffield! It's now in everyday usage across many age-groups, not just a media thing (sorry Flanner!)
Unfortunately both Mr Grant and Mr Firth both regularly portray the reality that is English men today far too well - indecisive, foppish and downright infuriating!! Still, jolly nice to look at. Though not quite as nice as Jude...
Unfortunately both Mr Grant and Mr Firth both regularly portray the reality that is English men today far too well - indecisive, foppish and downright infuriating!! Still, jolly nice to look at. Though not quite as nice as Jude...
Oct 27th, 2004, 02:24 AM
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hmmm, my flatmate, who is from Blackburn, likes to claim that every phrase she comes out with is a northern expression that she introduced to the south, even though I've been using most of her phrases since birth.
'Fit' was certainly alive and well in Birmingham when I was a child.
'Fit' was certainly alive and well in Birmingham when I was a child.
Oct 27th, 2004, 03:26 AM
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thanks! I thought as much. Although I still doubt I could use it here without confusing people.
Tallulah, you prefer Jude? he's nice looking and all but I still would take Colin.
and how about Ralph? is he still considered "fit"?
Tallulah, you prefer Jude? he's nice looking and all but I still would take Colin.
and how about Ralph? is he still considered "fit"?
Oct 27th, 2004, 04:05 AM
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Tallulah : ah 
Ooh, all over the place - Staniforth Road (only lasted 1/2 a term !), Hunter House Road, West Bar, Dronfield, Walkley Road, ?Montgomery Road, Lawson Road, Sharrowvale Road, Broomgrove ?Road and finally Mona Road.
Ooh, all over the place - Staniforth Road (only lasted 1/2 a term !), Hunter House Road, West Bar, Dronfield, Walkley Road, ?Montgomery Road, Lawson Road, Sharrowvale Road, Broomgrove ?Road and finally Mona Road.
Oct 27th, 2004, 09:55 AM
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I don't live in Gloucestershire: in my idyllic bit of the Cotswolds we regard Glocs as a bit hoity-toity (and intellectually challenged) for us: full of all those Friends of Charles (aka FOCs) and Cirencester agricultural students.
I'm a Liverpudlian: went south to get educated many decades ago, and spends most of his life commuting between central London, my business on the Continent, the Cotswolds and the various bits of Merseyside still lumbered with members - or remains - of the Flanneruk or Mrs F clans.
I'm a Liverpudlian: went south to get educated many decades ago, and spends most of his life commuting between central London, my business on the Continent, the Cotswolds and the various bits of Merseyside still lumbered with members - or remains - of the Flanneruk or Mrs F clans.
