@fortheloveoftheatre   @purofilion    Re the expression ‘it isn’t half … ‘ you aren’t half …’  I think it probably comes within the definition of litotes  i.e. a figure of speech or rhetorical device in which an affirmative is expressed by understatement or by negating its opposite  – similar to ‘This isn’t bad’ meaning ‘its good’.…[Read more]

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In the context of what @bluesqueakpip and @pedant have been discussing, I’d probably recommend a low budget sci-fi horror comedy called Attack the Block. The “Block” is a South London Estate that sees itself as the centre of an alien incursion. It’s defended by a proto-gang led by Moses (John Boyega). It’s pretty enterta…[Read more]

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To be honest, it kinda makes laugh trying to picture a gangbanger talking with a British accent and talking ‘gansta’

You realise Stringer Bell was played by a Brit, right? 😉

For an insight in the UK gang culture (with emphasis on the culture rather than the fact) then The Krays and Long Good Friday are decent primers, mayb…[Read more]

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But then there was that scene in the parallel universe where Rose and The Doctor were talking about Mickey’s dad running off and his grandma raising him and how rough it was ‘growing up on the estate’, it sounded like they lived in gang territory

Not as rough as US gang territory, but it’s not a big stretch to imagine the P…[Read more]

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 when The Doctor says he is ‘clever’ is that his way of saying he’s a genius? Like… is ‘clever’ and ‘genius’ interchangeable?

It would be fair to say that the Doctor doesn’t do modesty, but is a bit prone to understatement. He essentially means “cleverer than you”. A bit hubristic, you might think…

the way Rose talks about…

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