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Post by revupminster on Jan 21, 2013 11:20:36 GMT
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Post by phillw48 on Jan 21, 2013 15:08:34 GMT
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Post by rogere on Jan 23, 2013 14:11:25 GMT
I once went to a hospital lecture about Transorbital Leucotomy, and seem to remember the first ones were reported in Germany in the 1880s. It was stated that they went out of favour until the 1930s, although they were still practiced at various private institutions throughout the world.
So it is quite possible that someone did perform one in London at that time.
However as stated above, it is an entertainment programme, not a factual one.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2013 14:53:23 GMT
We got there first with both the name and the railway!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2013 10:27:12 GMT
I really want to like this show but I'm put off by the excruciating dialogue. Maybe it's "authentic" Victorian English but I doubt a Whitechapel police inspector would be talking like an encyclopaedia.
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Post by revupminster on Jan 25, 2013 15:11:33 GMT
I really want to like this show but I'm put off by the excruciating dialogue. Maybe it's "authentic" Victorian English but I doubt a Whitechapel police inspector would be talking like an encyclopaedia. At least they are not using backslang as the criminals would. It was still being used by yobs travelling between Elm Park and Dagenham Heathway and that was only 10 yeras ago. The best way to watch this series is to watch it a second time having recorderd it on freeview and have the subtitles on. |
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Post by mrfs42 on Jan 25, 2013 16:43:36 GMT
I really want to like this show but I'm put off by the excruciating dialogue. Maybe it's "authentic" Victorian English but I doubt a Whitechapel police inspector would be talking like an encyclopaedia. Insofar as I can remember my linguistic theory and Bayesian analysis, he is using correct sentence formation for his social (moderately aspirational) social status. Granted, it seems akin to an affectation but it does match up closely with late Victorian letter and sentence structure. For other reasons I've suffered many years of reading the very writings of the era portrayed in Ripper Street. |
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