🧚‍♀️ Archers thread #120: Magic time. Dialogue! Good Fairy Lilian made Lynda’s wish come true. Will Phil vanish in a puff of smoke? Join the Magic Circle in Alice’s shed, where time is never called!

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Thank you, @PseudoBadger, for kicking off this long, long series of Archers threads.

All views on The Archers welcome here! New blood welcomed. We don't all agree on all points and most of us are posting tongue in cheek a lot of the time, so don't worry about revealing that you think we should hear more about the Naughty Milkman, or other unusual views.

Spoilers: not on this thread, please. We don't wait for the omnibus to discuss the weeknight episodes, but we do try our best to avoid cross-contamination from www.mumsnet.com/Talk/radio_addicts/3853783--The-Archers-spoilers-thread-5-Cant-wait-for-7-02pm-Join-us-here, where spoilers are positively welcomed!

For newer listeners, lurkers or those who just have no idea what we're talking about, @DadDadDad has created this useful thread: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/radio_addicts/3557323-For-Archers-fans-a-guide-to-acronyms-on-the-long-running-discussion-threads-and-any-other-meta-thread-questions-you-may-have - BOOP point for him! (See thread for explanation.)

Thanks to @Roysnewshirt for the excellent title suggestion, which I tweaked a bit.

I wonder how much dialogue we're going to get in the coming weeks. They're back to normal recording, I believe, albeit socially distanced. Also, when will we get our Friday and Sunday episodes back? I know I'm not the only regular to miss TA a lot more on Friday than on Sunday. The Sunday episode is still an incomer, of course, having only been introduced some 20 years ago, of course.

(My parents retired to a village and some features of Ambridge life are very familiar from their experience, the 'incomer' label being one.)

Another BOOP for nasturtia - it made me LOL - that is absolutely how Lynda would refer to nasturtiums. She probably also uses the original Greek pronunciation of kinema for cinema (which I now use myself as a joke ever since hearing a ridiculous pomposity at Oxford use it in all seriousness) It is these little details that define the quintessence of Lynda and make her one of my favourite characters.

@MikeUniformMike

Lynda often mispronounces things in a pretentious way, so the nasturtia is only to be expected.

No, she pronounces things correctly in a pretentious way!

I know, for example, that she would never countenance the abomination that is “Choreetzo” and would say “Choreetho” with a beautifully exaggerated lisp.

Forget-me-nots are called that for a reason.
Lynda's enunciation of chimenea and bergamot were something else.

@MadameButterface

Hello archers thread, long time no see. I have no insight to add but just wanted to say how much i am enjoying the horses/alice is an alkie storylines , and how they’re starting to converge now. I’ve been lurking on all the archers threads during lockdown and beyond, and the discussions here have kept me interested and listening even when the program wasn’t quite at its best. Thanks regulars

Welcome @MadameButterface 😊

No, she pronounces things correctly in a pretentious way!

She is basically the radio version of Hyacinth Bucket in many ways. Presumably she actually comes from very humble origins which she has been trying to shake off all her life.

@Roysnewshirt, she pronounced chimenea as jimenea and bergamot as bergam O

Sorry, I meant Cheetas not Roys

I’m willing to bet Lynda knows how to pronounce bruschetta. Which my Italian colleagues have taught me through the medium of mockery.

I'd bet she says it Broo - Shett-a'

It's broosketta isn't it.
Ra-dicky-o always caches me out.

as does Sev-ee-cheh

Many years ago a group of us from work went out for a meal to an italian restaurant. I ordered Tagliatelle, much to the amusement of one of the directors, who was half italian. I'd never get the gl right but I'm a lot nearer the correct pronunciation now. It isn't Taggy Telly.

catches not caches.

Delia Smith used to say things strangely. I can remember a show when she went to great lengths to tell us about fieldbrick

Delia Smith used to say things strangely. I can remember a show when she went to great lengths to tell us about fieldbrick
I can't imagine what fieldbrick is but I remember her making hoomoose.

wasn't Who Moos?

fieldbrik is feuille de brik

Aha!

For years I used to want to be like Delia Smith. We used to holiday quite near Saxmundham where she lived so we virtually thought we knew her. I went off her a bit after the drunken episode at Norwich Football Club but I have still retained a soft spot. Nowadays, I probably use more of Mary Berry and Jamie Oliver’s recipes than Delia’s if I am honest which does make me feel a bit disloyal...

I'll never forgive her for saying the vegetarians could have turkey.

How come Kristiffur doesn't know about Alice's drinking?

Yes Mum it is broo sketta all the way, if you don’t want noisy Italians laughing at you. They understand better if you wave your hands around too.

She is basically the radio version of Hyacinth Bucket in many ways. The whole point of Hyacinth Bucket was the "keeping up with the Jones". Lynda has a whole personality.

Presumably she actually comes from very humble origins which she has been trying to shake off all her life I doubt that. But wow! what a dismissive comment!

I've worked with Italians and they were a nice bunch.

TV chefs/cooks are terrible for mispronouncing. If they can't say it, can they cook it?

Food names often look quite different to how they sound because dey is forrin.

A pet hate is people saying Bara Brith to rhyme with Frith. It sounds like Breeth (not Breathe) and thinking that Cawl is some special welsh recipe - it's just the word for soup or broth. Which brings me to Batasha - busy year for her.

I haven’t been on here for ages. But I came on to join in nasturtia chat. I love nasturtia and have lots in my garden. Cheered dp up by decorating his poached egg with the flowers at breakfast yesterday- delicious.

I’m glad storylines are now happening - but the Alice one is so sad. Chris will be so hurt. And I feel sorry for Kirsty - though Philip has never suited her.

Chris won't be hurt because the Chrysalis will be spared and despite being very ill when born will be fine and Alice will be cured of her dipsomania by the pregnancy.

Just to be clear my Italian colleagues are my favourites, the Spanish are close behind with the Germans. They are warm but brutally honest and very, very loud.