Comments on: The Weekend in Film

By: Craig

Craig — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 17:23:26 +0000

One significant difference between Canadian and British English – when I watch Gordon Ramsay, he keeps using the word “gobsmacked.” It seems to mean something like “I’m fucking flabbergasted,” but I’m not sure. But then, it could be the BBC celebrity chef version of the Crocodile Hunter’s “crikey.”

I can’t imagine a situation in which a native speaker of English in Canada would ever use the word “gobsmacked,” except in an effort to prove that they are a dumbass.

By: Anthony Paul Smith

Anthony Paul Smith — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 14:23:17 +0000

Unless they speak a wildly different kind of English up in Canada it is not that different.

This coupled with your take on Brick is leading me to think you fear the othering of English. (Of course I am kidding with you.)

By: Craig

Craig — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 00:26:00 +0000

There’s not much in my comment that could be construed as “off base;” viz.:

(1) FACT: I don’t understand British English;
(2) FACT: I don’t know who any of the people playing themselves are;
(3) FACT: The only person I recognized was the “Pam” character from the BBC version of The Office;
(4) FACT: I thought that Shaun looked like Morris from E.R.

The only potentially “off base” comment is that the present movie was not so much about zombies in comparison to the American movies.

By: Anthony Paul Smith

Anthony Paul Smith — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 21:57:55 +0000

You are wayyyy off base on Shaun of the Dead. Wayyyyy off base.