I absolutely love how they speak, it’s a shame we no longer do so but I completely agree, definitely needs reviving! I’m determined to call someone an ‘Insufferable lout’ The dialogue is something I love so much about this series and the Victorian era
Yes, that language is dead, but the world is still full of insufferable louts–only now we call them f@%king a@%holes. The old terms are so much more elegant!
“He is an intelligent and practical child.”…”And yet he cries in his sleep”Man, people and their blindness to their children. “Not my Kid!”Children are just as unpredictable and cunning as their adult counterparts.
November 17th, 2009 at 6:42 pm
I absolutely love how they speak, it’s a shame we no longer do so but I completely agree, definitely needs reviving! I’m determined to call someone an ‘Insufferable lout’
The dialogue is something I love so much about this series and the Victorian era 
November 17th, 2009 at 7:06 pm
Well, I suppose we can do our best to revive it. Note to self, must use the term ‘insufferable lout’ next time I am annoyed.
November 17th, 2009 at 7:38 pm
Yes, that language is dead, but the world is still full of insufferable louts–only now we call them f@%king a@%holes. The old terms are so much more elegant!
November 17th, 2009 at 7:57 pm
“Insufferable lout.” Ahh, nobody talks like that anymore, how I miss it.
November 17th, 2009 at 8:53 pm
i have been as been as blind as a beetle!
November 17th, 2009 at 9:11 pm
“His Grace is not in the habit of posting letters.” Well, la-di-dah. Quite a different era, was it not?
November 17th, 2009 at 9:54 pm
“He is an intelligent and practical child.”…”And yet he cries in his sleep”Man, people and their blindness to their children. “Not my Kid!”Children are just as unpredictable and cunning as their adult counterparts.
November 17th, 2009 at 10:20 pm
“Old shoes and new nails… Old shoes and new nails!!… YES I SAW THEM!”
November 17th, 2009 at 10:55 pm
Those vultures of the north mark the spot…what’s left of him
November 17th, 2009 at 11:39 pm
watson is better than homes…