Catweazel - over and out

[Arch_Enemy]

But that Avatar and user name! How will people get curious and not want to go see what it is about?

(Maybe i'm speaking as a british person that has watched some 80's tv shows in his time?).

Oops. Quoted the wrong one. See above...

[smurphos]

We never got that one here in the States (at least not that I've ever seen...) but I figured it had to be some kind of Brit TV program...

A 70's classic - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catweazle

Episode 1 - https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4362wk

[thx-1138]

We never got that one here in the States (at least not that I've ever seen...) but I figured it had to be some kind of Brit TV program...

A 70's classic - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catweazle

Episode 1 - https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4362wk

...it was shown here in early '86, was 6 yrs old - title was translated (poetic licence) as "Magician By Mistake"...
And for some obscure childish reason - i recall that he scared me!!!

[MrEen]

i recall that he scared me!!!

How appropriate!

[BG405]

i recall that he scared me!!!

How appropriate!

Scared ..?

I've got skin a foot thick having spent most of my working life in factories & been frequenting Forums since the 2000s.

Still, I'm being careful ..

[Arch_Enemy]

We never got that one here in the States (at least not that I've ever seen...) but I figured it had to be some kind of Brit TV program...

A 70's classic - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catweazle

Episode 1 - https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4362wk

Thanks! I'll check it out.

[Portreve]

We never got that one here in the States (at least not that I've ever seen...) but I figured it had to be some kind of Brit TV program...

A 70's classic - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catweazle

Episode 1 - https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4362wk

It's quite cool.

BTW, what particular dialect of UK English so the father and son speak? I take it to be rural. Also, it's interesting to hear them use a very distinctly Germanic way of telling time: "half nine".

[BG405]

Also, it's interesting to hear them use a very distinctly Germanic way of telling time: "half nine".

Common usage in England. Although by "half nine" we mean "half past nine" whereas in Germany that would mean "half to nine".

[Pjotr]

whereas in Germany that would mean "half to nine".

And in The Netherlands as well.

Actually I think that both meanings (past/to) are Germanic in origin. I wonder what's it like in the other Germanic language that influenced English: Danish?

[Flemur]

Common usage in England. Although by "half nine" we mean "half past nine" whereas in Germany that would mean "half to nine".

I saw that from the Irish girlfriend on "Boardwalk Empire" ... "half three" = 3:30.

So I started saying stuff like "two-thirds three" for 3:40 or "one-sixth three" for 3:10, until I was threatened with bodily harm.

[Benedetto]

The 11th. century, which is the time that Catweazel apparently lived, the language spoken would be old English very much based on Anglo-Saxon. The Norman influence had not got deeply rooted into English at that time and Catweazel, who looks a serf, most likely knew little Norman French.
I never saw the tv show; I was far too busy earning a living - or trying to,

[Faust]

..... I wonder what's it like in the other Germanic language that influenced English: Danish?

Norse , that would be my guess .

[Arch_Enemy]

Common usage in England. Although by "half nine" we mean "half past nine" whereas in Germany that would mean "half to nine".

I saw that from the Irish girlfriend on "Boardwalk Empire" ... "half three" = 3:30.

So I started saying stuff like "two-thirds three" for 3:40 or "one-sixth three" for 3:10, until I was threatened with bodily harm.

<SNERK!>