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arkarian
2012-05-02 10:41:04 pm
red chamber dream
i actually saw a commercial the other day for a trash company with a british voiceover who said rubbish instead of trash
arkarian
2012-05-02 10:41:49 pm
red chamber dream
been hearing a lot of stuff like that lately, i think americans are becoming more fascinated with yall's english because of tv shows we're getting here now
DJGrenola
2012-05-02 10:45:30 pm
that's interesting, I'd always thought it went 100% the other way
DJGrenola
2012-05-02 10:46:11 pm
guess harry potter was good for something other than JK Rowling's personal finances after all
arkarian
2012-05-02 10:47:08 pm
red chamber dream
yeah that certainly helped, go #1 grossing film series
arkarian
2012-05-02 10:48:14 pm
red chamber dream
oh haha about it going the other way, in the cab i took from heathrow into london i picked up one of those trashy celeb magazines and it was kind of hilarious seeing how similar they are to ours
DJGrenola
2012-05-02 10:48:54 pm
yeah people seem to keep buying the damned things
arkarian
2012-05-02 10:49:05 pm
red chamber dream
but it's weird because of all the british slang so it's just really funny to me
arkarian
2012-05-02 10:50:31 pm
red chamber dream
stuff like "geordie shore" which is like jersey shore i guess
DJGrenola
2012-05-02 10:51:21 pm
lol I hadn't heard of either of those things but that's pretty bad
arkarian
2012-05-02 10:51:54 pm
red chamber dream
ah, well i guess there's no reason for you to have lol
arkarian
2012-05-02 10:52:18 pm
red chamber dream
jersey shore is just like this really trashy reality thing about greasy italians

i mean i can understand doing versions of our good shows, we do that with yall's all the time
arkarian
2012-05-02 10:52:41 pm
red chamber dream
but the fact that the american jersey shore was such a hit around the world is just bizarre and kind of depressing
DJGrenola
2012-05-02 11:04:17 pm
yeah I mean europe invented reality TV anyway so it's clearly our fault (actually it was the dutch)
arkarian
2012-05-02 11:05:16 pm
red chamber dream
it was one of those music shows right? pop stars or something
DJGrenola
2012-05-02 11:05:32 pm
big brother
arkarian
2012-05-02 11:05:41 pm
red chamber dream
ahh
arkarian
2012-05-02 11:05:59 pm
red chamber dream
yeah one show i never watched but my friend always talked about ... it just sounded weird to me, i didn't get it i guess
arkarian
2012-05-02 11:06:34 pm
red chamber dream
but then i got into survivor for one season so its novelty was really fun
DJGrenola
2012-05-02 11:06:39 pm
it was the first reality TV programme over here at least so it was novel when it happened
DJGrenola
2012-05-02 11:07:08 pm
the weird thing actually is that it might have been a total flop were it not for the fact that one of the contestants cheated
DJGrenola
2012-05-02 11:07:27 pm
viewing figures rocketed after that thanks to a large degree to the tabloids
arkarian
2012-05-02 11:07:45 pm
red chamber dream
ahh, always interesting television
DJGrenola
2012-05-02 11:08:23 pm
bedtime for me