I'm so sorry about your father diagnosis and your family loss :( I hope things are gonna turn out for the better💛 Anyway, loved your reaction as always! I think you are gonna love this serie more and more as it goes on!
I love Colm's rambling so much and (no spoilers but) there are times when it can come in handy. Also, it's awesome that you picked up on Orla in the background since she is great. I think she's my favourite character but I love them all
In the UK we call ground beef "mince". Not to be confused with "mincemeat", which isn't meat at all, it's mixed dried fruits used for making "mince pies" at Christmas. So not at all confusing.
GCSE's would be most similar to the GED in the US by comparison. After a student completes them, they can continue studying at school and take A levels [which are used for university admission], leave school and start working or go and start an apprenticeship or some other form of training for a specific vocational career pathway.
Derry (also called Londonderry) is in the UK, and Northern Ireland therefore follows the same examination system as the rest of Great Britain. School kids take their GCSEs at the end of year 11 (used to be called fifth year because it was the fifth year of senior school), so at 15/16 dependent on when they have their birthdays. Most children will take between 8 and 11 subjects (always maths, English language, plus a selection of science, humanities, language(s) and arts subjects). Children now have to stay in school or education of some sort until 18 - if you are academic, you will take 'A' levels in 3 (or occasionally 4 subjects, such as if you do both maths and further maths) at the end of year 13 (also called upper sixth based on the old way of counting school years) to get into university. I'm going to guess ground beef is what we call minced beef (you use it in spaghetti bolognese or chilli con carne or cottage pie etc). You can buy ready made beef burgers here (as in the shaped meat with flavourings) ready for you to cook at home or on a BBQ, although you can obviously also make your own with minced beef. We called the shaped meat 'beef burgers', and we also call the entire thing in a burger bun a beef burger as well (or a hamburger - we use the terms interchangeably, but beef burger is more common now). Having a 'fish supper' on a Friday from a fish and chip shop was pretty common all over the UK in the past - less common now, as fish has got very expensive and a lot more takeaway options are available. I'm glad you are doing the whole series - it's one of the best loved comedies in the UK of the last decade or so. I think the reason it's such a big hit here is that amongst the comedy, there are moments of great poignancy as well. I worked in London from the mid eighties, so I can remember bomb threats from the IRA as an almost constant threat, including being evacuated from shops when a coded warning was given. I saw one bomb going off once about a mile from my office, and heard another one explode. 'The troubles' dominated domestic news - they use a lot of original news clips on the series. One small thing on the soundtrack (which you probably won't remember) is that during the last scene of episode 6 of the first series, when it was originally on channel 4 here in the UK, they used Madonna's 'Like a Prayer' whereas on Netflix it seems they wouldn't pay the royalties, so it has Take That's 'Pray' instead.
The British have a problem with the French because they invaded us in 1066. Ok, so we invaded them so often it became a national sport but the point still stands.
I was at school in NI in the 90's - albeit it in Belfast rather than Derry (close enough) but this show accurately reflects my school years with only minimal exaggeration! 🤣I never thought this show would get traction outside of Northern Ireland and love seeing you react to it. As for your question about is this just about teenage angst - a lot yes and no spoilers but as it goes on it touches deeper on the history of Northern Ireland at the time - stuff that happened during my teenage years that affected me very deeply - and as funny as it is, there are some moments that make me cry my eyes out remembering how they unfolded IRL. Keep it up please ❤🏳🌈
To explain the family Joe is the father of Mary and Sarah Mary is the Mother of Erin and the baby which makes them Sarah’s nieces and Orla is Sarah’s daughter making her Mary’s niece and Erin’s cousin
£375 in 1990 is about £1,068.19 today, or $1,402.69(US). This is a lot for people who have been living in a war zone for the past 25 years and may feel the need to have some cash on hand if they become refugees. I would not expect a family of 7 living off the income of a (truck?) driver would have $3000 to spare annually for the teenager's school trip, which would likely route them through England.
I wonder if they were paying homage to the cute kid whose brother Charlie bit his finger when James said ah that really hurt!🤣🫶🏼🏳️🌈🇲🇽🇺🇸♓️✝️✝️✝️🙏🙏🏾☮️💙🇺🇸💙I love all characters but especially James & Orla. I want to recommend you ladies check out the sapphic movies Love Lies Bleeding & Drive Away Dolls! Also Bottoms.
I'm so sorry about your father diagnosis and your family loss :( I hope things are gonna turn out for the better💛
Anyway, loved your reaction as always! I think you are gonna love this serie more and more as it goes on!
I appreciate that 💛 Just keeping our head up and doing what we can! Thank you! - Ang
I love Colm's rambling so much and (no spoilers but) there are times when it can come in handy. Also, it's awesome that you picked up on Orla in the background since she is great. I think she's my favourite character but I love them all
Orla is definitely one of my favorites as well!
In the UK we call ground beef "mince". Not to be confused with "mincemeat", which isn't meat at all, it's mixed dried fruits used for making "mince pies" at Christmas. So not at all confusing.
GCSE's would be most similar to the GED in the US by comparison. After a student completes them, they can continue studying at school and take A levels [which are used for university admission], leave school and start working or go and start an apprenticeship or some other form of training for a specific vocational career pathway.
Derry (also called Londonderry) is in the UK, and Northern Ireland therefore follows the same examination system as the rest of Great Britain. School kids take their GCSEs at the end of year 11 (used to be called fifth year because it was the fifth year of senior school), so at 15/16 dependent on when they have their birthdays. Most children will take between 8 and 11 subjects (always maths, English language, plus a selection of science, humanities, language(s) and arts subjects). Children now have to stay in school or education of some sort until 18 - if you are academic, you will take 'A' levels in 3 (or occasionally 4 subjects, such as if you do both maths and further maths) at the end of year 13 (also called upper sixth based on the old way of counting school years) to get into university.
I'm going to guess ground beef is what we call minced beef (you use it in spaghetti bolognese or chilli con carne or cottage pie etc). You can buy ready made beef burgers here (as in the shaped meat with flavourings) ready for you to cook at home or on a BBQ, although you can obviously also make your own with minced beef. We called the shaped meat 'beef burgers', and we also call the entire thing in a burger bun a beef burger as well (or a hamburger - we use the terms interchangeably, but beef burger is more common now).
Having a 'fish supper' on a Friday from a fish and chip shop was pretty common all over the UK in the past - less common now, as fish has got very expensive and a lot more takeaway options are available.
I'm glad you are doing the whole series - it's one of the best loved comedies in the UK of the last decade or so. I think the reason it's such a big hit here is that amongst the comedy, there are moments of great poignancy as well.
I worked in London from the mid eighties, so I can remember bomb threats from the IRA as an almost constant threat, including being evacuated from shops when a coded warning was given. I saw one bomb going off once about a mile from my office, and heard another one explode. 'The troubles' dominated domestic news - they use a lot of original news clips on the series.
One small thing on the soundtrack (which you probably won't remember) is that during the last scene of episode 6 of the first series, when it was originally on channel 4 here in the UK, they used Madonna's 'Like a Prayer' whereas on Netflix it seems they wouldn't pay the royalties, so it has Take That's 'Pray' instead.
The British have a problem with the French because they invaded us in 1066. Ok, so we invaded them so often it became a national sport but the point still stands.
Not a national sport 😭
"We"???? Mate.... u didn't do shit..... pls sit this one out....
"We" meaning the British as a collective people. It's not a complicated concept.
As a midwesterner, my family also calls ground beef hamburger.
Wait I love the fact that y’all are reacting to shows now !!
Thank you for supporting!
I was at school in NI in the 90's - albeit it in Belfast rather than Derry (close enough) but this show accurately reflects my school years with only minimal exaggeration! 🤣I never thought this show would get traction outside of Northern Ireland and love seeing you react to it. As for your question about is this just about teenage angst - a lot yes and no spoilers but as it goes on it touches deeper on the history of Northern Ireland at the time - stuff that happened during my teenage years that affected me very deeply - and as funny as it is, there are some moments that make me cry my eyes out remembering how they unfolded IRL. Keep it up please ❤🏳🌈
I’ve heard it can be very poignant so I’m excited for that! (Unsurprising coming from a therapist) -Ang
I grew up in northern Minnesota and we called it Hamburger (though grocery stores labeled it Ground Beef).
Always keep an eye on Orla, in every scene, if she's not speaking, she's usually up to something unusual in the background.
Someone mentioned this in the first episode and it’s so funny to watch lol we’ll definitely try to keep an eye on it!
To explain the family
Joe is the father of Mary and Sarah
Mary is the Mother of Erin and the baby which makes them Sarah’s nieces and Orla is Sarah’s daughter making her Mary’s niece and Erin’s cousin
That’s what we thought, thank you so much for the clarification!! And Michelle is just a friend, right?
@@WivesThatWatch yes Michelle is just a friend her mother and Erin’s have been friends since they were teenagers
£375 in 1990 is about £1,068.19 today, or $1,402.69(US). This is a lot for people who have been living in a war zone for the past 25 years and may feel the need to have some cash on hand if they become refugees. I would not expect a family of 7 living off the income of a (truck?) driver would have $3000 to spare annually for the teenager's school trip, which would likely route them through England.
Sounds like a lot for anyone, let alone people in a war zone! Very true.
I wonder if they were paying homage to the cute kid whose brother Charlie bit his finger when James said ah that really hurt!🤣🫶🏼🏳️🌈🇲🇽🇺🇸♓️✝️✝️✝️🙏🙏🏾☮️💙🇺🇸💙I love all characters but especially James & Orla. I want to recommend you ladies check out the sapphic movies Love Lies Bleeding & Drive Away Dolls! Also Bottoms.
LMAO I hadn’t even thought of that!
I'm from Kentucky, I say hamburger
Interesting!
Wait until you get to episode 6.
We’ve heard people love episode 5 and now episode 6! We’re excited 😆
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