tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8238382886103256219.post3467739169472579587..comments2023-11-10T09:15:40.084-08:00Comments on The Friends of Jake: MadPriest's great adventureDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10124314924693077453noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8238382886103256219.post-55476334411495537922008-08-04T15:12:00.000-07:002008-08-04T15:12:00.000-07:00I think Ecclestone is from Manchester which to me ...I think Ecclestone is from Manchester which to me - in County Durham - is the South!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8238382886103256219.post-80422191961546070812008-08-03T23:24:00.000-07:002008-08-03T23:24:00.000-07:00Where is (the actor) Christopher Eccleston from?In...Where is (the actor) Christopher Eccleston from?<BR/><BR/>In the first season (aka "series" in Brit-speak) of the "new" <I>Doctor Who</I>, when Eccleston was playing The Doctor, his companion's (London) mum commented that "he can't be from another planet, he sounds like a Northerner!"<BR/><BR/>To which The Doctor replied "A lot of planets have a 'Noowwrrth'!" *LOL*<BR/><BR/>[For the last 3 seasons, though, The Doctor's been played by the (even further North) Scot, David Tennant: but Tennant plays him Posh... ;-/]Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8238382886103256219.post-21477560140613406672008-08-03T21:48:00.000-07:002008-08-03T21:48:00.000-07:00They all do it, JC, but the Northerners have a dis...They all do it, JC, but the Northerners have a distinct style. I don't know what Maddie sounds like but something about a North England accent makes it particularly delectable.<BR/><BR/>ITIThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09605163506396013904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8238382886103256219.post-60897667691703895072008-08-03T20:49:00.000-07:002008-08-03T20:49:00.000-07:00Is it only a Northern thang? I thought all Brits d...Is it only a Northern thang? I thought all Brits did that "relentless irony" style (which is why I, Lil Sincere <I>Moi</I>, so often feel out of my depths over there!)<BR/><BR/>I rejoice w/ the Mad One, that he got to meet +Gene . . . and +Gene, that he got to meet Maddie! (Now, if MP can just expand his circle across the Atlantic, 'merka may never recover. ;-p)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8238382886103256219.post-50996376922965994672008-08-03T19:32:00.000-07:002008-08-03T19:32:00.000-07:00MP got that right.MP got that right.Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07287169546184325690noreply@blogger.com