And she, the great Miranda Richardson, is a superb actress! I've recently seen her in Good Omens, a series I'd love Connor to watch. There's A LOT to discuss, makes great watching. Silly, goofy, great actors, but also philosophical and thought provoking. Two seasons, waiting for the third and final one. Amazon Prime original.
The word lieutenant entered English during the 100 Years War, say about 1350. It meant a person who 'holds the place' of another and was a military rank. The English got it from the Burgundians (they were allies) in whose dialect it was pronounced something like "lievtenant" - with the U sounding like a V. It's always been pronounced 'leftenant' in Britain (though the Navy says 'l'tenant). And 'leftenant' was how the US Army (but not the Navy or Marines) pronounced it till the 1890s.
The US army had all but stopped the UK pronunciation by/during the civil war. The USN and the merchant marine kept it longer. There are press stories at the end of the century of old sailers still using it.
@@pabmusic1 I had alway thought it was a mispronounciation of French since in general words regarding military were brought over by the normans, but given it was during the hundred years war that the change occured there was probably more of an incentive to separate it from french. That's quite insightful
What made me laugh was when Darling said he was born in Croydon if you listen closely you can hear some people from Croydon in the live audience go Yay! 😂
@@Lones555 It felt like he saw it as only two options between the often more American “BerNARD” and “Burn-it”, that he didn’t consider the sometimes more English “Bur-nid”.
"He bought it..." Meaning he paid her for sex. Hence Blackadder's reaction. Only for it to be a misunderstanding of course. Bought it being another way of saying 'Got killed'...
Lieutenant (same spelling) is pronounced as "lef-tenant" in the UK. No, we don't know where we got the "F" sound from. There are a lot of conflicting etymologies to explain it but sometimes we just have to accept... we invented the language and we enjoy annoying foreign learners by throwing in the odd curve ball.
My understanding was we copied the rank from the French during the Napoleonic wars because we wanted an adult (so not a subaltern) between Sergeants and Captains but deliberately pronounced it differently/anglicised the pronunciation so as to hide the fact we’d copied a French idea.
'He bought it" quite a lot of double meanings packed into that one. In a war "he bought it" means he got killed. But Blackadder takes it as meaning he has to pay
"leftennant" is Lieutenant. It's an American thing to pronounce it "loo-tennant". It's pronounced "lef-tennant" by Brits, Kiwis and Aussies (except some younger people who've grown up watching American films and shows, unless they actually serve or are born into a military family)
Connor don’t apologise for pausing and asking question. Don’t ask, you don’t learn. You need to watch “The Young Ones”, they are brilliant. Hope you are well and have a great week. 👍🏻👍🏻
@@stephenhumphrey7935 He will get it. I had French for 5 years at school and I still can’t speak it. 🤭 It’s a lot for an American to take in. Getting used to the correct way of using the English language. 😂🤣😂
Gaston in beauty and the beast sings about being great at expectorating, ie spitting. It means getting phlegm out of the body. An expectorant helps with the elimination, like for example cough syrup
This was set in WW1 where even medical professionals were advocating smoking as a healthy thing to do. The coughing was getting rid of toxins, took them years to realize the cigarettes were the cause of the toxins in the first place.
Everyone else answered the other stuff, but it seemed like you didn't totally get the ending. Because there was no acknowledgement you were wrong. The Nurse wasn't THE spy. She was only A spy that Blackadder accidentally outted. George and his letters was the spy all along as setup and called back with the Walrus-face line. So all the celebration that you guessed who the spy was early on. Nope, you didn't.😛
What's your problem? Didn't you get your coffee this morning? You could have explained this (totally obvious) bit without the nasty last line. Go get a hug ❤
@@livb6945 Interesting that you infer 'nasty' from a smiling tongue-out emoticon rather than a jokey, friendly jibe. Maybe it's you that needs the coffee... 😜
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Lol comments don't like Connor being Connor 😮 just seek out something else my dudes! Most people won't like most things, it's the way things are. K bye ❤
Hull university is the butt of jokes because despite the fact it is a decent university it doesn't have the prestige of Oxford and Cambridge. Class plays into it as well - Hull is in the North you see.
McJIBBIN, I have to say I laughed when you came out with a 'FECAL error' - that WAS amusing... 😅 😂 🤣 Also Lieutenant is how 'you' Yanks pronounce it, while we Brits say 'LEFTtenant' because of the French Norman influence (when the English aristocracy spoke French for just over 300 years) and why so many words and phrases are French in origin.
Lieutenant is a french word, which means 'place holder', i.e position/rank, which got absorbed into the English language and we corrupted the pronunciation into lef-tenant which is how it's been said here since at least the 14th century. One theory is that in old french it was sometimes spelt leuftenant, but nobody knows for sure. In the US it's pronounced close to the original french, this goes back to Webster and his bastardised corruption of our beautiful language, (may he rot in hell!😁). Webster was very nationalistic and therefore anti British, which influenced his spellings and pronunciation, so I assume he used the french pronunciation for that reason. Top tip: Never say you're full of spunk to a British audience if you make to avoid a lot of sniggers as it's slang here for sperm.😁
Still mispronouncing the name Bernard - well, he's been "getting away with it all his life"... The idea is George would have been able to get his bean-spilling letters past the army censors just because he's privileged, in with the officer-class via Melchett (see eps 1 and 6) He raised the spectre of German women with cut-glass English accents - one the one hand that brings to mind Hitler's favorite opera diva, but one prefers to remember a certain dazzling beauty who might be found bound to a wheel...or under a fountain
Never mind the people complaining about you pausing. Of course you should pause as much as you like. This is a reaction video. For anyone who wants to watch the video uninterrupted they can watch it on their own 😊
Here is Part 1 if you missed it guys!
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Nein is German for No
Expectorants draw Phlegm from the Wind Pipe and Stomach
It's fine. I watch for your reaction.If I just wanted the show without comments, I'd just watch that. Now,what was that English gag you didn't get?
If you didn't notice,the Nurse is Queenie from the second series.
And I think the not-German spy was Mr Ploppy, the assistant executioner chap from Series 2 Ep 1.
@@donaldb1both possible descendents of them
And she, the great Miranda Richardson, is a superb actress!
I've recently seen her in Good Omens, a series I'd love Connor to watch. There's A LOT to discuss, makes great watching. Silly, goofy, great actors, but also philosophical and thought provoking.
Two seasons, waiting for the third and final one. Amazon Prime original.
@@donaldb1Ploppy, son of Ploppy 😂
@@danger2bananas That would require Queenie to have kids, an awful prospect, not to mention historically unlikely.
Trying to be clever, Connor, you'll end up with egg on your face at the end 🤣
No, it's always been "Bernard". Including the one in Yes Minister.
It's just proof he ignores all the comments. He's been told time and time again. However, he could just be winding us up, like he does with Tha-mes
The word lieutenant entered English during the 100 Years War, say about 1350. It meant a person who 'holds the place' of another and was a military rank. The English got it from the Burgundians (they were allies) in whose dialect it was pronounced something like "lievtenant" - with the U sounding like a V. It's always been pronounced 'leftenant' in Britain (though the Navy says 'l'tenant). And 'leftenant' was how the US Army (but not the Navy or Marines) pronounced it till the 1890s.
The US army had all but stopped the UK pronunciation by/during the civil war. The USN and the merchant marine kept it longer. There are press stories at the end of the century of old sailers still using it.
@@tcroft2165 Thanks.
Is it not french? Unless it just comes from another vulgar latin variation
Yes, but we took it from our Burgundian allies, who pronounced 'lieu' as something like 'leef' '.
@@pabmusic1 I had alway thought it was a mispronounciation of French since in general words regarding military were brought over by the normans, but given it was during the hundred years war that the change occured there was probably more of an incentive to separate it from french. That's quite insightful
The actor playing Smith played the gaoler Ploppy in Blackadder II
Humour wise Connor your a typical yank! You find it difficult to fill in the gaps not a fan of innuendo
The "bought it" joke was pretty obvious, not sure why it took so long to understand if indeed it was understood.
Why can’t you spell “your are” or “you’re”. You seem to be a typical “know it all” who knows nothing. Especially spelling and the English language.
'Lieutenant' is pronounced Lefftenant in English.
Of course, Fry’s a Cambridge man, hence the oxfords a dump jibe.
Hugh Laurie is a Cambridge man, too. Atkinson got his MSc from Oxford.
What made me laugh was when Darling said he was born in Croydon if you listen closely you can hear some people from Croydon in the live audience go Yay! 😂
Hull or to give it its full name "Kingston upon Hull" is a city in Yorkshire
You’re the only one who says “Burn it” for Bernard
He was corrected on this many times during his reaction to "Yes Minister", must have a short memory span.
@@Lones555 It felt like he saw it as only two options between the often more American “BerNARD” and “Burn-it”, that he didn’t consider the sometimes more English “Bur-nid”.
Full of spunk are you - how lovely - but I think spunk means something else than it does in English english :)
Episode 6 is an emotional journey
You’re in for a treat next episode. Genuinely one of the best 30 minutes of TV ever made!
It was of course not the nurse, it was George, delivering infos to his uncle in Hamburg.😊
"He bought it..."
Meaning he paid her for sex. Hence Blackadder's reaction. Only for it to be a misunderstanding of course. Bought it being another way of saying 'Got killed'...
Like explaining to a child.
"I'm full of spunk right now..."
I had to laugh there, as spunk is British slang for....well, male ejaculate...
Be prepared for the next episode, it gets very emotional.
Ha I love your interventions they are sometimes funnier than the stuff you are watching 😅
Lieutenant (same spelling) is pronounced as "lef-tenant" in the UK. No, we don't know where we got the "F" sound from. There are a lot of conflicting etymologies to explain it but sometimes we just have to accept... we invented the language and we enjoy annoying foreign learners by throwing in the odd curve ball.
It's pronounced with an F because Us used to be Vs
@@10thdoctor15 "OED rejects suggestion that it comes from old confusion of -u- and -v-". As I said, there are conflicting stories of the etymology.
A Lieutenant is an officer who is “left” in the “tenancy” of a company or in Lieu of the tenancy
My understanding was we copied the rank from the French during the Napoleonic wars because we wanted an adult (so not a subaltern) between Sergeants and Captains but deliberately pronounced it differently/anglicised the pronunciation so as to hide the fact we’d copied a French idea.
German spy. Within 20 seconds the other patient speaks german. 🤣
'He bought it" quite a lot of double meanings packed into that one. In a war "he bought it" means he got killed. But Blackadder takes it as meaning he has to pay
Hull is in the east riding of Yorkshire it's pronounced 'Ull by the locals i worked there for three years
Expectorant is something that helps loosen mucus, so there are cough syrups and honey that are expectorants.
"leftennant" is Lieutenant. It's an American thing to pronounce it "loo-tennant". It's pronounced "lef-tennant" by Brits, Kiwis and Aussies (except some younger people who've grown up watching American films and shows, unless they actually serve or are born into a military family)
The pauses are awkward dude!
Stephen Fry is the undisputed star of Blackadder.. outstanding actor and National..World Treasure ❤❤.
Bing search. Does that still exist? 😂
Connor don’t apologise for pausing and asking question. Don’t ask, you don’t learn. You need to watch “The Young Ones”, they are brilliant. Hope you are well and have a great week. 👍🏻👍🏻
But he doesn't learn. It's in one ear and out of the other. 😅
@@stephenhumphrey7935 He will get it. I had French for 5 years at school and I still can’t speak it. 🤭 It’s a lot for an American to take in. Getting used to the correct way of using the English language. 😂🤣😂
'Bought it' i.e. to buy something. Blackadder thought she wanted paying for sex
Pause away bro.... That's why we're here
An expectorant makes you cough. Not usually considered the sexy bit of cigarette smoking.
Gaston in beauty and the beast sings about being great at expectorating, ie spitting. It means getting phlegm out of the body. An expectorant helps with the elimination, like for example cough syrup
This was set in WW1 where even medical professionals were advocating smoking as a healthy thing to do. The coughing was getting rid of toxins, took them years to realize the cigarettes were the cause of the toxins in the first place.
Lieutenant is the correct pronunciation of 'lootenant'. We say it with an F because Us used to be Vs. It literally means a tenant in lieu.
Ignore people telling you what to watch or look forward to. Just enjoy the whole series like most of us did.
Nobody says "Bernit". Not even in Yes Minister. Only you say "Bernit".
Hull is in Northern England.
Your fine you do a great job we all have our quirks
The nurse is Miranda Richardson, who also plays Elizabeth I in Blackadder 2.
Everyone else answered the other stuff, but it seemed like you didn't totally get the ending. Because there was no acknowledgement you were wrong. The Nurse wasn't THE spy. She was only A spy that Blackadder accidentally outted. George and his letters was the spy all along as setup and called back with the Walrus-face line. So all the celebration that you guessed who the spy was early on. Nope, you didn't.😛
What's your problem? Didn't you get your coffee this morning? You could have explained this (totally obvious) bit without the nasty last line. Go get a hug ❤
@@livb6945" Nope you didn't. " You're right! That is simply horrid and nasty and Harbinger deserves to be spanked for his depravity. Baaaah!
@@livb6945 Interesting that you infer 'nasty' from a smiling tongue-out emoticon rather than a jokey, friendly jibe. Maybe it's you that needs the coffee... 😜
Most of You Tube video's, that show excerps from popular and famous TV programmes etc are subject to Compywrite fees. AND, or, are limmited to short period runs, and adverts. Also, limmited screen sizes. It's all to preserve the sales and fees of such recorded works. Nobody likes it, but most of us understand the situation, So, thank You young Sir.
This is painfull. You don't seem to get any of the jokes.
He doesn't.
British humour is just very different but he's stuck it this far 😂
'Bought it', meaning killed. Blackadder misunderstands, and assumes he has to pay for the sex.
He bought it means he was killed. Blackadder thought she meant paid for sex.
Lol comments don't like Connor being Connor 😮 just seek out something else my dudes! Most people won't like most things, it's the way things are. K bye ❤
Hull university is the butt of jokes because despite the fact it is a decent university it doesn't have the prestige of Oxford and Cambridge. Class plays into it as well - Hull is in the North you see.
there are no stupid expressions when you're sitting alone. thank god
McJIBBIN, I have to say I laughed when you came out with a 'FECAL error' - that WAS amusing... 😅 😂 🤣 Also Lieutenant is how 'you' Yanks pronounce it, while we Brits say 'LEFTtenant' because of the French Norman influence (when the English aristocracy spoke French for just over 300 years) and why so many words and phrases are French in origin.
Lieutenant is a french word, which means 'place holder', i.e position/rank, which got absorbed into the English language and we corrupted the pronunciation into lef-tenant which is how it's been said here since at least the 14th century. One theory is that in old french it was sometimes spelt leuftenant, but nobody knows for sure.
In the US it's pronounced close to the original french, this goes back to Webster and his bastardised corruption of our beautiful language, (may he rot in hell!😁). Webster was very nationalistic and therefore anti British, which influenced his spellings and pronunciation, so I assume he used the french pronunciation for that reason.
Top tip: Never say you're full of spunk to a British audience if you make to avoid a lot of sniggers as it's slang here for sperm.😁
Still mispronouncing the name Bernard - well, he's been "getting away with it all his life"...
The idea is George would have been able to get his bean-spilling letters past the army censors just because he's privileged, in with the officer-class via Melchett (see eps 1 and 6)
He raised the spectre of German women with cut-glass English accents - one the one hand that brings to mind Hitler's favorite opera diva, but one prefers to remember a certain dazzling beauty who might be found bound to a wheel...or under a fountain
I believe spunk originally meant having fortitude.
I graduated from Hull University back in the eighties. Had a very good time - but I'm sure it can't be considered as good as Oxford or Cambridge.
The nurse is the actress who played Queen Elizabeth 1st in blackadder series 3
Series 2 , you mean 😊
She was in Series 3, but just one episode, playing a highwayman.
bought it = died
Nine spy’s 😅
Conner ,if you where English ,I would swear you are baldricks son
LOVEyour reactions !….please never change 👍✨🥰
He bought it means he died
I believe Bernard was the name of a guy who stole Richard Curtis's girlfriend at university. The name crops up in many things he has written.
Mate, you stopping isn't that bad. There are far worse than you that do that
I presume you've been "pumped" after that comment you made?
Connor you have already seen the end of episode 6 about a year ago.
Nurse wasn't the spy it was darlingbwriting to his German uncle lol😅
It was George, not Darling
No, it was George of course.
Full of spunk 😅🤣🤣🤣☺️😏☺️
Get on with it
Keep up the fooling and messing around, I've seen the series multiple times and you pausing and talking a lot it adds to the fun for me.
Never mind the people complaining about you pausing. Of course you should pause as much as you like. This is a reaction video. For anyone who wants to watch the video uninterrupted they can watch it on their own 😊
So she wasn't the spy. Nice try though.
Full of American spunk?
[lɛfˈtɛnənt] is how the British pronounce “lieutenant” and [lʊˈtɛnənt] is how the Americans do it.