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Not if you're from the north of England! We have a very definite 'o' as in 'top' sound when we pronounce John. Not so sure about the West Country/Bristol. We're only a small country, but we have a plethora of accents. We don't do long vowels in the north, if you're a Doctor Who fan, think Ninth Doctor - Christopher Eccleston comes from about 30 miles up the road from me and has what I regard as 'proper' vowels; castle not carstle and so on.

North Western English person here... How to pronounce Broughton? Well, in Liverpool my mum went to a school called Broughton Hall and she pronounced it as in bought or thought. Having said that, if you head further north in Liverpool it sometimes gets pronounced Brow-ton (like eyebrow). In the north of Liverpool they pronounce book and look with a strong 'oo' sound (like shoe), rather than the more common 'u' sound (kind of like in struck). Depends on where in the country the person comes from tbh, as in some places it would be pronounced Brutten or Bruften as previously mentioned. This from the country that gives you names like Kirkcudbright that is pronounced by some locals as Carbri, and let's not forget our silent 'W' and all - Keswick is Kezzick, for example.

As per usual, this is not one of mine but as LJ is kind of the poor relation in fandom circles now, I always like to share. In previous meta, Wellingtongoose on Livejournal has discussed why John would have to be an army GP rather than an army surgeon amongst other things, which you can read as part of her Semantics in Healthcare series. In the latest meta, John's medical discharge is discussed, with a bias towards the personal head canon mentioned in previous metas (GP, not surgeon etc), with reference to the income an army pension would provide and just why, in this day and age, a person with John's apparent level of disability would be deemed unfit to fill his role (which as an army GP, for instance, wouldn't have been on the front line of combat). Explaining John Watson's Medical Discharge

My mum still introduces me to people as her 'baby' (meaning youngest child) even though I'm in my 40s, when I asked her why she still did this she said, "you'll always be my baby" and I can't find it in me to object to that. I don't get called baby sister by my big sisters, but kid sister, which amounts to the same thing. Mind you, in Liverpool 'Our Kid' pretty much refers to any younger sibling when referred to by any older sibling which can get complicated in big families. And if Mummy is M (I think Judi Dench would make a fine mum to both Sherlock and Mycroft) in my own and other people's head canon, then I think that new Q has to be their younger brother...

In the Pilot Sherlock came across as more of an arrogant git who was a whiny brat by choice to me, which I didn't like at all. In the screened version he still came across as an arrogant git, but I got the impression that was due to self preservation as much as concious choice. Agree on Lestrade being much better in the screened version too - he seemed to be more in line with some previous Lestrades in the pilot and not as effective.

Not any more, but I've retained the overall impression. I'd probably have to rewatch both with a notebook to jot down reminders to get anything coherent out of it.

Sherlock himself is more likeable in the screened version - the pilot version makes him a fascinating character, but doesn't give much hint that he could come to care about anything outside of himself. He's still an annoying, genius git in the screened version, but there is more that is redeemable about him. Screened version will always be my preferred version for Mycroft if nothing else. I like Lestrade's more casual look better in the screened version and I'm glad that Anderson lost the beard.

The wonderful Mr Graves turned 50 yesterday, and there have been various celebrations in various places on the net. The one that I find touching is the Gravesdiggers Just Giving birthday appeal to raise money for a charity of which Rupert is patron - it's a kid's charity in Somerset. The Just Giving Page, and some more info about the charity is here - https://www.justgiving.com/GravesDiggers I'm sure you will all join me in hoping that Rupert had a good day and sees many more birthdays. I would have posted yesterday but being on nights causes temporal issues and transient brain death.

Ooh, I'm a FIEND, now. Jolly good.

As I never even noticed there was any ringing, I can guarantee it's kind of subliminal. Probably doesn't help that I do have ringing in my ears 24/7 (oh the joys of tinnitus) so I tend to think anything subtle like that is just MY ears and not the telly... I do like the idea of the signal if what you're saying is right though - the ringing starts as John hits the floor and stops as he struggles to his feet.

There's a fic somewhere about that grey-haired woman, a pretty good one too. Wish I could remember where (it was on LJ).

What he said! ^ And if we're in celebratory mood...

Hi Matt! Hope you enjoy it here. Nice to see another Quantum Leap fan on the forum.

To start the ball rolling, I'll tell you about the one I got for my birthday. It's a locket (no major biggie, one may think) but this locket is actually an anatomically correct heart! Fantastic! Like I said, it is just so ME! And here's one that is very similar (mine is pewter, not sterling silver like this one but is otherwise identical)

Ever received a gift that is just so *you* that it has made you grin like a loon. I don't just mean things you've wanted for a while or that you love to bits, but things that are really appropriate to who you are or your outlook on life or whatever.

I was a bit of cuckoo in the nest as a kid - the one green-eyed straight haired person in a family of curly-haired, mostly brown eyed people. It didn't really worry me much but I always found it odd, until my dad showed me an old photo of his sister and I realised I have *her* hair, I just hadn't realised as she always kept it short as an adult (I also have the prematurely grey thing as her). My eyes are almost the same colour my mum's sisters were, only the more green side of sludge (hers were a greyer hazel than mine, but not as blue as my dads). Funny thing is, my eldest nephew has the same hair and eyes as me and at the age of 9-10 ish we could have passed as twins. I love genetics, it's fascinating.

Benedict calls himself auburn, IIRC. I love the nickname for him in his au naturel hair colour - Gingerbatch. It's worth noting he was Victor Frankenstein with his own hair colour. Oh and have some more pics... I have a bit of thing about red heads, which makes BC go from merely attractive in my book to startlingly gorgeous. I like him so much better with his natural hair colour.

They were running The World's End trailer with Star Trek: Into Darkness (can't bear to abbreviate it as it is far too much like STD for my liking) - the first one posted on here. Looks good on the big screen.

Ha ha, no- she was just freaking out because everyone else in our family has blue eyes, and she didn't want to be different . She's only 4, so she doesn't really understand this stuff yet, lol. I think green eyes are absolutely gorgeous. My husband's aunt has jade green eyes and dark hair- she's just absolutely beautiful. But she's the only one. * I have green-hazel eyes, everyone else in my family has very definitely brown eyes - except for my dad who has blue-hazel eyes (very similar to Martin Freeman's, though they've faded as he's got older). Usually my eyes look either green or grey, but I have been told on occasion they've looked sludgy light brown. I always felt kind of superior as they were different to everyone elses. And here are my eyes, in kind of grey mode - I think BCs look so unusual because they are light, and thus more striking.

I've seen it twice, with different sets of friends (first time was on my birthday) and will be getting the dvd too. The fun thing the second time around was having to explain why certain bits were significant for Trekkies as the friend I went to see it with wasn't familiar with TOS or the films - after the film had finished, of course.

When it was shown in cinemas last year as part of the UK National Theatre live thing, I went to see both versions myself. Totally blown away. I think BC was my favourite Victor, and JLM my favourite Creature but I think both performances were amazing. I have a number of friends who were lucky enough to see it at the theatre when they weren't filming and they tell me that the 'in the flesh' experience was even more amazing (I'm assured that has nothing to do with the fact that whoever played the Creature was naked for the first 15 minutes or so). I am surprised that neither of them did themselves a serious injury the way they threw themselves round the stage as the Creature and I found myself fascinated by Benedict's feet of all things.

Awww, ratties!

We had books, audios and a very tenacious belief that one day it WOULD return to television as the idea of Doctor Who was just too good to abandon forever, even if we had no proof that such a thing would ever happen - Doctor Who did not just lie down and die. Some of the people who wrote those books in the 'Lost Years' are now involved in the production of Doctor Who, as writers and other things and The Moff is renowned for being a massive fanboy himself (I think Russell T Davies was too). I love this pic of The Moff as a kid (his son looks very like him)

Good job you weren't a Doctor Who fan in the 80s and 90s - we waited from 1989 to 1996 for the Seventh Doctor to become the Eighth Doctor (in the movie) then there wasn't any more Doctor Who on telly until 2005, though we did have some very good Eighth Doctor audios. I hate the wait we have for new Sherlock, but at least I know I won't have to wait 16 years between tv series!

I discovered something else I do with my left hand, which I previously didn't realise. Please note, there follows a discussion of taking blood - if you don't like needles and stuff, it might be a bit freaky. If I'm taking blood from a person's left arm and I'm using a certain type of needle called a butterfly (which I prefer because I find it easier), I insert the needle into the vein with my left hand. On their Right arm I use my right hand. First time I noticed I was a bit taken aback because as far as I was concerned, I've always taken blood right handed, it's not something you want to do with a hand that doesn't have good dexterity and there's no way I can write left handed; ergo, it lacks in dexterity. So, I just carried on as normal when taking blood but ensured I made a note if I did the left hand blood taking thing. It essentially depends on the position of the vein I'm using for the venepuncture, but it seems I do it without thinking. Strange. Wonder how many years I've been doing that without noticing? Oh and using a mouse left handed causes no problems either, which I discovered the other day when my carpel tunnel kicked off in my right hand so I switched the mouse to give the affected hand some relief.