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You're right; I suppose if I booked early enough in advance, the train fare would be quite cheap. And I probably wouldn't have to stay in a hotel if I went early enough, like you say

In actual fact, I only have 70% hearing When I was young, I only had about 40%, and couldn't really hear or understand people unless they spoke loudly. Then I had an operation when I was about 5 which gave me much better hearing, but I still struggle sometimes, especially if two or more sounds are at the same tone or pitch. Then they just cancel each other out and I don't hear anything at all. Like if there's a room full of people and they're all talking at a similar volume, it either sounds like a jumble or some of it gets cancelled out completely. I can't always pick out individual voices.

But if that was the case, the real Sherlock would still have had to fall onto something, right?

That certainly sounds like a big hint that however he did it, it involved falling onto something, like you said, bborchar. Which, really, is a given. I mean, the only other solution would be that it wasn't Sherlock who jumped off the roof (very unlikely). I wish I could find a youtube clip of the clicking noise and the 'hello', but I can't find one unfortunately

Well thanks again! I didn't know you could do the 'light switch' thing That sounds awesome! I was going to say you'd have to tell me some time in advance, because trains from Leicester to London aren't cheap, and I'd have to stay in a hotel overnight, so I'd need to save up some money... but then I figured flights from America to England are most likely much more expensive So you'd probably create the thread a long time in advance anyway

If Sherlock actually existed, he'd have figured it all out from the first time he saw the episode and he'd be rolling his eyes in despair at how dumb we all are

Thanks Carol, but I knew how to get the other smilies, it was just the marmite one I couldn't figure out how to get because it wasn't on the list with the others. But thanks anyway!

I know; there's just so much to try and decipher And even as much as we've picked it apart already, I bet there's still a bunch of stuff we've missed

You guys should all come over to England at the same time and I'll meet up with you and introduce you to more of our strange ways Wow, Julia Mae, that's quite the comprehensive list of Benedict links! I'll have to watch them all at some point. If I'm honest nothing else he's been in has interested me very much; they've not been things that I would normally want to watch. But I wouldn't let that affect my judgement; I'm pretty open-minded and I'll always try something before I absolutely say whether I like it or not. Plus it's Benedict; you can't really go wrong with BC I am LOVING that Marmite smilie How do I use it? Sorry, I'm a bit thick when it comes to technical stuff

Yay, someone else heard it!!! I'm thinking though that if it really is a clue, it's a bit unfair if it only appears on certain types of DVDs. So maybe it's not a clue. But then it seems to be one so much, for lots of reasons: it sounds like Molly's voice, it makes sense in the story (Sherlock secretly ringing Molly as some sort of signal), Sherlock looks down like Carol said (possibly to quickly look at his phone to make sure he's calling the right number)...

I'm not impressed by all this hatred for Marmite; I need another Marmite lover to back me up and balance things out! As far as I can remember, I've always loved it; I certainly remember eating it when I was about 8 or 9. But then again, I always ate strange things when I was a child; my dad has told me I used to be addicted to eating squid when I was a toddler

Yeah; I must admit I've not seen him in anything other than Sherlock, but I've seen trailers for his other films, and clips in interviews with him and stuff, and he seems really versatile, like he'd be able to pull almost any kind of acting style off. It's one of the things I love about him. And he's a brilliant impressionist as well

Correct!

*watches video* Horse-faced?! HORSE-FACED?!!! I will hunt down whoever uttered such falsehoods and destroy them!! How dare they say such a thing about our beloved Benedict? Ahem... aaaanyway... I would say it's a regional difference again then, because in the Midlands 'berk' is quite a common word. Especially in Leicester. Though 'a right arse' is also pretty common; I was actually trying to think of that when I was writing my last post

We say 'all-ears' in BE too Well, I think 'you made me feel like a complete and utter berk' would be very BE

I use Worcestershire sauce in the Bolognese recipe as well, aely; I love it Can't beat cheese on toast with a splash of Worcestershire, either!

I use Marmite in lots of things when I'm cooking. I love putting it into an alternative recipe I use for spaghetti bolognese; it's not a tomato sauce, so it's not as weird as you think

Yeah, Marmite is good for you in some ways, but it does have a very high salt content, so it's best not to eat too much of it. And I'm not sure about this, but I think Vegemite is stronger than Marmite. I don't know; we don't have it here.

Marmite is a topic which is fiercely debated in Britain If you love it, you reaaally love it, and if you hate it, you reeeaallly hate it. Personally I fall into the 'love it' camp; I could eat it all day; on toast, as a sandwich, on crumpets... It is strong, but I don't mind that, cos I generally love strong flavours. But I can easily understand why some people hate it.

Aha, I think I understand now Your jam sounds pretty much the same as our jam. It looks like this: http://thefitnesstrend.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/tumblr_lm8m0lZ0481qe3tkzo1_500.jpg The closest equivalent I can think of for your jelly is fruit syrup. It's just the juice of the fruit, sweetened and thickened. We use it for fruit cocktails and for storing fruit pieces in, but we don't put it on toast. And Carol's right, your jello is our jelly.

Okay, I'm confused now... If you look at this description http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fruit_preserves#Jam, our jam is made 'with the juice and flesh of a fruit or vegetable'. So I would say that's what you're calling jelly. We don't seem to have an equivalent of your jam, in that case... ... but if you're saying you don't put your jelly on toast, then that's not an equivalent for our jam, because we do put it on toast. Hence my confusion. My face is literally like this smiley now: 'He got two girls pregnant' is definitely something we would say in BE. I'm fairly certain there's another polite way of saying it too; it just won't come to mind at the moment. And I know you aren't looking for slang equivalents, but if you were, 'he got two girls up the duff' would be a very common expression in BE.

Another word we use is 'goggles'. Can I just jump in here and say that my all-time favourite BE/AE differences are these? BE Jam > AE Jelly BE Jelly > AE Jell-O I don't know why; there's just a nice circular feel to it I'm trying to remember how marmalade fits into this, but I can't...

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