General Chat

Yes, I agree that Alf's comments are old. "Strewth", "Strike me", etc. were old sayings which were used prior to WW2, and I think the name Sheila was a popular Christian name for girls in England during WW1, where it wasn't known in Australia, so the Aussie soldiers referred to the girls as 'sheilas' - and somehow we had the reputation for calling all girls sheilas until after WW2 was over. New sayings come and go with the times, but these days they are world wide, since the advent of television and quotes from movies became popular.

When I first went to the UK in 1953, I was told "you Aussies all call each other 'mate'" and they thought it was funny. I notice these days that I rarely see a British TV production where they DON'T call each other 'mate'. The Bill was a great one for that.

I think with Alf and Irene, they have taken the "Dinky Die Aussie" theme too far. I've never had an adult call me "girlie" or bloomin' this and that, not that I'm a spring chicken any more.

The bed hopping is not appropriate for that timeslot. I think a few windows need to be nailed shut!!! Someone needs to catch something - now there's a storyline for safe sex practices.

Gina is clucking too much like a mother hen at the moment, but John's character has bloomed.

Oh dear, Marion - you won't see what we saw last night for quite a while then.

Ruby's hair was combed......yes, actually COMBED!!! Parted on the r.h. side, too!. Well, that was in the first part of the episode. Later, it was parted in the centre and pulled back as before, but with two 'bangs' hanging over her face.

My first thought was "new hairdressers?". Even Irene's hair looked better than usual.

Hi all.

Indi is looking very thin these days.Is she going on to something else in real life?
Ruby has told Leah shes not pregnant.
We finish up here on Fri till Sept.

Marion

I know times have changed since I was young, but hopping in and out of different beds is not what I consider a good example to set youngsters and H&A is shown at 7pm here. The story-line is aimed at the young ones too, so what does it tell them? They don't even go on dates first - at most, a juice in the diner is enough to warrant a roll in the hay!

I also think that the poor speech has a lot to do with the poor spelling. People try to spell properly and write a word as it sounds, so if they don't pronounce it properly, their spelling is going to be wrong.

Poor speech makes me cross too, and I hate words like #gonna' We were taught to speak the Kings english when I was at school. I dont have a lot of tolerance of bad spelling either, or text.
As for the constant hpping in and out of each others beds, it amazes me. We were content with one partner.

I should be one of the last ones complaining about our speech but what annoys me is that one of our popular news readers grew up in my street and went to school with my children - and her speech is totally different from what it was when she lived there - because she had elocution lessons! - but also, because the news is written properly (well, most of the time, anyway).

Most of the actors in H&A can speak clearly - but it's what they have to say that brings them down.....again, back to the writers and producers. Strangely, though, the newsreader mentioned above, is with the same Chanel as H&A.
Must be different producers.

I think that what I am trying to say here is that the writers should not only be able to write scripts - they should excel in formal English as well - or at least have a person who does excel in formal English, to edit the scripts before giving them to the actors

Yes, Irene does grate a bit. So does Alf at times. Are they supposed to be from some 'old school'?

Irene likes to leave the last letter off all her words. To me, that's like nails down the blackboard. I can barely listen - we don't all talk like that, believe me.

Yes, Dee - we are ahead but only by a couple of weeks. Your 'lay-off' time is different from ours. We usually watch until Oct-Nov, then a new series starts early in February. This changes things.

As I said before, I cringe when I hear the English language 'butchered', especially when I think of the programme being shown in other countries. Our speech was strained enough before, but we did finish a sentence with "you and me" or start one with "you and I....." - NOT "me and you". Another - "going to" is now pronounced so often as "gunna". I could go on, but suffice to say it can be embarrassing at times. This kind of speech should not be written into scripts, but I really don't think the writers know any better - or the producers, either.

Yes Newfies are very strong and have to be trained at an early age as they do not stay small for long and are just babies with a lot of strength! I'm 5ft tall and have been dragged a few times in the past! Lol.

I think you are ahead of us. We have just seen Bianca asking about her baby and going to see him willingly.

Hi Dee,

We had neighbours in Victoria who had a big, black Newfie. I loved him, but he used to knock me down and lick me. Such lovely dogs!!!!

These kids have the morals of the current generation and now Dex is tainted too, lol. Marilyn is as silly as ever and can't see through Danny. She will hit the ground very hard soon. I'm glad my kids aren't like this, but so many of their friends are.

I wish Romeo and Indi would get their act sorted out as Liam seems to have and an eye for Indi and outside of the show too.

Hi all
Marion: The Dog is my Newfoundland "Titan" - they are a lovely giant breed and he is lovely. He is my third Newfie.

Berona: Yes I am, I never miss it and record it when I can't watch it. I have contributed to this thread before (though a while ago now) but watch all your comments regularly.

I am continually amuzed by the way the "teenagers" seem to fall in Love and jump into everyone's beds! They seem to have quite a bit of freedom in H&A.

The adults fall in and out of love all the time too?

Well we know Ruby has money from her deceased mum. Leah owns the diner with Irene and Brax is broke. Beats me how they get Five Star rooms and attention. So much for the rest of us in the real world, lol. ;-)

Is everyone covered by insurance/ Otherwise it must be costly, the number of times some seem to goto the hospital! Cant understand what some are living on, they dont seem to work only in the diner and the hospital. Children have money to have food at the diner instead of eating at home.

It's no wonder they took him back when he was suspended not long ago. It was the same when Dr. Armstrong was there - she did Emergency one minute, then did a Transplant!....Yes, I've noticed that they all end up in the same private room, no matter how trivial their problem is. Maybe that room is reserved for Sid's friends! LOL.

Welcome Dee - are you silly enough to watch the show too? I thought there were only a few of us. My reason is a bit cynical - I pick holes in the English they use. I'm sure the writers are the children of immigrants - those who have never been corrected at home because parents are foreign.
Not that I'm anything like an expert - but I often cringe when I hear how some things are said. My own children used to come home with new ways of speaking, picked up from mixing with the children of immigrants. I also notice that they don't do any research before they use certain subjects they know very little about (if anything!).

Now, Marilyn has gone too far. She has actually lent Danny some money! Stupid woman!!

That big shot of the hospital (or where it is meant to be) is Mona Vale Hospital. I have been there a couple of times. It is on the northern beaches of Sydney and not far from where the beach/outdoor shots are filmed and caravan park, etc. Barbra you see a few stragglers wandering around posing as other doctors. You never see the specialists any more. You would get the occasional surgeon give an opinion. They are so lucky to have Sid, lol - he seems to have fingers in many pies. ;-) ;-)

Hi Dee nice to see you popping in.

Poor Sid cant cope with more than one room at a time.Maybe he lives there lol
Lovely dog...or is it a horse? lol

Marion

Have you noticed that they use the same room for every charater that has ended up in hospital!

Poor Sid lol

Bianca went to find liam last night ..she escaped from the hospital .Sid must be cream crackerd is he the only doc in the hospital ? :-)