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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How many more episodes do we have?[/quote]

according to wikipedia, there are 8 episodes and a Christmas special.  We've seen 7, so only two more to go.

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Oh no!!![/quote]

Well, it's been a regular snooze-fest the last few seasons, so I will be relieved.

Also, Edith saying "Suck it up."  Yeah, vacuums in the homes weren't commonplace yet and although DA had electricity, I doubt there were any outlets.  Pathetic writing or lazy actress who can't learn her lines.[/quote]

When did Edith say, "Suck it up," and in what context?  I must have missed that.[/quote]

Sorry, to clarify, she said something in the first two minutes to the effect that Mary's beau was "sucking up" to Lord Grantham.
Way, to early for the term:  http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/suck–up[/quote]

I'm sorry, you mean [i]too[/i] early... I get what you're trying to say about the writers, but why take a hit at the actress? If the writers and actors are too lazy and the plot too boring, stop watching the show. [/quote]
Actually that language is not anachronistic. "Sucking up to someone" didn't derive from vacuum cleaners and first documented use is from around 1860[/quote]

Interesting...can you say more about the early usage and derivation?  It seems like, even if it was in usage, it would be considered pretty coarse langauge, and not what a lady of good family would use.  (My mother is still horrified by use of the word "sucks").  I liked Lord Grantham saying "It all seems a bit rum to me" or whatever he said when invited to the servants' hall to receive the package from Granny ...I don't know, but that certainly sounds like something a 1920's British lord would have said!
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