On Feb 5, 4:14*am, Devils Advocaat wrote:
On Feb 4, 6:20*pm, Tater Cole wrote:





On Feb 4, 11:22*am, Wombat wrote:

On Feb 4, 6:06*pm, Tater Cole wrote:

On Feb 4, 9:31*am, Wombat wrote:
On Feb 4, 3:26*pm, xyzzy wrote:

On Feb 3, 5:16*pm, Tater Cole wrote:

Downtown Abbey is a pretty good program on BBC America. However,
actual research suggests that British aristocracy treated most of the
domestic class like animals. In fact, I believe some hunting dogs had
it much better than your typical laundry maid. Yes, the Butler and
Housekeeper were treated with respect, but still, seems like this
program is quite inaccurate regarding the Victorian domestic class.
Maybe it's simply liberal Brit revisionist history at work again,
through the auspices of 'high entertainment' by the BBC.

I am cornfused. I wanted to visit Downton Abbey and see some of the
Grantham family history. *I Learned on the documentary series that
it's in North Yorkshire but google maps has it in Wiltshire.

How do you report errors to google maps?

Also any travel tips for visiting there would be appreciated.

TIA!

Ist, for everyone, the title is Downton Abbey. *It is fiction.
2nd, it was filmed at Highclere Castle in Hampshire.
3rd, Downton is a village in Wiltshire.

I'm not sure where you're getting your information.
It's most definitely 'Downtown Abbey'
Please don't comment unless you can be accurate.

Look it up. *Googling Downtown Abbey defaults to Downton Abbey.
Methinks 'you' shouldn't comment, unless the name was changed mid-
Atlantic. *It was Downton Abbey on BBC 1 and Dutch television.

Ah, well there's the proverbial rub. Obviously, you are ignorant
of the fact the name was changed to Downtown Abbey for BBC
America. Funny how we Americans spell things slightly different
in many ways from the Queen's English: fiber/fibre, color/colour,
Downtown/Downton, etc.

I think you are mistaken.

The BBC America website advertises the show in question as "Downton
Abbey" and not as you claim "Downtown Abbey".

And it is unlikely to have changed the name because of the way words
are spelt differently for one simple reason.

The suffix "ton" is not how we Brits spell "town", we spell "town" the
same way you do.

More to the point that suffix means "a farm or hamlet".

Check out place names in America that have their origin from place
names in the UK, and I am sure you will find place names ending in
"ton" just as they do over here.

I hope my input clears things up for you.

However, I am curious as to why you posted this thread in a newsgroup
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Washington. A small hamlet in NE of the USA. I hear they have
electricity so probably television too :-)