Re: Yo Brits! British English lesson please.

On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 02:15:30 GMT, "Conan Kelly"
<CTBarbarinNOSPAM@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>Hello all,
>
>Watching Dr Who the other night, the Doctor said something like "you've
been 
>watching too much TV".
>
>I thought you all said "telly" only.  Do you use "TV" also?
>
>I guess this is a stupid question.  It was a line in a British show.  I 
>can't imagine that they would throw something in like that for us US
English 
>speakers.
>
>I don't watch alot of British TV/movies/etc, so I don't have much to
compare 
>to.
>
>Do you guys use the 2 words interchangeably, or do you them in certain 
>situations?  Would the following 2 sentences make sense:
>
>"you've been watching too much TV"
>"you've been watching too much telly"
>
>Thanks for any help anyone can provide,
>
>Conan Kelly 

Telly was generally kid's slang - I don't hear it that often anymore
from some reason.