Re: Yo Brits! British English lesson please.

On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:02:38 GMT, Weirdwolf <hoow@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>Mark Morrison <blank@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 02:15:30 GMT, "Conan Kelly"
>> <CTBarbarinNOSPAM@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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>>>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.
>> 
>
> You are very old.

True.