Downton Abbey
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Awww...Rain...I thought I really liked the show, but after reading your post and how it helped you, I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE it! Yay!
Octogirl
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Last episode was way too much for me, they could have expanded to ten hours. Hard to follow, hard to keep up, or maybe it was the RO pain. Good but I was disappointed, unable to savor before they moved on to something someone else
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I did have one question: who caught the bouquet? My vision is bad and I was watching on my smaller TV...I could see it was someone young and cute in a hat, and that Tom was talking with her...was it Edith's editor? Is it possible there really could be a romance there?
Octogirl
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I couldn't see who it was either. Maybe that was the point? There's an unknownwoman in Tom's future?
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Yes, I believe it was Edith's editor, but the scene was ver, very brief and there was no close up.the ending was a little too pat and tidy, but I am glad everyone was happy. I loved how proud Mr. Bates was to be a father.
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Yes, the bouquet was caught by Laura Edmunds, who is Edith's woman editor. There was a brief moment at the beginning of the wedding where Tom and she were chatting; I could just tell it was really flirting. So when the bouquet was tossed, I knew it had to go to her as a way for viewers to surmise that the seeds of a new new love interest for Tom probably leads to marriage. It made sense that the editor was invited to the wedding of her boss. She's the one who Edith conspired with to say the word "bananas" if they thought the person who showed up at the magazine office claiming to be the advice colum writer was authentic.
It's too bad the season was rushed, because it would have been fun for that relationship to unfold.
As an afterthought, I wonder why Edith picked Marigld for her daughter's name when it sounded so much like Mary and she had mostly a contenuous relationship with her
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Is Marigold a wild flower? A flower that doesn't quite fit the bouquet. I have always loved Marigolds, my favorite. Winston Churchill had a daughter named Marigold.
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Another PBS mini series that started last year was 'Home Fires'. It was very good too. I think you can view Season 1 episodes on the PBS site here.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/programs/home-...
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Interesting point about Marigold's name, DivineMrsM. I'd never thought about that before.
With a few days to think about it, I'm a little surprised to find it's Barrow's story that is sticking with me the most. Maybe because he fell the farthest and seemed the least likely to have a happy ending. And in fact he has a new beginning. I found that very moving.
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Flower names were very popular during the Victorian and early Edwardian eras. Hence Violet (dowager countess) and Daisy (kitchen maid). However, the word origin does come from the Middle English for Mary (sorry, nerdy linguistic, word origin loving teacher here).
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Even today a more popular girl's name is Lily.....with so many flowers to choose from, if that was the intent, I just wondered how Edith decided on that one.
A bit o trivia, since we're on the subject: My mother's name was Rose, and she intentionally named me after a flower as I was born in the month of May, as in April showers bring May flowers.....I am Camille, derivative of camellia. -
Of course, you got me thinking. I just went on the Social Security website (ssa.gov), searched baby names, and then popularity of names by year. Marigold was not a top 1,000 name in any year after 1900. Of course, this is not England, but one would think there would be rather similar name choices between the two countries. Lily, by the way, was number 27 in popularity for girls' names in the last couple of years.
I'm also confused by the name choice. A marigold has a stiff stem, raggedy leaves, rather ostentatious coloring, and a strong odor. Seems quite unlikely..
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Here's my thought on the naming issue. Edith simply liked the name! Check out this web page:
http://www.britishbabynames.com/blog/2013/08/victo...
No Marigold's, but a few Snowdrops
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Exbrnxgrl, I'm with you! Edith liked the name and decided to please herself. And marigolds are not glamorous flowers; they're sturdy, tenacious, and colorful.
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I clicked on the name search on the website you provided, Exbrnxgirl. Marigold means, "grief." Quite suitable, considering.
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Yes, you are correct! The Victorians were really into the meaning of flower names, sometimes called the language of flowers. This differed from word origin, etymology, in which the Mari in marigold does mean Mary.
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Love the link, Caryn.
Yes, a name that means grief yet one visualizes a pretty little flower, appropriate. Still, soundsvery much like the name Mary.
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Camillas are so beautiful. I need to take my scizzors on a walk with me, I know where they stay
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http://www.shoppbs.org/product/index.jsp?productId...
takes it down to $91 and free shipping if you order it today. i'm going to!
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Apparently, my telling you about a sale on the box set isn't allowed.
Anyhow, if you go to the PBS merch website, they have an excellent deal on the box set for Downton right now.
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