Another Flip for Dominick

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Re: Another Flip for Dominick

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AllanO wrote: Mon Sep 21, 2020 1:53 am
I know a great many British People and they overwhelming say "Happy Christmas" unless singing "We wish you a Merry Christmas" (which did originate in England) or otherwise employing the whole phrase "Wish you a merry Christmas and a happy New Year" whereas North American use Merry Christmas solo and never say "Happy Christmas". However looking it is claimed that British people do use "merry Christmas" on its own at least some of the time (hard to say) and certainly did in the past (for example in Dickens's A Christmas Carol everyone is Merry Christmasing on its own.
https://www.grammarphobia.com/blog/2018/01/merry-happy-christmas.html
Being a British person I can't really say that I've noticed one way or the other; certainly it doesn't seem strange to hear people say "Merry Christmas" any more than "Happy Christmas." There's possibly a slight context dependency, with "Merry" being a bit more likely if you're waving at someone on the other side of the street and "Happy" if it's more up close and personal, but I'm not sure if I'm making that or not.

If it is something creeping in to the language that I've not noticed then I feel a bit ashamed at that, considering how irritated I get when people say, for example "train station" instead of "railway station" (something that was unheard of just a few years ago).
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Re: Another Flip for Dominick

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So given how Dominick chose the wrong way to break the news to his wife of the affair, and the narrative seems to have taken the approach that she is a judgemental shrew, anyone want to take a crack at rewriting that scene?
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Re: Another Flip for Dominick

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clearspira wrote: Wed Sep 23, 2020 6:25 am So given how Dominick chose the wrong way to break the news to his wife of the affair, and the narrative seems to have taken the approach that she is a judgemental shrew, anyone want to take a crack at rewriting that scene?
Best to end the movie on his wife leaving with the baby. It's not a happy ending but its a strong one.
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