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Originally posted by Amor de Cosmos View PostMiss Moneypenny — I think.
Jennings (as in schooldays)
Jeeves (as in Wooster and...)
In fact senior servants in most British TV shows and films were only ever known by their surnames. And junior ones only by their given names.
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Originally posted by Amor de Cosmos View PostMiss Moneypenny — I think.
Jennings (as in schooldays)
Jeeves (as in Wooster and...)
In fact senior servants in most British TV shows and films were only ever known by their surnames. And junior ones only by their given names.
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Originally posted by Discordant Resonance View Post
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Originally posted by Amor de Cosmos View PostJennings (as in schooldays)
Or was that his pal Darbishire?
Edit: on further non-Google thought: JCT Jennings rings a bell, so maybe James Christopher Timothy?
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Originally posted by 3 Colours Red View Post
Mr Swainey in One Foot In The Grave is almost never referred to as Nick.
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Originally posted by Walter Knight View Post
Victor Meldrew and Jean Warboys never call one another by their first names either
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Originally posted by Amor de Cosmos View PostMiss Moneypenny — I think.
Jennings (as in schooldays)
Jeeves (as in Wooster and...)
In fact senior servants in most British TV shows and films were only ever known by their surnames. And junior ones only by their given names.
Junior staff are almost never know by their given names
A given name is assigned to them by the head or mistress of the household
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Originally posted by Guy Profumo View Post
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Junior staff are almost never know by their given names
A given name is assigned to them by the head or mistress of the household
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Originally posted by Walter Knight View PostLovejoy (not the Soccer AM one). I don't know if the 'loveable rogue' was ever called by his first name in the source books, but he wasn't in the series, as far as I remember.
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