# Mrs. Brown and the Mormons

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mrs-brown-and-the-mormons/577737
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [April 9, 2011, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mrs-brown-and-the-mormons/577737 "2011-04-09T00:33:13Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author: ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2011, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mrs-brown-and-the-mormons/577737/1 "2011-04-09T00:33:13Z")

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Just stumbled across this excerpt from an Irish comedy show. It is hilarious!

[![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2Kxba4xkL8)

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### Author: ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2011, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mrs-brown-and-the-mormons/577737/2 "2011-04-10T21:16:06Z")

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Is “feck” the way the Irish say “fuck” ? All the time?

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### Author: ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2011, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mrs-brown-and-the-mormons/577737/3 "2011-04-10T21:46:01Z")

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Feck is much closer to Heck than Fuck.

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### Author: ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2011, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mrs-brown-and-the-mormons/577737/4 "2011-04-10T23:17:28Z")

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Is the female character being played by a man?

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### Author: ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2011, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mrs-brown-and-the-mormons/577737/5 "2011-04-10T23:43:57Z")

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> [@astro](#):
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> Is the female character being played by a man?

Yes, Brendan O’Carroll.

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### Author: ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)
#### Post date: [April 11, 2011, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mrs-brown-and-the-mormons/577737/6 "2011-04-11T02:14:19Z")

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> [@vivalostwages](#):
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> Is “feck” the way the Irish say “fuck” ? All the time?

She says “fuckin’” enough in the series by itself.