# The British Feud Is Coming! The British Feud Is Coming! by 42fish \[Game Over\]

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**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [April 17, 2010, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-british-feud-is-coming-the-british-feud-is-coming-by-42fish-game-over/536456 "2010-04-17T15:13:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2010, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-british-feud-is-coming-the-british-feud-is-coming-by-42fish-game-over/536456/61 "2010-04-21T12:26:44Z")

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**ColdPhoenix** is #46.

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2010, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-british-feud-is-coming-the-british-feud-is-coming-by-42fish-game-over/536456/62 "2010-04-21T12:29:22Z")

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> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#):
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> I believe she’s Prince Andrew and Fergie’s daughter.

Correct. Princess Beatrice is her sister.

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**Author:** ![SanVito](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sanvito/32/2805_2.png) [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2010, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-british-feud-is-coming-the-british-feud-is-coming-by-42fish-game-over/536456/63 "2010-04-21T12:49:04Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Correct. Princess Beatrice is her sister.

And Charles is her Uncle. And she’s sixth in line to the throne behind Charles, William Harry, her Dad Prince Andrew and her older sister Beatrice

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**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2010, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-british-feud-is-coming-the-british-feud-is-coming-by-42fish-game-over/536456/64 "2010-04-21T13:44:30Z")

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1. Sean Connery
2. Richard Burton
3. Robbie Williams
4. Who Wants to be a Millionaire
5. Australia
6. British Virgin Islands
7. Dick van Dyke
8. Apples and pears - stairs
9. Zara Phillips
10. Black pudding

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**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2010, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-british-feud-is-coming-the-british-feud-is-coming-by-42fish-game-over/536456/65 "2010-04-21T13:55:49Z")

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I can’t believe Ewan McGregor is going to be a singleton.

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**Author:** ![KennerTheGreat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a8b319/32.png) [@KennerTheGreat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KennerTheGreat)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2010, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-british-feud-is-coming-the-british-feud-is-coming-by-42fish-game-over/536456/66 "2010-04-21T14:44:51Z")

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> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#):
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> I can’t believe Ewan McGregor is going to be a singleton.

And looks like I struck out with Robbie Burns. I thought he was _the_ Scot.

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**Author:** ![ColdPhoenix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@ColdPhoenix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ColdPhoenix)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2010, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-british-feud-is-coming-the-british-feud-is-coming-by-42fish-game-over/536456/67 "2010-04-21T14:55:04Z")

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> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#):
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> I can’t believe Ewan McGregor is going to be a singleton.

I can’t believe I forgot about Dick van Dyke! :smack:

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**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2010, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-british-feud-is-coming-the-british-feud-is-coming-by-42fish-game-over/536456/68 "2010-04-21T15:03:04Z")

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Well, I have to live with the fact that I thought Sean Connery was WELSH. :smack:

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**Author:** ![SanVito](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sanvito/32/2805_2.png) [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2010, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-british-feud-is-coming-the-british-feud-is-coming-by-42fish-game-over/536456/69 "2010-04-21T16:23:30Z")

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> [@Ellen\_Cherry](#):
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> Well, I have to live with the fact that I thought Sean Connery was WELSH. :smack:

You’re kidding me, that man _sleeps_ in a kilt.

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**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2010, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-british-feud-is-coming-the-british-feud-is-coming-by-42fish-game-over/536456/70 "2010-04-21T16:35:23Z")

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> [@SanVito](#):
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> You’re kidding me, that man _sleeps_ in a kilt.

That’s more than I would have guessed he sleeps in. 😃

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**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2010, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-british-feud-is-coming-the-british-feud-is-coming-by-42fish-game-over/536456/71 "2010-04-21T16:42:49Z")

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> [@ColdPhoenix](#):
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> I can’t believe I forgot about Dick van Dyke! :smack:

Oh, Kostner’s was so so very much worse.

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**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2010, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-british-feud-is-coming-the-british-feud-is-coming-by-42fish-game-over/536456/72 "2010-04-21T17:25:45Z")

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> [@kenobi\_65](#):
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> That’s more than I would have guessed he sleeps in. 😃

\<rimshot\>

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**Author:** ![wedgehed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8edcca/32.png) [@wedgehed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wedgehed)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2010, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-british-feud-is-coming-the-british-feud-is-coming-by-42fish-game-over/536456/73 "2010-04-21T20:26:53Z")

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> [@anyrose](#):
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> Oh, Kostner’s was so so very much worse.

Let’s be fair. Did Costner even attempt an accent? I thought he used his usual voice.

I wasn’t counting on such long memories of Dick Van Dyke when I voted for Keanu Reeves.

🙂

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**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-british-feud-is-coming-the-british-feud-is-coming-by-42fish-game-over/536456/74 "2010-04-22T14:03:29Z")

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> [@wedgehed](#):
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> I wasn’t counting on such long memories of Dick Van Dyke when I voted for Keanu Reeves.

Well, it was well before my time, and I haven’t even seen the film in question, but I knew that his was THE stereotypical bad British accent :).

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-british-feud-is-coming-the-british-feud-is-coming-by-42fish-game-over/536456/75 "2010-04-22T16:08:41Z")

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> [@wedgehed](#):
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> Let’s be fair. Did Costner even attempt an accent? I thought he used his usual voice…

That’s the problem. In the same movie, sometimes he did, and sometimes he didn’t.

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**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-british-feud-is-coming-the-british-feud-is-coming-by-42fish-game-over/536456/76 "2010-04-22T16:51:59Z")

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And nobody knew which was which.

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**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-british-feud-is-coming-the-british-feud-is-coming-by-42fish-game-over/536456/77 "2010-04-22T20:25:40Z")

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Still at 47. Any more takers?

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**Author:** ![wedgehed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8edcca/32.png) [@wedgehed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wedgehed)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-british-feud-is-coming-the-british-feud-is-coming-by-42fish-game-over/536456/78 "2010-04-22T23:30:29Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> That’s the problem. In the same movie, sometimes he did, and sometimes he didn’t.

You’re just trying to trick me into watching it again, aren’t you?

😉

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**Author:** ![Cardinal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardinal/32/4000_2.png) [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-british-feud-is-coming-the-british-feud-is-coming-by-42fish-game-over/536456/79 "2010-04-23T01:10:26Z")

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1. Jackie Stewart
2. Tom Jones
3. Robbie Williams
4. Coupling
5. Australia
6. Falklands
7. Kevin Costner
8. Trouble and Strife - Wife
9. Zara Phillips
10. Blood sausage

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**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-british-feud-is-coming-the-british-feud-is-coming-by-42fish-game-over/536456/80 "2010-04-23T03:03:29Z")

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> [@wedgehed](#):
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> I wasn’t counting on such long memories of Dick Van Dyke when I voted for Keanu Reeves.

Don’t feel bad. I went with Tony Curtis – thinking of “Yondah is da castle of my fadda” – which he probably didn’t even say but everyone thinks he did.

I never saw Mary Poppins, darn it.

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