in the Sherlock Holmes stories, some stuff happens that isn't skinnier. (skinny?)

From	HenHanna@NewsGrouper <user4055@newsgrouper.org.invalid>
Newsgroups	rec.puzzles, sci.lang, alt.usage.english
Subject	in the Sherlock Holmes stories, some stuff happens that isn't skinnier. (skinny?)
Date	2026-05-23 09:10 +0000
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(I like this one!)   Becoming Doyle - The Evolution of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle #arthurconandoyle #sherlockholmes - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8BARPMHW1-M



Philomena Cunk on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle #cunk #history #funny #funnyshorts #philosophicalthinking - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/5lO4dNvvOic

       ----------  She even got ACD's  name  wrong!  (Maybe on purpose?)


        (Is she saying   "skinny"    at the end?)   (not Skidding) ?


            Is this a real person or AI ?



    >>>  In that clip from Cunk on Earth, actress Diane Morgan (playing her brilliant, clueless character Philomena Cunk) is actually using the British slang adjective "skinnier" (referring to the plot or substance), but the auto-generated captions misheard her thick Northern accent and transcribed it as the nonsense phrase "skidding" 


The Accent: Diane Morgan speaks with a heavy Bolton (Greater Manchester) accent. Northern English accents tend to clip vowels and soften "n" sounds, which frequently breaks basic AI subtitle bots.

-------------actually using the British slang adjective "skinnier" (referring to the plot or substance), but the auto-generated captions misheard her thick Northern accent and transcribed it as the nonsense phrase "skidding" (0:17).The Real Quote Explained

What Philomena Cunk actually says at the end of that sentence is:  --------  "Although in the Sherlock Holmes stories, some stuff happens that isn't skinnier." (0:17)

When she says "isn't skinnier" here, she is intentionally twisting British slang. She is mocking the Fast and the Furious movie franchise by saying that unlike those thin, mindless action movies, the Sherlock Holmes sequels actually have deeper, meatier plots that aren't "skinny" on details (0:09).

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 in the Sherlock Holmes stories, some stuff happens that isn't skinnier. (skinny?) HenHanna@NewsGrouper <user4055@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-05-23 09:10 +0000
  Re: in the Sherlock Holmes stories, some stuff happens that isn't skinnier. (skinny?) David Entwistle <qnivq.ragjvfgyr@ogvagrearg.pbz> - 2026-05-23 18:02 +0000
    Re: in the Sherlock Holmes stories, some stuff happens that isn't skinnier. (skinny?) David Entwistle <qnivq.ragjvfgyr@ogvagrearg.pbz> - 2026-05-23 18:03 +0000
    Re: in the Sherlock Holmes stories, some stuff happens that isn't skinnier. (skinny?) David Entwistle <qnivq.ragjvfgyr@ogvagrearg.pbz> - 2026-05-23 18:25 +0000
    Re: in the Sherlock Holmes stories, some stuff happens that isn't skinnier. (skinny?) HenHanna@NewsGrouper <user4055@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-05-24 00:27 +0000
    Re: in the Sherlock Holmes stories, some stuff happens that isn't skinnier. (skinny?) Phil Carmody <pc+usenet@asdf.org> - 2026-06-05 11:31 +0300
      Re: in the Sherlock Holmes stories, some stuff happens that isn't skinnier. (skinny?) David Entwistle <qnivq.ragjvfgyr@ogvagrearg.pbz> - 2026-06-05 18:16 +0000
    Re: in the Sherlock Holmes stories, some stuff happens that isn't skinnier. (skinny?) Phil Carmody <pc+usenet@asdf.org> - 2026-06-05 11:36 +0300
      Re: in the Sherlock Holmes stories, some stuff happens that isn't skinnier. (skinny?) David Entwistle <qnivq.ragjvfgyr@ogvagrearg.pbz> - 2026-06-05 09:04 +0000
  Re: in the Sherlock Holmes stories, some stuff happens that isn't skinnier. (skinny?) Mike Terry <news.dead.person.stones@darjeeling.plus.com> - 2026-05-23 21:24 +0100
    Re: in the Sherlock Holmes stories, some stuff happens that isn't skinnier. (skinny?) HenHanna@NewsGrouper <user4055@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-05-24 20:01 +0000
  Re: in the Sherlock Holmes stories, some stuff happens that isn't skinnier. (skinny?) Mike Terry <news.dead.person.stones@darjeeling.plus.com> - 2026-05-23 21:04 +0100
  Re: in the Sherlock Holmes stories, some stuff happens that isn't skinnier. (skinny?) Mike Terry <news.dead.person.stones@darjeeling.plus.com> - 2026-05-23 21:12 +0100

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