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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsJohn Oliver just taught me that it is "Downton Abbey" not "DowntoWn Abbey"
I have been operating under a severe misconception, apparently. Admittedly, this is not as bad as golden fleets versus golden fleece in "Jason and the Argonauts".
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John Oliver just taught me that it is "Downton Abbey" not "DowntoWn Abbey" (Original Post)
Godhumor
Feb 2015
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Tommy_Carcetti
(43,182 posts)1. WTF is a Downton? nt
mainer
(12,022 posts)2. Half the time it ends up written as "DowntoWn" because of stupid autocorrect.
Everyone who watches the show knows very well it's DOWNTON, yet our posts about the topic get changed by auto-correct.
NV Whino
(20,886 posts)3. It was weeks before I realized it wasn't DowntoWn Abby.
I think I finally heard someone pronounce, and then I took a closer look. Oops.
aikoaiko
(34,170 posts)4. I thought it was Jason and the Astronauts
blogslut
(38,001 posts)5. Downtown Abbey
Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)6. Here is Lord Grantham demonstrating this concept: