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[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=8516#8516]Here[/url] jdaw1 wrote:The wife I went to that which the locals call a movie theatre, to see Atonement, an excellent film based on the eponymous†  book by Ian McEwan. Very good, closely following the author’s words, and well worth seeing.

The film reminded me that a particular and excellent phrase should be re-introduced to English. In the film one man asks something like “would you a drink old chap?†, to which the reply is “Rather!†, pronounced rah-ther. This use of “Rather!†, as an exclamation, presumably being a contraction of “I rather would†, is marvellously entertaining.

But for it to become accepted English again, it needs to be widely used. Are you willing to help by so using it?

There is only one answer possible...

RATH-THAH!

I use it all the time anyway.

I always thought it was a rath-thah good word to use in everyday conversation.

AHB wrote:rath-thah

I assumed the first time was a typo. It’s pronounced rah-ther. The first syllable is definitely not “rath†.

Yes, whatever. I think Raaa-Therrr is excellent, and I will try to get up to speed on it forthwith.

Ghandih wrote:Raaa-Therrr

Perfect pronunciation. The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain.

You may well hoot with mirth, but when an Englishman's emotional range stopped at 'Rah..ther", we rather ran the show.

Since our emotional range broadened, we have gone down the pan.

Overtired and emotional wrote:Since our emotional range broadened, we have gone down the pan.

The film is set in the 1930s, by when our former dominance was looking really quite flaky. Nonetheless, a marvellous sentiment (even if light on factual accuracy).

Overtired and emotional wrote:You may well hoot with mirth, but when an Englishman's emotional range stopped at 'Rah..ther", we rather ran the show.

Since our emotional range broadened, we have gone down the pan.

Chip butty and going down the pan . . .
As my Dad would say : " You guys slay me !! "