Fountain Pens In Movies And Tv

[ParramattaPaul]

51 minutes ago, taimdala said:

 

 

I mutter Russian swears to myself often enough that I haven't yet forgotten them. 😉

 

I wouldn't mind picking up a few in Catonese and German. Just trying to cover my bases! 

 

 

I've been told that 'Du ganz!' Is not a compliment in German.  I could be wrong.

[Tashi_Tsering]

On 10/25/2025 at 8:05 AM, taimdala said:

 

It's funny what Russian does regarding spelling vs. pronunciation.

 

Its (transliterated) spelling: spacibo

But it's not pronounced "spah-see-bo".

It's pronounced "spah-see-bah".

 

Words spelled with the "o" at the end are sometimes pronounced as if the "o" is an "ah".

 

Not sure why. 

 

Some of their consonants change their sounds depending on their position in the word and the letter preceding them or after them.

 

For instance, their f and g sounds swap one for the other and I can't keep straight which does the switch and when.

 

 

Pronunciation varies by region: in Moscow, an unstressed "o" is almost always pronounced as an "ah" even drawn out. In eastern regions, the "oh" sound is pronounced more clearly. For example, in Moscow "корова" (cow, the first “o” is unstressed) is pronounced as "kah-roh-vah", in Vologda as "koh-roh-vah". 
 

There's even a name for it — "akat'" (акать) and "okat'" (окать) — meaning pronounce “o” with an "a" and an "o". 
 

Nowadays, thanks to the media, the difference in pronunciation is not so noticeable and most people speak closer to the Moscow pronunciation, but the difference still remains.

[taimdala]

7 minutes ago, Tashi_Tsering said:

Pronunciation varies by region: in Moscow, an unstressed "o" is almost always pronounced as an "ah" even drawn out. In eastern regions, the "oh" sound is pronounced more clearly. For example, in Moscow "корова" (cow, the first “o” is unstressed) is pronounced as "kah-roh-vah", in Vologda as "koh-roh-vah". 
 

There's even a name for it — "akat'" (акать) and "okat'" (окать) — meaning pronounce “o” with an "a" and an "o"

 OH THAT'S SO COOL!!!

[Armo]

I just switched on the TV in time to see Alistair Sims try to steal Ian Carmichael's pen (School for Scoundrels - 1960). A Parker 51 no less.

[inkstainedruth]

Well, that would be a pen ANYONE would want to steal! 

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[boilermaker1975]

Early in the second episode of The Gold, the character Edwin Cooper hands the character Gordon Perry a fountain pen to sign a document but I could not tell what the pen was.

[boilermaker1975]

In Murder Before Evensong season 1 episode 5, Daniel is writing his sermon with a fountain pen that runs out of ink, and he opens it to refill it from a bottle. Daniel has been getting threatening notes, and he notices the new one is blue and the old one is black. He realizes the note writer must be using Registrar ink, which  is Diamine? I do not know what fountain pen he is using, but it has a red barrel and he says it was his father’s.

[Armo]

I first thought it may have been a Sheaffer Imperial II but have changed my mind. It does look annoyingly familiar however.

[boilermaker1975]

7 hours ago, Armo said:

I first thought it may have been a Sheaffer Imperial II but have changed my mind. It does look annoyingly familiar however.

 

Here are some photos of it

[Mr.Rene]

1 minute ago, boilermaker1975 said:

 

Here are some photos of it

Greetings!

It is clearly a Parker Jotter ..

Regards.

[boilermaker1975]

1 hour ago, Mr.Rene said:

Greetings!

It is clearly a Parker Jotter ..

Regards.

 

@Mr.Rene Thanks!