Friday, November 13, 2009

British Stereotypes: Hyancinth Bucket

Hyacinth Bucket is a female character in a humorous British television programme called Keeping Up Appearances. She always keeps her house very clean and tidy, and is a typical example of an English snob (= someone who thinks social class is very important and is eager to be accepted by people of a higher social class). She pronounces her name to sound like "bouquet" (= an arrangement of flowers) instead of like "bucket".

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