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Re: Any 'Beyond Our Ken' followers out there?

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kjnaughtonJun 17, 2012
 

 
Hi folks,

I just thought I'd chip in on the subject of the title of "Beyond Our Ken" in case anyone thought it was a bit odd.

"Ken" obviously refers to Kenneth Horne but it also has a double meaning. In many North-of-England and Scottish dialects (and possibly others) "ken" also means "know", "understand" or "knowledge" - as in the folk song "Do you ken John Peel"

So "Beyond Our Ken" can also mean "Beyond Our Understanding".

Cheers

kJ

--- In just-a-minute@..., Don Judge <don@...> wrote:
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> Pretty much the same thing under a different name, BOK was the predecessor to RTH (Round not Around).
> Pretty much same cast, similar/same characters.
>
> The main writer for BOK (Eric Merriman) decided to move on but the name was his so they continued without him but had to change the name to RTH.
>
> The main writer of RTH (Barry Took) was the other writer for the first 2 and a bit series of BOK, he left BOK after an argument during series 3.
>
> Both are marvellous classic BBC radio comedy, in my world obviously.

 
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