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Post by jobsta on Jan 10, 2012 13:48:05 GMT -5
I've been watching the 1st series again, and as we all know throughout the series Yvonne is doing a degree through Open University.
This got me thinking. In the episode where Gary and Yvonne are having marital problems in a later series (sorry, I can't remember the episode name) and being helped by a friend of Yvonne's there is talk of her first boyfriend at University.
So does Yvonne have two degrees? Did she leave University the first time? What do people think?
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Post by maximus on Jan 10, 2012 14:50:30 GMT -5
Well spotted! I'd imagine it is a mistake by the writers (it wouldn't be the only one). I think she was a secretary before completing the Open University course. I doubt she needed a degree for that. If we assume it is not a mistake, then, as you say, she might have left the course without completing it. I can't imagine why, though. She isn't the type to postpone her career for her relationship. I think another possibility is that she only did a basic one or two year course years before hand. ...i think we are covering up a writing mistake, though!  |
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Post by jobsta on Jan 11, 2012 2:34:06 GMT -5
Maximus, I think that you are probably right. I'm pretty sure that it was just a mistake. Maybe the first one was a collage/a level type scenario where as the OU degree was more substantial.
Despite the years I spent living there, I could never get my head around the British education system! Hehe
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Post by ibindere on Jan 11, 2012 10:35:26 GMT -5
well spotted jobsta :-)
i think we have a disconnect/error here!!
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Post by ryan1992 on Jan 12, 2012 10:19:24 GMT -5
I'm pretty sure the Boyfriend reference was during her time at College, not University.
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Post by jobsta on Jan 12, 2012 11:47:49 GMT -5
I'm pretty sure the Boyfriend reference was during her time at College, not University. That was another of my thought, but wasn't sure. Of course in most of the world College IS University. It's just the UK that is different. hehe  |
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Post by ryan1992 on Jan 12, 2012 14:36:21 GMT -5
I'm pretty sure the Boyfriend reference was during her time at College, not University. That was another of my thought, but wasn't sure. Of course in most of the world College IS University. It's just the UK that is different. hehe Very true |
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Post by jrichard88 on Jan 13, 2012 12:02:14 GMT -5
I'm pretty sure jobsta hit the nail on the head. Even though it's more than likely a continuity error, it can easily be compensated for with our own creative explanations |
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Post by brainwobbler on Jan 28, 2012 4:56:35 GMT -5
The thing about the character Yvonne is that she was very quick in the "street girl" sense but she never really struck me as the academic or intellectual type.....GULP....of course I wouldn't tell her that to her face ;D  |
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