What IS the name of Chez Duckboard?

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I know it’s generally assumed to be Les soeurs heureuses, but this is radio, after all, so no one’s seen it written down. Then there’s Ambridge’s scattergun approach to pronunciation - they can’t even manage to be consistent in English, never mind furrin. So…

Les heures heureuses - never mind the food, just get pissed on the cheap
Lezzers’R’Us - (aka ‘“Les Soeurs” yer arse!’) would finally put an end to a demand from certain quarters that has been repeated ad nauseam since the days of the original BBC boards.

Any more?

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In a tribute to Nancy Mitford’s ‘Uncle Matthew’: Les SewersRUs

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I hate to be a killjoy, but it actually was named in the BBC synopsis of 6th August: Les Soeurs Heureuses.

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Snap, Janie

I will settle for Lesser Horrors

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And I will take both Les SewersRUs and Lesser Horrors and add them to the nicknames list, unless you would prefer me not to.

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Maze bee an’ sure, share pussen

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But do we give credence to secondary sources? After all “if it didn’t happen on air…” and all that. Darrell’s diagnosis being a case in point.

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Charmed, I’m sure!

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