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The word gorilla wasn't coined until


1847 in modern society. They wouldn't be using that word in the early 19th century. Minor quibble to an otherwise fascinating show. However the way they depict how dirty major cities were at that time is fairly accurate. Can't wait for next week's duel.

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Was atom? The chemist used it in episode 4

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Were "*beep*" and "masturbate" used? I doubt it.

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That's my point, there are going to be anachronistic occurrences so that the story is more easily accessible, also, despite the word gorilla coming up on subtitles, I remember wondering if they meant guerilla as that made more sense, it was over a wk ago so I could be wrong.

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The context was as a primate because the magician usually used a chimp.

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The term 'okay' was definitely not coined.

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Yes the F bomb definitely existed by then, but they would have usually used a slang term for masturbation.

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..and a man full of tattoos would never have been let inside a society ball.

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