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intertext ([personal profile] intertext) wrote2007-10-10 11:47 am

Language is...

Come courtesy of a student (bless 'im), here's this wonderful Fry and Laurie sketch about language. Stephen Fry nails the pretentious talking head...


[identity profile] marri.livejournal.com 2007-10-10 07:16 pm (UTC)(link)
The first downy growth on the upper lip of a Mediterranean had me in stitches.

[identity profile] intertext.livejournal.com 2007-10-10 07:33 pm (UTC)(link)
especially as it's the first downy growth on the upper lip of a Mediterranean woman!

Freaking brilliant

[identity profile] wordweaverlynn.livejournal.com 2007-10-10 07:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Lemon-scented complimentary moistened towelette. Yes, that's always what I have felt language to be.

Do Americans have any comedians who are so effortlessly academic? Plenty are smart -- that's different. Erudition isn't played for laughs in the same way here, I think.

[identity profile] inaniac.livejournal.com 2007-10-11 12:51 pm (UTC)(link)
We use this in our lectures on language.

I cack meself every time!

[identity profile] lidocafe.livejournal.com 2007-10-12 03:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Finally got around to this. What fun! It reminds me that Stephen Fry is always bang on and why YouTube is still one of my favorite Internet resources.