Fry's English Delight - The Complete Series 2 [electronic resource]

Fry, Stephen2014

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As heard on Radio 4 during in August 2009:1. So Wrong It's Right - Stephen Fry examines how 'wrong' English can become right English, such as more people use the word 'wireless' in a computer context than in a radio one. With help from a lexicographer, an educationalist a Times Sub Editor and a judge, Fry examines the way usage changes language.2. Speaking Proper - Stephen Fry looks at the changes in what we used to call 'elocution'.3. Hello - Stephen Fry offers a 'sweetie' in the form of an investigation into the planet's most universally understood word.4. The Joy of Gibberish - Stephen Fry investigates the phenomenon of gibberish - what it is, why we write and speak and sing it, and why we enjoy it so much. Words like awaopbopbaloobop awop bam bam and Bill and Ben's contemporary sounding catchphrase: blogalog.