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Tuesday, 13 November 2007

Pinker on language

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Steven Pinker has given a great interview to Guardian Unlimited in which he talks about, among other things, language as a measure of human development and swearing syntaxes (again).

As interesting as the interview is, whenever I hear intellectual discussion about language I can't help but think of that old Fry and Laurie sketch. To listen to the whole interview click here (or download the target file and listen to it later).

Labels: guardian, language, profanity, Stephen Fry, Steven Pinker

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Saturday, 29 September 2007

Stephen Fry has a blog!

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Should I be embarrassed that I experienced a girlish rush of excitement when I found Stephen Fry's blog?

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Saturday, 28 July 2007

Smug is good.

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This clip was sent into us by Nigel in London.

Obviously we're big fans of Stephen Fry here at GrammarBlog and in this sketch I love the way Fry revels in the smugness of his character and the intellectual gibberish he comes up with. (I shouldn't end my sentence with a preposition, should I?)

I have to confess to never ~~before~~ having seen this sketch before. (That preposition rule is one up with which I shall not put.)

Thanks for bringing this to our attention, Nigel - keep them coming.

Labels: funny, smug, Stephen Fry, video

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Wednesday, 27 June 2007

Stephen Fry can't let a grammar error go uncorrected

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Stephen Fry corrects Alan Davies and explains why, as far as grammar is concerned, "one" is the same as "none".

We all know why Stephen picks on Alan so much; it's because of actual and genuine love.

Labels: grammar, QI, Stephen Fry, video

posted by Gez at 11:53 pm 12 Comments

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