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Discovery Records
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| A second BBC Radio 4 series of Stephen Fry's witty and incisive programmes looking at the oddities of the English language. Includes three 30-minute Radio 4 programmes presented by Stephen Fry indulging his delight in the English language. 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. Speaking Proper - Stephen Fry looks at the changes in what we used to call 'elocution'. Hello - Stephen Fry offers a 'sweetie' in the form of an investigation into the planet's most universally understood word. As heard on Radio 4 during in August 2009. '...entertaining and surprisingly intelligent' The Observer |
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