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Fry's English Delight: Series Two
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Running Time
1 Hr. 52 Min.
Description
The second series of Stephen Fry's witty and incisive programs looking at the oddities of the English language. The three 30-minute episodes include: "So Wrong It's Right"--Fry examines how "wrong" English can become right English. With help from a lexicographer, an educationalist, a "Times" Sub Editor, and a judge, Fry examines the way usage changes language."Speaking Proper"--Fry looks at the changes in what we used to call "elocution.""Hello"--Fry offers a "sweetie" in the form of an investigation into the planet's most universally understood word.
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