Stephen Fry Jonathan Ross Language

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1. Ass-gravy….this is acceptable. It shall become my new favorite word.

2. 3:45 over and over

3. Language evolves faster than humans. Will it take over the human race?

4. nit-pickery is not guardianship. soooo many people miss that

5. How does Ross get a talk show with that speech impediment?

6. If my english teacher's would of been a bit like Fry from the get go id of been the next orwell! this guy is amazing

7. Stephen fry is right.
   The whole book thing was sweet, remember guys he was 12 years old…

   I love this man.

8. By disallowing a word, you restrict people's ability to express themselves. I get very hot under the collar about this in Slovakia where I live, and where the use of language is freakishly enforced and Grammar Nazis call themselves "language scientists" (jazykovedec) and they have their own institutions. Think about the difference between "why" and "what for". Spoken Slovak makes the distinction, but the "what for" version is not "correct". I use it anyway though, because I get very frustrated when I'm forced to say "why" instead of "what for"… It feels like something's been bottled up inside my head – It's rather strange…

9. "Arse gravy".

10. Stephen Fry knows where South Central is!

11. If all the Grammar 'nazis' in the world watched this, the world would be a better place.

12. Ironically, those who denounce the use of 'improper language', shall we say, are demonstrating their own lack of understanding as to how language has evolved ubiquitously. It's as if they are isolating themselves from the rest of the world; in fact, not just the rest of the world, but their neighbours who might live as little as 7 miles from their homes.

13. "Ass-gravy". 

14. Grammar nazis.

    Stephen Fry uses words in the same way an artist uses paint on a canvas. The creativity is what counts. The art is what counts. The expression is what counts. Trying to glean a true and deep emotional, philosophical and spiritual understanding of love, life and living, through the medium of language, is what counts!

    Who cares about what the modern, and seemingly bitter, grammar nazi thinks, compensating for their own creative inadequacies with their anal, small minded, empty critique of the written word, concerned only with the rules and not the content?

    I will use as many words ending with 'ly' as I like (as J K Rowling once did) and say 'fu** off' to those who take the time to reprimand me on it. These people are the equivalent of the fashion police who, no doubt, would disapprove of Gandhi's choice of footwear.

15. All I can hear is Barry Hatch and Reaver.. XD
    (Fable3)

16. "embwaiise"

17. stephen fry the tortured soul

18. Tbh French is also a mongrel too (in spite of the French Academy – which imho should be closed down anyways).

19. I will mark this down as "apply daily."

20. this is one of many reasons I love Stephen Fry.

21. I tried to explain this to a few "language enthusiasts" on Youtube, but it was too much bother. Now I can just send them this video and save myself a lot of trouble!

22. PSPs are WAY book.

23. embwace

24. 0:05 Couldn't stop picturing Hedonismbot.

25. Creative use of language is great and I think it enriches language but you need to know the rules before you can properly break them. I take issue with language being changed and taken over by illiterate turds which seems to be the case because illiterate turds now have the internet. I will not follow the example illiterates just to "fit in" (and I wouldn't want to fit in with 21st century society anyway) Gra Piken claiming that the English language is being changed by incredibly creative masters of language is just incorrect. It's being changed by people who just can't speak proper English and have no alternative to speaking their strange higgledy piggledy amalgam of words because they are idiots.

26. Down with prescriptivism.

27. Is there a more intelligently wonderful man?

28. That was a very hackneyed dig at the French that is below Fry's dignity. The French only ever surrendered once and that was in 1940. The British would have surrendered in five minutes if the Germans had managed to cross the channel. Also, France fell because of a few traitors in the establishment; the ordinary soldiers were more than prepared to fight on.

29. To meld….akin to the Dutch melden which indeed means to make known or to announce.

30. Oh Gawd, not the bore Fry who thinks he has ultimate knowledge of language… 'cos he's posh, we all have to be subservient to his obviously far superior knowlege. TWAT. (at least he aint a prescriptive grammarian, it's just that he claims superiority-'cos he's posh, speaks RP.). Why on earth is he hailed as a "Genius" etc???? !!!!

31. Jonathon looks like he’s thinking too hard

32. text speak is a bit more practical to be fair: the main reason it was invented was to make words quicker to type out on a 12 button keypad…and then everyone got too used to it and now we still seem to use it despite the fact that the majority of people own a phone with a built in QWERTY keyboard.

    As for the whole "book" think, I would've been about 12 years old when this episode aired and I don't remember ever hearing anyone using T9 suggestions as slang which either meant it was a regional thing or I just didn't pay much attention to it.

33. Media Molecule chose the right person

34. Actually, I think Jonathan Ross deserves applause. He had to play the role of the bad cop, and he knew it, and he played it grandiosely. A goddamn professional.

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