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Fry's English Delight: Series Two

Publisher AudioGO Ltd.
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PublisherAudioGO Ltd.
ISBN / ASIN1408427435
ISBN-139781408427439
Sales Rank2,385,348
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸

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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.