Title:
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FRY'S ENGLISH DELIGHT BOXSET
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By: |
Stephen Fry, Stephen Fry |
Format: |
CD-Audio |
List price:
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£50.00 |
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ISBN 10: |
1471304388 |
ISBN 13: |
9781471304385 |
Publisher: |
AUDIOGO LIMITED |
Pub. date: |
4 October, 2012 |
Description: |
Stephen Fry explores the highways and byways of the English language in these four series, as heard on BBC Radio 4 |
Synopsis: |
Stephen Fry explores the highways and byways of the English language in these four series, as heard on BBC Radio 4 'It's all great fun' The Guardian 'Stephen Fry's...series on the English language is as stimulating as ever' The Observer SERIES 1 Current Puns - who, or what, is the Thief of Bad Gags? Metaphor - why is the English language full of maritime metaphors? Quotation - where the uses and misuses of quotations are revealed. Cliche - featuring sick parrots and a cliche crisis. SERIES 2 So Wrong It's Right - how 'wrong' English can become right English. Speaking Proper - Stephen investigates what counts as 'speaking proper'. Hello - how it came to be one of the world's favourite words. The Joy of Gibberish - and why we enjoy it so much. SERIES 3 The Trial of Qwerty - who was Mr Qwerty? He Said, She Said - do men and women really say what they mean? Accentuate the Negative - we discover that 'no' can mean 'yes'. Future Conditional - Stephen looks to the future with some predictions. SERIES 4 The Mouth - Stephen takes you inside 'this hole we call cake'. Brevity - a celebration of the miniature in English. Persuasion - is persuasive language capable of seduction?Class - are we still 'bovvered' by the issue of class? Contains 16 episodes |
Publication: |
UK |
Imprint: |
BBC Audiobooks Ltd |
Returns: |
Returnable |