CaracalVI (October 5, 2008 at 9:04 pm)

I totally agree! If you listen to what he's saying, much of it does have a point. Does language serve a higher purpose than communication? (BTW, he said *panzer*, not pansa.)

helen4music (October 2, 2008 at 6:56 pm)

LMAO stephan's brilliant :) they both are xo

courtneyrao (September 27, 2008 at 11:49 am)

It's our indigenous (Native American) roots. An admiration of orators is something you'll find among all Native cultures, and that rubbed off on the Euroamericans. We value a speaker for their ability to speak.

hermionehollyrosepj (September 23, 2008 at 9:22 pm)

beautiful how fry does not at all take his utter brilliance linguistically seriously! And hilarious how it has an absurd point! And Hugh's face! Absurd hair Stephen and poor Marjory! I could just quote every second of this and laugh at it all! and what the dickens is a pansa! xxx

stephenhoward35 (September 17, 2008 at 2:54 pm)

you tit

Monkeyzor (September 16, 2008 at 8:58 pm)

It's House in a former life :)

loadmalz1 (September 11, 2008 at 10:20 am)

I love Hugh and Fry :)

Jerwold (September 10, 2008 at 5:56 pm)

Are Americans more susceptible, susceptible, to demagogery? When I watch Obama I recognise his ability as a speaker, but there's no way an Australian audience would respond that way to a politician.

ZdPhoenix (September 9, 2008 at 4:58 pm)

It's possible because English is possibly the fastest evolving language that there is. It began as a combination of languages and has ever since progressed and changed, exacerbated by the fact that it's spoken by people that are spread out across the world. Even within England itself the language can be very different from north to south.

mercurius0 (September 9, 2008 at 2:06 pm)

I think its more like "What a beautiful thing: the English language."