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Fry's English delight

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  • Running Time: 01:44 hrs
    Narrator: Stephen Fry
    Publisher:
    BBC Audiobooks LTD, 2009
    Note: This book was purchased with support from the Government of Canada's Social Development Partnerships Program - Disability Component.
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    Running Time: 01:44 hrs
    Narrator: Stephen Fry
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    BC Libraries Cooperative, 2024
    Note: This book was produced with support from the Government of Canada's Social Development Partnerships Program - Disability Component.

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  • Author: Fry, Stephen
    Contributor: Fry, Stephen
    Date:
    Created
    2009
    Summary:

    Stephen Fry hosts four programmes on the joys of the English language - as heard on BBC Radio 4. Current Puns Why does our language groan with the weight of puns? What exactly is a pun? And who, or what, is the Thief of Bad Gags? Metaphor The English language is chock-full of maritime metaphors: cock up, taken aback, chip on your shoulder and show a leg. And, with the help of a Greek removals firm, we also find the origin of the word 'metaphor'.

    Genre:
    Humour, Literary arts
    Subject(s): English Language
    Original Publisher: Bath, BBC Audiobooks LTD
    Language(s): English
    ISBN: 9781408409015, 1408409011