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Fry's English delight : The joy of gibberish

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  • Running Time: 28:00 hrs
    Narrator: Stephen Fry
    Publisher:
    AudioGO Ltd, 2016
    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: 28:00 hrs
    Narrator: Stephen Fry
    Publisher:
    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
    Date:
    Created
    2016
    Summary:

    Stephen Fry investigates the phenomenon of gibberish - what it is, why we write and speak and sing it, and why we enjoy it so much. Words like awaopbopbaloobop awop bam bam and Bill and Ben's contemporary sounding catchphrase: blogalog. Stephen sets out to unravel some of these threads in the company of Stanley Unwin, George Melly, Gryff Rhys-Jones, Eric and Ernie, Max Bygraves, The Goons, Bill and Ben The Flowerpot Men, and Frank Sinatra, along with experts in language development, in the first ever Radio 4 programme intentionally devoted to the totally unintelligible.

    Genre:
    Humour, Literary arts
    Subject(s): English Language | Usage
    Original Publisher: [London], AudioGO Ltd
    Language(s): English
    ISBN: 9781408481400, 1408481405