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'. Quotation The uses and misuses of quotations are revealed, and there is also a frank confession from a quotation compiler, which we cannot divulge here. Cliché Featuring sick parrots and the cliché crisis that affected the writing of Flaubert, Joyce and Eliot, and helped shape modern language and culture.
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- Stephen Fry - Author
- Stephen Fry - Narrator
- ©BBC Audiobooks Ltd 2009 - Copyright holder
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- ISBN: 9781408409015
- File size: 49770 KB
- Release date: June 10, 2009
- Duration: 01:43:41
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- ISBN: 9781408409015
- File size: 49854 KB
- Release date: June 10, 2009
- Duration: 01:43:40
- Number of parts: 2

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