Tuesday 26 October 2010

Stephen Fry on language

An impassioned plea for more fun and less pedantry in language use, by the living national treasure Stephen Fry:



Something to bear in mind the next time you catch yourself tsk-ing over an apostrophe. Unless, of course, it's in one of your own translations...

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Thank you Stephen for promoting the enjoyment of words .. for the sheer 'sound-sex' of it. And for showing how we can outgrow pedantry ..