MrsHobieJoe wrote: 

Absolutely - he's always on my list of people I would love to have dinner with!

 MrsHobieJoe wrote: 

Loved their portrayal of Jeeves & Wooster. But then rented a DVD of short comedy bits that came up WAY short. Sigh.......

 dionysius wrote: 

both he and Hugh Laurie have had stratospheric careers- often when a double act goes its separate ways only one is a success

I know what you mean mary- he'd be a nice chap to have living next door

 MrsHobieJoe wrote: 

And one of my longest standing crushes, his playing for the other team notwithstanding.

 MrsHobieJoe wrote: 

An international treasure, now.

 dionysius wrote: 

he's a national treasure!

 MrsHobieJoe wrote: 

We're there.

Stephen Fry is doing a series on BBC radio called "Fry's English Delight".  You may be able to listen again but I know that sometimes stuff isn't available overseas.

 fidget wrote: 

LOL... must say, I did think of that possibility, the Chief of Police being a bit of an androgynous woman...

 lunar1963 wrote: 
 Lesbians

Slang question:

I'm reading a Dave Robicheaux novel by James Lee Burke in English (I'm Dutch), set in New Orleans. One of my favourite writers, well written, atmospheric and a good plot.

We have an FBI agent, quite a strange woman, who just had a quarrel with the local Police chief. Now she talks to Dave:

Agent:'"She called the FBI "Fart, Barf and Itch".
Dave: "That's an old NOPD heirloom"
Agent: "I don't care what it is. I told her we expect a degree of professionalism from her and her department, unless I walked into the tongue-and-groove club by mistake."

Now, that's a wood construction (had to look it up), but what else does it mean apparently?

 meower wrote: 

Now  I look it up...

 n4ku wrote: 



I did not know that.

I shall try to use them more often.

 meower wrote: 

and his young child would be a Baby Ruth.

 meower wrote: 
Better than being a roofie, I guess.

 trekhead wrote: 

no you are ruthful.

and perhaps you'd be a ruthie

The word 'ruthless'.

What are you? With no ruth???

If I am kind (opposite of ruthless) am I ruthie?

What the fun?

Stephen Fry on Language

Ave! Radio station to air show in Latin

BERLIN (Reuters) - A Berlin radio station will broadcast its morning show entirely in Latin on September 26 to mark the European day of languages, the station said Thursday.

Trailers, news and weather will be translated into Latin for the Kiss FM show, listened to by around 4.2 million people daily, to raise awareness of the tragedy of dead languages.

"We are particularly looking forward to a member of staff who has written a Latin rap song," station spokesman Michael Weiland said.

(Reporting by Josie Cox, Editing by Sonya Dowsett)

 

Mortuus lingua planto mihi tristis.

10 Words From The Lexicon of Comicana