[lg policy] BBC: Planet Word

[Dave Sayers]

Stephen 'King Dilettante' Fry is doing the rounds plugging his new show 
on the tellybox about language:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0150m89/?t=2h23m38s

Here's the first episode on iPlayer (UK only I think):
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b015d4qz/

I suppose at least he's stopped insisting that there's only Standard 
English and mistakes (which he used to do).

Dave

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Dr. Dave Sayers
Honorary Research Fellow
College of Arts & Humanities
and Language Research Centre
Swansea University
dave.sayers at cantab.net
http://swansea.academia.edu/DaveSayers


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