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Fry and Laurie Sketch About Absurd Language

Fun English Lessons · Comedy · 7 min · 2015 · YouTube title: A Bit of Fry & Laurie Concerning Language
Why it's here

HN quotes it jokingly when talk turns to nonsense language, and one commenter points out its underlying linguistics.

What it covers

A Fry and Laurie sketch about language, full of absurd phrases and wordplay, which also plays on the distinction between langue and parole.