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Topic: Sir Clement Freud on slang

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Dean BedfordFeb 9, 2007
 

 
Sir Clement Freud on slang

I've found it a bit late but it's very amusing - the great man on the
BBC's Today programme last October. He's talking about why people in
public life shouldn't use slang.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/today/listenagain/zwednesday_20061011.shtml
Scroll down to 0740.

An example

JOHN HUMPHRYS: You can hardly imagine some of our great former Foreign
Secretaries for instance using that kind of language, can you?

CLEMENT FREUD: Remind me of our great Foreign Secretaries...

Among the phrases you can hear Sir Clement utter in his unique deadpan
style are "cool", "sucks" and "my arse!" And he ends up deviating on to
how to cook eggs.

You gotta love 'im!

 
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Topic: Re: Sir Clement Freud on slang

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DaveFeb 10, 2007
 

 
Superb! And my friends wonder why I want to listen to the Today
programme!

--- In just-a-minute@..., Dean Bedford <dbedford@...>
wrote:

>
> Sir Clement Freud on slang
>
> I've found it a bit late but it's very amusing - the great man on

the

> BBC's Today programme last October. He's talking about why people

in

> public life shouldn't use slang.
>

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/today/listenagain/zwednesday_20061011.shtm
l

> Scroll down to 0740.
>
> An example
>
> JOHN HUMPHRYS: You can hardly imagine some of our great former

Foreign

> Secretaries for instance using that kind of language, can you?
>
> CLEMENT FREUD: Remind me of our great Foreign Secretaries...
>
> Among the phrases you can hear Sir Clement utter in his unique

deadpan

> style are "cool", "sucks" and "my arse!" And he ends up deviating

on to

> how to cook eggs.
>
> You gotta love 'im!
>