Posts Tagged ‘Stephen Fry’
Stephen Fry on language pedants
Prompted by some discussion about Chris Finlayson’s style guide. See: Finlayson embarks on jargon jihad . Thanks to @philiplyth for reminding me of this most excellent Stephen Fry clip. Obviously, as an editor and publisher, I’m all for the use of ‘house’ stylesheets & style guides — mainly for consistency, and also, I admit, in pursuit […]
Stephen Fry on the joys of swearing
I agree with this: “The kind of people who say swearing is the sign of a poor vocabulary, usually have a pretty poor vocabulary themselves.” — Stephen Fry. That said, I’ve seen the real ‘shock’ effect an outburst of hot, emphatic ‘foul’ language can have on people, including kids — but it’s the intent and tone, […]
