Stephen Fry set to mind his language
Stephen Fry who already is a regular tweeter, quizmaster of QI, actor, and author is about to take on a new venture for BBC2 in the form of a series that focuses on language.
Fry stated that it has been a secret that he will be working on the five part series, but language is really his passion, which makes him quite interested in the series. He also hinted at the series content, stating that he will be headed to Beijing to interview the man who invented a piece of the Chinese language.
In an interview with Radio Times he explained that he has not seen much documentary work done about where language comes from, the different variations of language, how it is spoken, and if certain languages are starting to die out.
Fry already was declared the most intelligent man in 2006 by readers of RT and stated that his favorite words have an Anglo-Saxon origin and are ‘like bundle.’ He also is known for some other more colorful phrases on his Twitter account treating followers of his account to words such as ‘selfspank,’ ‘brokenated,’ and ‘wowser.’
In terms of language, he also has worked on a two series presentation on Radio 4 about Oscar Wilde warning that language often can limit and shape people’s ambitions because people think of themselves as nouns and thus cannot know what they are doing next, but if they think of themselves as active verbs will experience more freedom.
Fry added that programmes and series are only effective if they are important to you because audiences are smart and they know when a chosen presenter is faking.
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