A Bit of Fry & Laurie Concerning Language
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN quotes it jokingly when talk turns to nonsense language, and one commenter points out its underlying linguistics.
What it is
A Fry and Laurie sketch about language, full of absurd phrases and wordplay, which also plays on the distinction between langue and parole.
Recommended by 1 HN commenters across 1 different months, 2023 to 2026.
What Hacker News said
Recommends OfSanguineFire · 2023-06 · on “Eastern philosophy says there is no “self.” Science agrees”
Fry & Laurie had a sketch[0] that, behind the silliness and ridiculous characterization, sets out Ferdinand de Saussure’s distinction of langue versus parole that is the foundation of modern linguistics. [0] [this video]