The Laurie/Fry conlang sketch

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From: "Jonathan Knibb" <j_knibb@...>

> Joe> I wouldn't say that's so much a feature of newbie conlanging as
> comedy
> conlanging.
>
> On which subject I can't help mentioning the sketch by Stephen Fry and
> Hugh
> Laurie, which IIRC (and it was a long time ago) involved Fry acting as
> interpreter for Laurie, the latter speaking English and the former
> translating into a comedy conlang.  Each of Fry's lines was slightly
> longer
> than the previous one, until eventually Laurie gave an enormous chunk of
> text which Fry translated by a single syllable.  Anybody else remember
> this?
No, but I'd *love* to know where you got this.  I'm a Hugh Laurie fan, but I
don't know this sketch.  Was it on Jeeves and Wooster?  No, probably not.
On a Saturday Night live?  A Bit of Fry and Laurie?  Fry spontaneously
inventing a conlang would be hilarious to watch.

Sal

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