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Fry's English Delight

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Stephen Fry explores the highways and byways of the English language

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Hither and thither were cliches, from 725.

Hither and thither were cliches, from 725. Stephen Fry investigates the cringe-making power of the English language. From September 2008.

Stephen Fry explores the highways and byways of the English language.

Stephen looks at how cliche operates for both good and bad. A cliche crisis affected the writing of Flaubert, Joyce and Eliot and helped shape modern language and culture.

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