Hugh Laurie, interviewed by Ellen DeGeneres. A demosntration that Britain and America are truly ‘two great nations divided by a common language’ (George Bernard Shaw).
This has been on You Tube for a while, but it is still very amusing.
Varieties of English
Watch “Michael Halliday – Language evolving: Some systemic functional reflections on the history of meaning” on YouTube
A chance to see Michael Halliday in action:
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