Wowowow, a brilliant series, thanks a million for the upload. I am curious how did this take 10 years to upload after the trailers were dropped about a decade ago!!?!?!
I worked at a bus depot and one of the bus drivers was still learning English and he said. "My bus he is brokens under the neath". Not exactly the right way but completely understood
I would rather live in a place with as many non-native speakers of english as possible. It's on the margins where innovations occur and poetry is emergent
... the human capacity to speak, the wonder of being able to communicate and the intricacy of the process and its impact on the development of society... ... ... all this leaves us perplexed... but knowing how to use language is even more important than understanding its origins and secret mechanisms...
The apophatic persistence patented many solar abstractions which forthwith became unbecoming of each and every peculiar apple involved in sitting idly on the great knoll rising next to my grandmother's forgotten house cat's pituitary estuary tank.
this is the spirit of what public television can be to me...completely relatable and mind-expanding and unifying all at the same time.
Completely agree. I learned so much from public television growing up.
Noam Chomsky never ceases to amaze with his insight. And Carlin is hilarious as always. This documentary ass kicks!
right? i was like 1957?
Love to see Carlin here❤
What a lovely cast of characters, a wonderful thing to experience, thank you for the upload.
Wowowow, a brilliant series, thanks a million for the upload. I am curious how did this take 10 years to upload after the trailers were dropped about a decade ago!!?!?!
I worked at a bus depot and one of the bus drivers was still learning English and he said. "My bus he is brokens under the neath". Not exactly the right way but completely understood
Check again if that driver is borat
Amazing
that's poetic
I would rather live in a place with as many non-native speakers of english as possible. It's on the margins where innovations occur and poetry is emergent
@gedofgont yes I agree for myself I would like to learn the language of my family that I've been disconnected from "Maori "
This is so absolutely excellent that I’m speechless 🙂
I see what you did there 😄
... the human capacity to speak, the wonder of being able to communicate and the intricacy of the process and its impact on the development of society... ... ... all this leaves us perplexed... but knowing how to use language is even more important than understanding its origins and secret mechanisms...
12:50 Typo: he says "thoughts" twice but the second time the captions reads "folks". Just goes to show how gripped I was by everyone's words.
*caption reads
No one is immune to typos
I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass, and I'm all out of bubblegum.
A word is a sound or series of sounds that represents the thought of an object or idea.
lol
History is like self-reflection through the medium of language propelling itself into self-recognition.
~ Terence McKenna
Do communities that have no written language a concept of grammar?
this was when the world was still reasonable
2:22 did he find anything?
Came for Carlin
4:00 Cus it feels better in the mouth parts duh
#120 Thumbs up 😊
Yo Noam!
Gorgeous
🤘🏾
The house was raised to the ground? 😂
"razed"
The apophatic persistence patented many solar abstractions which forthwith became unbecoming of each and every peculiar apple involved in sitting idly on the great knoll rising next to my grandmother's forgotten house cat's pituitary estuary tank.
Black George Carlin 36:13
The year? 1957. The destination? Little Saint James. The goal? Being a cunning linguist
Just depends on where you live...