Doctor: You have cancer and onomatopoeia. Patient.: What's onomatopoeia? Doctor: It's exactly what it sounds like. Ohohohohoho, that one slaps me on the knee.
I like almost all QI panellists, Johnny Vegas is a rare exception. Don't find him funny at all! Still I love the format, Stephen and the others so much I still love every episode :)
sure, many german words are similar to english ones, cause the saxons (sachsen^^) went from what's now Germany to what's now Great Britain. there are loads of "german" words in the english language. that's what I love about it :D
@Jovius2k Probably because a lot of Americans have a completely different sense of humour, where as they would be insulted by things we consider to be jokes such as the joke about their eyes.
@yatter1 I am certain I have never seen this either but I watch it whenever it is on! Whats worse is its gotta be one of the best! Life does like to kick us in the ball sometimes...
@theboyv retardedly in that context means very. For example you can say that someone is 'retardedlt beautiful' and that means very beautiful or to a ridiculous extent
LMAO Bo-o-o-o-ok. "He has the eyes of trust, you have the eyes of prostitution" Why can't we in America have this kind of clever banter!? This is amazing.
The words for mother and father are "nana/mama/baba/dada" in practically every language ever because parents want to imagine that their kids are talking about them, and those are the first sounds a child can make. Fry's explanation is nonsense, though - which babble word the parents pick for "mother" and which for "father" is arbitrary across languages, it just gets conventionalised. In Georgian the father is "mama" and the mother "deda", for example. ...you're welcome.
What an hilarious 3 minutes and 22 seconds. God do I love QI. You get to learn something, and make your face hurt from laughing while doing it :) Personally, some of my favourite bits are when Stephen Fry gets all flustered by one of the guests. That one episode with that guy who may or may not have had Zulu heritage, the 'crackin lad' as Allen said, that was quite funny. He had Stephen wrapped around his finger, and even had that one Toksvig lesbian woman on the turn. Oh, how about when that genuine scientist was on the show, the episode where they talk about tossing Ewoks into a frozen lakes of fart! THAT was a friggin funny one. At the same time, brain meltingly complex... seriously, that guy looks right young, I'd be surprised if he were 30... just wait until he's friggin 60, or 80! ALL those decades of learning stuff that goes WAY over the heads of the average person, he could be the next Einstein or Hawking! On top of it all, he'll also begin the sport of Ewok Tossing! He's the genius we need, but not the one we deserve...
Stephen, noooo, you're wroooong :-( The reason "mother" in most languages starts with /m/ is because it's the sound babies make while nursing. They can make an "mmmm" sound while nursing so that sound gets associated with their mother and thus "mama" for their mom. /a/ is also the easiest vowel for a baby to make.
1.) (Re)play the clip from 00:00
2.) Pay close attention to Mitchell's increasingly disturbed face as the conversation progresses,
3.) Laugh.
Ooh yes, "desk" has a good woody sort of sound to it. "Tin" though, oof, very tinny sound.
+bastlake You mustn't say tinny, darling. You know she hates that word!
EROGENOUS ZOOOOONE!
BURMA!
Doctor: You have cancer and onomatopoeia.
Patient.: What's onomatopoeia?
Doctor: It's exactly what it sounds like.
Ohohohohoho, that one slaps me on the knee.
"Well done everybody, there..."
brydon = god
No, Stephen, Carrots are pointy not blunt
In German carrots are known as either Karotten or Möhren- very similar to the Welsh for carrots!
I like almost all QI panellists, Johnny Vegas is a rare exception. Don't find him funny at all! Still I love the format, Stephen and the others so much I still love every episode :)
Mr Fry is so clever :)
I love british humur!
Johnny Vegas is amazing!
Johnny "I like my eyes and I like that you leave me alone when I go quiet.."
looool awwww.
sure, many german words are similar to english ones, cause the saxons (sachsen^^) went from what's now Germany to what's now Great Britain. there are loads of "german" words in the english language. that's what I love about it :D
@Jovius2k Probably because a lot of Americans have a completely different sense of humour, where as they would be insulted by things we consider to be jokes such as the joke about their eyes.
@yatter1 I am certain I have never seen this either but I watch it whenever it is on! Whats worse is its gotta be one of the best! Life does like to kick us in the ball sometimes...
@theboyv retardedly in that context means very. For example you can say that someone is 'retardedlt beautiful' and that means very beautiful or to a ridiculous extent
LMAO Bo-o-o-o-ok.
"He has the eyes of trust, you have the eyes of prostitution"
Why can't we in America have this kind of clever banter!? This is amazing.
I was expecting 'you have the eyes of prostitution' to be the top comment but instead I find a Monty Python quote. Faith in RUclips has been restored.
Anyone else think the lid was going to blow off David Mitchell, looked like he was prepping for a massive rant lol
@HeadsFullOfEyeballs I find this enlightening and quite at odds with RUclips standards as far as comments go.
@JezenThomas
Carrot comes from Latin (carota) and possibly Greek before that. Dont know the etymology of morot though.
Celtic languages share a root with Germanic dialects. Riocht is the Irish for kingdom similar to Reich in German
0:52 - 0:57 i can imagine the ideas and rebuttals that are welling up in David's mind but a pity we didnt see it.
GORN...that's a nice word. GORNNNNN...
Eeeeeuuuh! I don't like that word...it's too TINNIE!!!
Why did they cut out the bit where Johnny suggested names for the 'Mr Men' on the screen?
"Möhren" is also a German word for "carrot" - perhaps it shares a common ancestry with the Welsh word.
it does indeed. david williams is invisible. he's sat behind david mitchell, who is also very confused.
I cried from laughter for a good ten minutes when david explained the pronunciation of carrots.
I love all the cuts to Mitchells confused face, as he's trying to get a word in.
@N64isgreat tin?
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!
it's funnier in the original version, where the first line is just "you have onomatopoeia."
@hazelamym Don't lie. THOSE cheeks hurt because you've been sitting for so long, watching QI.
OMG there are 2 episodes of QI that I didn´t even know existed, thank you so much for this.
@dec5952 You know, I feel you're too close to the truth. This whole nation is PC gone mad.
Can't see no David Williams in this clip. Maybe you need your eyes tested.
@Qw3rtypop think along the lines of absurdly, and also it's in slang not proper English
@theboyv you realise I wrote RETORT ? Hope english isn't your first language mate....
The words for mother and father are "nana/mama/baba/dada" in practically every language ever because parents want to imagine that their kids are talking about them, and those are the first sounds a child can make.
Fry's explanation is nonsense, though - which babble word the parents pick for "mother" and which for "father" is arbitrary across languages, it just gets conventionalised. In Georgian the father is "mama" and the mother "deda", for example.
...you're welcome.
Puffins are onomatopeic. you can hear them pant as they have only got little wings
Sausage. SAUSAGE! There's a good woody sort of word, sausage. Huhuhu. Goooorrn...
Swedish for carrot is 'morot' so maby there is some other root word?
Rob Brydon 's retort are retardedly spot on not to mention quick
the video image is too poor, you need to fix it more
@Klamath2046 But obviously you don´t want to take it anywhere?
As far as vegetables go, I find carrots a bit pointy actually.
I love how long David wanted to say something ;)
i love how confused david williams is throughout all of this
"Oxy" means sharp ? No wonder it hurts every time I breath.
Dah means away? Well then explain Fus Ro Dah then
...I am German, dude. what are you telling me this for? xD
Maybe the Welsh mostly like to eat their carrots cooked.
I'm loving David Mitchells perplexed look at around 1:09
"Moron" to me sounds like some sort of predatory fish.
I love when at the end of a segment Stephen does this cute, little sigh, like he's saying "really boys"!
Wonderful! I've never seen this bit before and I thought I'd seen them all by now - thanks to Dave.
I think Rob has finally gone... COMPLETELY insane!!!
frightfully tinny sort of word that is
hahaha Mr Men references are always appropriate!!
Rob Brydon should present programmes for children
Baha, he does that innocent face amazingly well
@agata521 er.. wanna re-read you post, mate :¬)
I like how Alan, David and Johnny are dressed a bit like the shape behind them. But Rob sabotages the effect.
Why are you watching this then? Stephen is a national treasure.
why y'all hating on the welsh and rob brydon?
What an hilarious 3 minutes and 22 seconds. God do I love QI. You get to learn something, and make your face hurt from laughing while doing it :) Personally, some of my favourite bits are when Stephen Fry gets all flustered by one of the guests. That one episode with that guy who may or may not have had Zulu heritage, the 'crackin lad' as Allen said, that was quite funny. He had Stephen wrapped around his finger, and even had that one Toksvig lesbian woman on the turn.
Oh, how about when that genuine scientist was on the show, the episode where they talk about tossing Ewoks into a frozen lakes of fart! THAT was a friggin funny one. At the same time, brain meltingly complex... seriously, that guy looks right young, I'd be surprised if he were 30... just wait until he's friggin 60, or 80! ALL those decades of learning stuff that goes WAY over the heads of the average person, he could be the next Einstein or Hawking! On top of it all, he'll also begin the sport of Ewok Tossing! He's the genius we need, but not the one we deserve...
3 min 23 sec*
I love how distressed David Mitchell looks
Rob Brydon's onomatopoeic rant inspires me.
@uberarticuno Do you only have one ball???
A carrot should be called an oxymoron then.
Oh oh oh i went crying by the onion rings egg hullahop under 'un ring
hahahhaaaa. david mitchell. what a fool.
Awww! Pandas make every quiz show better
Stephen, noooo, you're wroooong :-( The reason "mother" in most languages starts with /m/ is because it's the sound babies make while nursing. They can make an "mmmm" sound while nursing so that sound gets associated with their mother and thus "mama" for their mom. /a/ is also the easiest vowel for a baby to make.
And in some languages the consonants are reversed - M is for father and P for mother. It's not universal.
"PEN!" XD
"That's how you teach a chimp to speak."
No need to react if you don't know what others are referencing :)
It seems you've invented someone sir.
caribou nibbling at the croquet hoops
...and you sat there going "Oh, with your northern charm.."
rofl
Rob Brydon going nuts just gets me every time. "Pen!"
father is farther ;)
@fritspas goooooneee
with you re northern charm LOL
ERRROGENOUS ZOOOONE
ANTELOPE !
WHERE ON THE LAWN?
look at rob's tiny tiny hands
i wanna press the like button more than once
"Well done, everybody there"
Nice woody word.
Carrot, awfully tinny word.
Awww Johnny
What about onion rings? xD
I want a QI stationary set
That explains Fus-Ro-DAH!
DESK!! DESK!! I love Rob.
@Darkus37 Blow You Away?
Rob Brydon is hilarious!
@Mullahgrrl hehe. root.
northern charm! lol
ONION RINGS hahaha
What happened on June 26th - Statisics
=P
David Mitchell
Who's Jimmy?