Really? I thought they were French then German. The famous German Comedians Fry und Laurie.

@@pentuplove6542 Frei und Lori.

Lmao

@@epsi Germen

Historically they both invaded the netherlands so...

Germans imitating the French?

Wir geben das ungern zu...

And Belgium. By dad got pulled over by a policeman in Belgium, my dad despite understanding French, spoke in Dutch, the policeman by right should have been able to speak Flemish (Belgian dialectic of Dutch) but couldn't, so he had to let my dad go.

You mean there are Quebec police who only speak English? That sounds very bad!

@AbolK2 I'm 2 years late, but since she said the policeman should've been able to speak Flemish, obviously the scene happened in the district of Bruxelles Capitale, where it is mandatory to speak both languages for such job ;-)

Because English language is part of the Germanic family?

and? Spanish is part of the same family as French but that doesn't mean Spanish people will automatically be good at speaking French.

Because they are professional actors. Learning a wide variety of dialects and accents, including foreign languages, is part of their trade: just like opera singers.

Steven Fry's mother was Jewish-Austrian.

@@DieFlabbergast Doesn't mean that many people really do it.^^ Often when I watch tv shows and somebody is "german", I have to turn on subtitles or switch the audio to german to understand what they are trying to say.^^

No idea about French accent but the English accent in "Terry!" sound to me top-notch. 👌🏼 (English="Terry" and French="Thierry").

Yeah, most of the time you can tell it's an English man speaking pretty well french. But this " Je suis Français " took me off guard. It's simply perfect 😮

@@Jimba93 But when Stephen Fry came out to ask her as to what she wanted, he used the informal 'Qu'est-ce que tu-as", instead of "qu'est-ce que vous voulez?" Using "Tu", to somepne unknown in the french language is a sign of disrespect when it is a stranger.

LMAO

I think these are languages lol

Ikr. She is wonderful

She kinda looks like Diana. It’s either Siobhan Redmond or Emma Thompson.

More like the opposite

Is joke

Because he speaks English.

What the hell are you on about? The woman spoke with a perfect Received Pronunciation accent: she might as well have been holding up a sign saying "I am middle class!"

@@DieFlabbergast shit, just listened to it again, and you are right, sorry. This is my knee-jerk reaction to the vilification of the working classes.

@@h.r7050 You have my respect: few people on KZfaq are willing to admit their mistakes. You're right about the contempt in which working-class people are held by the so-called elite these days, but this sketch was quite some time ago, and I don't think Stephen Fry is that sort of person anyway.

@@DieFlabbergast I am afraid I think Stephen Fry & Co are exactly the sort of people, though I might be wrong yet again.

@@h.r7050 do listen to some podcasts Fry has participated in, Oliva (many here, in YT). You may find his ideas quite endearing and sympathetic to your own