Stephan Fry - Uses and Abuses of language

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xqb28e_frys-planet-word-3_shortfilms

Stephan Fry's Programme talks about the uses and abuses of the English language. The uses of obscenities are explored as Fry discovers the power of some words in different situations. In this episode, he first goes to a tribe in Africa (Turkana), where he learns about which words that if used in this certain place, would be treated as being explicit. Fry then meets a woman with Tourrets syndrome, where she explains how she uses this to teach children and become a 'superhero' for them. She talks about how she has dealt with having Tourrets and how it has affected her life. As the show continues, Fry meets Brian Blessed. Together, with a psychologist, they investigate the Stroop effect and the hypoalgesic effect of swearing. Stephan Fry covers several more topics, and speaks with even more intelligent people - watch to find out more.

I found this programme to be very interesting and looks in-depth at the English language, and would highly recommend watching this. Waring: contains explicit language.