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I'm so addicted to that show now!
[on the word "hello", as opposed to "hullo"]
Stephen Fry: It just meant an expression of surprise - "Hullo, what have we got here?" "Hullo, what's this?" And we still use it in that sense.
Bill Bailey: Do we?
Stephen Fry: ...Don't we, Bill?
Bill Bailey: Yes, when we live our lives like 1950s detective films, yes.
Stephen Fry: It has piercing mouthparts.
Sean Lock: Mandibles?
Stephen Fry: Yes. Mandibles.
Sean Lock: You answered to that like it was your nickname. 'Mandibles?' and you went "Yes?"
Bill Bailey: It was his nickname in school.
Sean Lock: Mandibles Fry.
[on the word "hello", as opposed to "hullo"]
Stephen Fry: It just meant an expression of surprise - "Hullo, what have we got here?" "Hullo, what's this?" And we still use it in that sense.
Bill Bailey: Do we?
Stephen Fry: ...Don't we, Bill?
Bill Bailey: Yes, when we live our lives like 1950s detective films, yes.
Stephen Fry: It has piercing mouthparts.
Sean Lock: Mandibles?
Stephen Fry: Yes. Mandibles.
Sean Lock: You answered to that like it was your nickname. 'Mandibles?' and you went "Yes?"
Bill Bailey: It was his nickname in school.
Sean Lock: Mandibles Fry.