Stephen is defeated by a Newcastle Accent

[MaggieACharva]

And Stephen Fry misheard the 1st joke as we say they make a canny not "cunny noise" like! Wor means our here too.

[MaggieACharva]

I'm a Geordie & i thought this was hilarious too.

[laminator69er]

Why is it that when someone like Jeremy Clarkson insults a country or people from a certain area he is instantly made to look like he's a racist bastard, but when Stephen Fry does there is nothing done?! I'm not saying that Stephen Fry should get the same reaction as I love him, but that there should be nothing done at all!!

[frankkrunk]

@laminator69er Just guessing, but it might be because whatever Fry does, everyone can see that he hasn't got a malicious bone in his body, whereas Clarkson is at heart a horrible, horrible person. I quite like Top Gear, but I cringe every time Clarkson or Hammond try to be edgy and "politically incorrect" in that awful self-congratulatory way.

Also, whenever Fry says something like in the clip above, he is really making fun of himself, or rather the percieved image of himself.

[KieronSchenko]

Hahaha, we say "wur" in Scotland for "our". Brilliant!

[leelees69]

hey man..me an wor lass just pissed waselves !!

[bulletproofblouse]

I love the Newcastle accent.

[Mohrkai]

@bulletproofblouse

why?

[marcuswong23]

oo stephen's tie is niiice

[ORCA4312]

Most English really need to be taught English.

"Milatree" for military? Really?

[jfwwfc19]

@ORCA4312 Have you heard how the Americans pronounce 'z'?

[ORCA4312]

@jfwwfc19 Sure. "zee". I hear it all the time, though I am Canadian. However, they are not miss-pronouncing 'American'.

[MiloDaemon]

@ORCA4312 Tomato, tomato.

[giligara30492]

@ORCA4312

That's how it's pronounced in England, actually. English speakers in the United States accent the "ta" syllable by pronouncing it "tah," but British speakers bypass the syllable in various degrees, going from a complete contraction of the word ("Milit'ry," "lavat'ry," "element'ry," etc.) in some of the stronger accents, to an almost 'American'- sounding phoneme. It depends on the accent not only relative to the geography, but also to the sentence and the rhythm of speech.

[giligara30492]

@giligara30492

And I meant to say that Americans almost always pronounce it "teh," not "tah." Sorry. It's very hard to type up exactly what the sound is, because, unlike Spanish, for example, which only has 5 well-defined vowels whose pronunciation is always the same, the English language has in-between vowels and the pronunciation of the letters a, e, i, o and u (and y) and their possible combinations changes.

[lewisner]

Geordies also have a special type of broadband called Why Aye Fi.

[thefinewino]

some of my favourite moments are when Phill finds a way to antagonize Stephen.

[carolinaaohh]

oh look, it's holmes

[Chrisindapurplehouse]

stephen stop being racist and its not war its a-war

[Jellowlink]

i didnt get any of that geordie stuff

[Sedalb]

Meanwhile, Rich Hall has no idea what the fuck is going on...

[CheesieSmilesInc]

we dont say 'war' we say 'wa'!!!

[dixonhpboosh]

What is the war drum joke? I am a little confused.

[millyghopkins]

@dixonhpboosh

In a Newcastle accent "our drums" is pronounced like "war drums" so the soldier hears "our drums" instead of "war drums", hence - thieving bastards.

[waduncan]

@millyghopkins thank you for explaining that, I honestly had no clue what the joke was.

[lauramax93]

Im no posh and I didnt get the war drums thing either - I'm with you Stephen! xp

[Gears182]

haha im a geordie but i love this. Super intellect belting from stephen fry's aura is brilliant

[blaxtru]

Howay the lads.

[Automaticdeer]

geordie isnt an accent its a language and only a luck few of us are blessed with the ability to speak it

[evilspaceinvader]

@Automaticdeer *cursed

[Automaticdeer]

@evilspaceinvader i think ill stick with blessed, if you want cursed that would be the scouse accent

[chizfoshiz]

@Automaticdeer Lack of education is rarely considered a blessing.

[PyjamaBoy93]

actually, we only say "war" if we are talking about a family member or something

eg. "I went to see war katherine the other day"

If we are saying "our" we would usually say "wa"

eg. "Then Eddie came over to wa house"

[malenkoicp]

@PyjamaBoy93 But why?

[PyjamaBoy93]

@malenkoicp

local dialect

[lolliepop90]

Y'alright? Is pretty much the greeting we use 90% of the time. The other one is Ellow Darlin!

[ShireGeordie]

The fat blowke with the tash is using his best Mackem accent

[jordanrobbo989]

Lol thumbs up if youre a gadgy from canny Newcastle

[ZzDarKnessHDx]

ne body can understand us!

[theflame150]

We dont say war instead of our :( But we do say "uz" instead of "me".

[mgirl1978]

Love Jonathan's suit!

[moh459]

What does "cunny" mean in New Castle?

[NowhereGirI]

@moh459 Pretty sure canny means nice/genuine, but a few miles west it's can't and few miles north either can't or careful (heard a Scot say it regards to money, and I'm a NWesterner who spends alot of time in Newcastle :) )

[moh459]

@NowhereGirI Thank you :-)

[Blobby1011]

@moh459 It's actually the Geordie pronunciation of "Canny" - definition is right though :P

[theflame150]

@moh459 Canny is another way of saying nice.

[moh459]

@theflame150 Ah, ok... I thought he said cunny. Thanks anyway :-)

[LemonZeppelin]

@moh459 'canny' means 'nice' (usually about a person: 'he/she is canny') but it can also mean 'quite' when placed before an adjective. e.g. my car is canny huge = my car is quite large.

[moh459]

@LemonZeppelin Thank you :-)

[vonteflon]

Awesome. Love the bit where Fry loses patience and goes "well they must go to school, this is ridiculous".

[UberMan5000]

I preferred "Tublurune-rullo cumbo" myself.

[astroboirap]

im watching clips of qi. are you?

[gorogawa]

Oh come on, Stephen. Even I got the "war drums" joke and I'm Saudi!

[eddymcardle]

Jonathon and Phil should swap ties.

[mickycaszsr]

hahaha mint

[LearningToFly1000]

R THEY LAUGHING AT THEMSELVES ? REALLY

[Sogurtlover]

lol listen to Cheryl cole's georgie accent. Perfect example :)

[Bradburn777]

Oh Pudsey, make him stop!

[johndanbutz]

Am from ashington and people in newcastle cant understand us

[jhvidss]

ive been to ashington and im from newcastle so i agree with u there lol

[mrpink188]

I didn't understand until it was explained, and I can't imagine using this joke again haha

[mrpink188]

I didn't understand until it wa

[Masteryre]

People in Newcastle don't pronounce phone as "fern". Maybe some parts of Wearside and Ashington, but not Newcastle.

[ITSBurgerPT]

TB SENT ME HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!

[FrisianDude]

@ITSBurgerPT and who'll send you away?

[mrhangslow2]

lush

[AaaaghJOE]

ok, im going to be honest, i didnt get it until it was explained.

[kairakia]

Rich Hall is so confuuused! xD

[Smithpolly]

I didn't get it either until he explained it.

[allyisful]

i love rich hall's face at they end his probaly thinking... what the hell are they talking about

[ellagrace810]

this... is fantastic

[mycathasbeenstolen]

*quotes from video* waits for thumbs up

[Fronika]

What a pompous boring prat Fry is.

[boneyboyco]

@Fronika haha good point

[pinkriffic]

"Stephen Fry is defeated by a Newcastle accent"

I remember this scene very well, but I pissed myself before I even viewed this video.

[katmac75]

That is brilliant, I thought I'd seen every ep of QI, but that had escaped me 'til now. Love it, Stephen is so effortlessly funny. It does sound like 'Ward Rooms', I'm an ex Naval Officer and it wasn't even the first thing I thought of! I'd love to spend a day in Stephen Fry's brain, the world must be a plethora of baffling, yet marvelously enticing linguistic opportunities. He's SO endearing with it tho. Thanks for posting. :-D

[CocoCourts]

Actually cringing...the geordie accent shouldn't be thought of as common, it's an amazing accent! Love me fellow geordies.

[hempartist420]

looking at the top comments I must only conclude that most people are stupid

[dilwich123]

War Phil is a fat unfunny fuck.

[cs2sasuke150]

no idea what just happened

[emilani]

Stephen /never/ thinks of cunty.

[popazz1]

Isn't a pudenda something you display a pot plant on,lol.

[BiffaTW]

XD uh! Stephen Fry is soooo uneducated ¬¬

[drumgroovy]

Stephen was thinking of cunty.

[Shtove]

@drumgroovy

cunnie

[RandomHero1210]

@Shtove its not cunty or cunnie, ITS CANNY!

[etonroad]

/watch?v=btUz-bHHVyI

[reksub10]

the geordie soldier has a welsh accent .....phil but i cant do a neuky accent either

[workidsaworkieticket]

Dee yeez knaar where Worgate is? At the bottom of wor garden :)

[Xhalph]

The crazy thing is that when I first saw this, I actually had an interesting fact about ferns ready to go.

[TheAquaticcentre]

i was on the floor wen stephen just didnt get it at all its simple we say war instead of our up here honestly its so simple

[happeninholly]

"In Newcastle instead of 'our' they say 'war'."

"Well they must go to school, it's just ridiculous."

I <3 you Stephen Fry.

[BeastLordofMetal]

@happeninholly Actually it's not war it's "wor"

[lukeegreen1]

@happeninholly its wor acctually ;)

[ImTheStig1]

@happeninholly Wor

[choongification]

oh Pudsy

[smallrossy]

stephen fry is so posh

[FantasmaLuna]

"Oh, Pudsey, make him stop!" XD

[Shaestel]

Oh, Stephen, bless your little heart... <3

[randominsanepeople]

Ah I love it when Stephen get's confused.

[Eilzie]

it worries me how few people understand the geordie joke, we're not THAT foriegn to the rest of the country are we?

[ELuhn]

@Eilzie The only Geordie I ever heard of was on Star Trek.

[LemonZeppelin]

@Eilzie I've got one: A geordie is at a tea party with the queen and the queen says: "Would you like a cake or a meringue?" and the geordie says: "Nar, you're reet. I'll have a cake."

[mentallogic]

Gotta admit, I was as stumped as Stephen.. I don't know any geordies...

[stylishashellmusic]

Is there no end to these qi videos...

[SchwarzeWitwe2]

@stylishashellmusic I hope not!

[Dionysus187]

I have to agree with Stephen. There are accents and then there's just using words in place of completely different words.

[KantorekBaumerB14]

@Dionysus187 thats called a dialect mate

[Ceti2]

@Dionysus187 It is called a dialect. And the words used in Geordie dialect stem from original Anglo-Saxon origins, and also some Norse, spoken on this island way before English was ever standardized. Learn2education

[RCSIMUB2013]

"Well they must go to school!"

[FIDDY87]

is it me, or does the thievin' bastards sound welsh???

[wordreet]

@FIDDY87 It's you. ;¬)

[FIDDY87]

@wordreet oh ok!at least i got that sorted out, haha :)

[domnal]

@FIDDY87 The Geordie accent is influenced by Welsh as a great number of Welsh miners moved to to the NE in order to share their expertise !! ( You'd have to look up the date )

[ritorno100]

@domnal Ah now it makes sense to me. I've often wondered why I keep hearing echoes of Geordie in Welsh. In fact it's probably the other way round. You would think that since I had a grandfather called Matthews who moved to the North East around 1920 (though he was a cobbler, not a miner), the penny would have dropped before now! Thanks for the insight.

[Porrly]

@domnal I'm sure Geordie and Welsh have common roots, but I very much doubt it is a result of Welsh miners moving to the north east. It goes back a lot further than that.

[SScomedian]

what episode is this and in what series

[7j8i9m]

There used to be a top comment on this. The big one is the word "our", which sounds like "war". So "they've got war drums" translates in Newcastle-ese as "they've got our drums- the thieving bastards!".

[hpobsessor1]

Could someone explain this show to me? I love the end when Stephen tries to get it back to territory he knows.... "Anyway. Ferns."

[Zorbingguy]

@hpobsessor1 whats there to explain?



[LogicalStatements1]

@hpobsessor1 It's about quite interesting things.

[camtheman3x6]

Loving Johnathans Suit!!!

[kairakia]

Hahaha poor Rich Hall is just so confused all the time he's on this show. xD

[DrHouse2006]

stephen really doesn't get it, does he?

[siongwynowen]

does someones phone go off at 1:06 ???

[crazypianolady]

It sounds more like wer than wor

[alcosher]

stephen's tie is quite amazing 

[meljay1985]

as i fellow geordie i loved this !

[bebomurderer]

@meljay1985 Amen to that!

[MaggieACharva]

Its canny not cunny Stephen! It only means good, you dirty git. Wor just means our too! Fry is fucking hilarious in this episode of Q.I where us Geordies stump him eh.

[domnal]

It's pudendum - not pudenda ( unless you have more than one dear boy !!)

[ritorno100]

@domnal Ah, but in general English useage, my good fellow, though not strictly accurate, pudenda is the normal form even when applying only to one.

[domnal]

@ritorno100 That is why I always use pudendum as the plural is not strictly accurate . ( it is also closer to the full Latin term )

[ArchhereticK]

Why don't people from Newcastle speak english?

Or is it just the working class of newcastle?

[GaryGotGame]

@ArchhereticK its an accent, its english just in an accented form.

[ArchhereticK]

@GaryGotGame It's rather more than an accent, it is the idiom that is an innaccurate representation of the english language. I'm not saying that a person with a Newcastle accent isn't speaking english correctly, I'm saying any person saying the word "cunny" and not reffering to a part of the female reproductive organs is not using english correctly.

[ajh1234]

@ArchhereticK *canny

[MaggieACharva]

@ArchhereticK Its not cunny we say though its canny meaning good, Phil misprounces it to Fry thats why he thought it was that too. And just so you know Geordie & our sayings are from Old English too, therefore we do speak proper english here.

[Thesixthgoon]

Oh Fry, how I adore you!

[VigisKane]

@fondoogle

too true

[MrBevoRules]

@fondoogle I've never heard of the UAF because I'm American, but the same is true over here.

[josslowe11]

@fondoogle erm............. i think mr fry probably supports the UAF. you have confused me very very much. people that hate the UAF tend to hate stephen fry. please see the dailymail for example. stephen fry is a shining beacon of tolerance. also, the UAF are a bunch of mugs. so we i'm not disagreeing with you there.

[fondoogle]

@josslowe11

The UAF are funded by the British tax payer. Yet another nail in the Englands coffin. Nationalism in England is now a crime, there is no hope for us as a country. We shall go the same way as america.

However, there shall always be people like me that forget to ignore one simple fact. Well two really. 1. we're the descendents of 6th century germanic tribes and that before 1969 England always had a 97% white majority

Feel free to erase history to suit your anti-white agenda though

[IceManSudan]

@fondoogle lol go do some reading u idiotic moron.

[danco81]

@fondoogle You do know he's a half-Hungarian Jew by blood, and sensibly proud of it, don't you? The man had family die in Auschwitz. You fascist idiot.

[fondoogle]

@danco81

So because I think the UAF are a waste of tax payers money that makes me a "fascist"

You truly are retarded.

[EmmyNeander]

Aaaah, this is so cute! :D

I love how Alan has to elucidate Stephen with "I am speaking on a fern!" and how insecure Stephen is when discussing female body parts! And how Jonathan Ross and Phill Jupitus are just like "oh dear" in response :P

[PGPaulson]

Was there an English general Custer? Otherwise I'm missing something, the anecdote doesn't make sense.

[jimbobeire]

@PGPaulson It's not Custer who is supposed to be English in the anecdote. It's the soldier next to him.

[PGPaulson]

@jimbobeire Its more likely the accent would've been American, Palatine, or Irish in the mid-19th century.  So a Geordie soldier speaking to Custer, himself of German descent, is dubious. English settlement waves came, largely, long before the Civil War. Why not a Geordie speaking to Marlborough? Wellington? Montgomery even. An American? The Newcastle accent would have to have been very common in America at that time for a chestnut like this to enter the lexicon. Which simply isn't the case.

[noogster87]

@PGPaulson No it's a joke. The joke is that there was a young boy from Newcastle with General Custer. Obviously, there wouldn;t have been.

[Dtwaine]

sry i apologize if i sound very stupid but because i'm american i can't really undestand their accents so i don't really understand the joke. can someone explain it to me? thank you.

[EpicAlexxxxxxxx]

@Dtwaine Which joke? :L

[Daazbee]

@Dtwaine 0:55

"And he says to the little soldier"

- Listen, they've got wardrums.

"And the soldier goes"

- The thieven bastards!

"War" means "Our" where the soldier is from, so he thinks that the other person is saying "They've got our drums" instead of "They've got war drums"

That is why he says "The thieving bastards"

[ChayotAiKadesh]

@Daazbee Gits like you are the reason nobody has to watch these videos anymore.

[Daazbee]

@ChayotAiKadesh If you paid a bit of attention you would've noticed that my comment is a reply to a person who didn't know what was said in the video, so I helped him out.

I can't help if 95 people thumb it up after that.

[ChayotAiKadesh]

@Daazbee An inbox message would've been more appropriate. people can't give them a thumbs up displaying it right in your vision so that it spoils the video...

[ChayotAiKadesh]

@Daazbee I apologise for not paying due attention, but even so, an inbox message would've been more appropriate as people can't give it a thumbs up. That way its not displayed where it spoils the video for everybody else.

[bobillwho100]

Oh, Stephen, I do think your great but us Geordies do go to school. And not all of us have the stereotypical "aggressive Geordie" accent. I'm rather proud to come from Newcastle. Saying that, Stephen fry is from Norfolk and so is my grandad. Phil's joke did make me laugh and people who get offended by this sort of stuff need to acquire a better sense of humour and stop taking thinks so seriously.

[jagsonjamie]

poor american bloke has no clue what the fuck is happening

[SiriusMined]

@jagsonjamie

You'd probably have the reserve happen in Kentucky

[Cohemotgus]

@jagsonjamie wtf is going on

[thecolorunknown]

@jagsonjamie Neither does Fry -_- Also, that "American" has lived in the UK for quite a long time.

[Cupit29]

@thecolorunknown He still never knows what the fuck is happening.

[Wulfiebaby]

@jagsonjamie Rich Hall's lived in Britain for about 25 years and had four of his own shows there. Pretty sure he has a better idea than you're crediting him with.

[PersianAustralian]

There's something canny about Stephen Fry saying "pudenda".

[Eilzie]

Leave geordies alone, we can talk well canny we can XD

[sparksza1]

I am from america, I have never heard a Newcastle accent. I understood everything he said.

[MattTheSpratt]

Jupitus used Newcastle Accent!

It's aye effective, like!

[LOLOXX100]

we do go to school, leave the geordies alone like hahahahahaha we are canny :D

[kefka3]

i know ferns sounds like phones but what did he say? i heard cunny noise leg. funny...something maybe?

[Twelvie]

@kefka3 "They make a canny noise like" canny = lots of, loud

[Eilzie]

@kefka3 Ferns, make a canny noise like. Canny- alot and we northerners add 'like' on the end of many sentences. Dont know why, just do ^^