Hilarious QI moment - Onomatopoeic

[fuckamericanidiot]

haha loved johnny's 'onion ring' interjection, he completely missed the point

[captainbobbin]

PEN!

[Darkus37]

Dah means away? Well then explain Fus Ro Dah then

[hazelamym]

my cheeks always ache after watching QI.

not those cheeks. o_O

[audball911]

@hazelamym Don't lie. THOSE cheeks hurt because you've been sitting for so long, watching QI.

[Jovius2k]

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.

[dec5952]

@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.

[Jovius2k]

@dec5952 You know, I feel you're too close to the truth. This whole nation is PC gone mad.

[KashmirKiddy]

I love all the cuts to Mitchells confused face, as he's trying to get a word in.

[456123emma]

TIN TIN TIN TIN

[Surells]

I noticed after the carrot comment David looked very troubled. I think I know why. I can't help but think that the carrot is perhaps the spikiest vegetable I know. Admittedly, it is artificially forced to grow that way, but still, the common stereotype of a carrot is essentially an orange spike.

No need to thank me, to know I've bored you is enough.

I must go now and bore other video watchers.

Super-pedant away!

[MartaHorrorPcturShow]

@Surells Your comment about orange spikes was a bit random, but that last part was hillarious XD

[animalnt]

why is the thick idiot on there

[thespikescheme]

@animalnt Which one would that be?

[animalnt]

@thespikescheme The fat tetley guy ofcourse

[AndrewTraceur]

DESK!

[TRobinson555]

That explains Fus-Ro-DAH!

[thinsulite]

@TRobinson555 I can't thumbs this up enough!

[HeadsFullOfEyeballs]

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.

[anjelgiofu]

@HeadsFullOfEyeballs I find this enlightening and quite at odds with YouTube standards as far as comments go.

[MwoStiles]

why y'all hating on the welsh and rob brydon?

[justamick1]

OXY-MORON describes Rob Brydon to a T.

[slytown]

Rob Brydon going nuts just gets me every time. "Pen!"

[damens]

"Oxy" means sharp ? No wonder it hurts every time I breath.

[MrBuch169169]

"Well done everybody, there..."

[justamick1]

ROB BRYDON. MY OPINION, for what it`s worth, SPOILS THIS FANTASTIC SHOW. WELL, HE IS WELSH.

[justamick1]

THAT JUST ABOUT EXPLAINS WHAT THE WELSH ARE,,,,,,CARROTS.  JOB DONE.......

[gatemarzipan]

GORN...that's a nice word. GORNNNNN...

Eeeeeuuuh! I don't like that word...it's too TINNIE!!!

[ElectricSexPants]

Bomb Iran now!

[OldPhartbsa]

ummmm, guess you had to be there

[yatter1]

OMG there are 2 episodes of QI that I didn´t even know existed, thank you so much for this.

[uberarticuno]

@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...

[izzyGO52]

@uberarticuno Do you only have one ball???

[crazy123atom]

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.

[Klamath2046]

I want a QI stationary set

[yatter1]

@Klamath2046 But obviously you don´t want to take it anywhere?

[Freekiellie]

And David pwns again

[crouchend524]

"Well done, everybody there"

[daflappy]

eyes of prostitution would be an awesome superpower.

[agata521]

Rob Brydon 's retort are retardedly spot on not to mention quick

[theboyv]

@agata521 you know retard means 'slow', right? :¬)



[agata521]

@theboyv you realise I wrote RETORT ? Hope english isn't your first language mate....

[theboyv]

@agata521 er.. wanna re-read you post, mate :¬)

[agata521]

@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

[theboyv]

@agata521 well no, that's incorrect. if you really want to go into it :

retardedly - no dictionary results

retard - to make slow; delay the development or progress of

Because, know - English is my first language, and all that.. and i quite like it :¬)

[Qw3rtypop]

@agata521

Though retardedly isn't a proper word, if it were it would be an adverb and mean "in a retarded fashion"

eg He spoke retardedly.

Thinking it is a synonym for 'very' is so very very wrong. Trust me, I'm English.

[CorvusCorone68]

@Qw3rtypop think along the lines of absurdly, and also it's in slang not proper English

[Qw3rtypop]

@CorvusCorone68

Slang doesn't belong on the internet. Slang only makes sense to those who've grown up with those words around them in their little geographical circle. Since the internet has people from all over the world the vast majority will have no idea what those words mean.

[Android18uk]

@agata521 What a strange phrase "retardedly beautiful" lol.

[abvflux]

I'm quite happy because this is a phenomenon I've always experienced and have never been able to put into words. I thank you, Stephen Fry and the QI gang for informing me.

[mooncowtube]

So what about onion rings? FTW

[cptmuska]

with you re northern charm LOL

[kisbie]

"This is how you teach a chimp to speak!"

"Well then, pay attention."

That is what I believe is known as a 1-0.

[Chaserpeach]

@kisbie Or a turn-around

[WTEarthum]

I cried from laughter for a good ten minutes when david explained the pronunciation of carrots.

[FandPrulethesky]

I love when at the end of a segment Stephen does this cute, little sigh, like he's saying "really boys"!

[KannibalKorpz666]

Awww! Pandas make every quiz show better

[shijiatan]

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.

[mattissotrendy]

DESK!! DESK!! I love Rob.

[laughsmyheadoff]

Johnny "I like my eyes and I like that you leave me alone when I go quiet.."

looool awwww.

[aimeefran]

I love how long David wanted to say something ;)



[Piatasify]

As far as vegetables go, I find carrots a bit pointy actually.

[DCdabest]

hahaha Mr Men references are always appropriate!!

[Ub3rSk1llz]

frightfully tinny sort of word that is

[motherfan55]

I love this show!!

[ihatelumberjacks]

I was thinking that Stephen Fry would make a great teacher, but then I realised, he already is... *hero pose*

[balin2k]

northern charm! lol

[TheFinisherMrC]

Rob Brydon is hilarious!

[Brala42]

David's face <3

[MyNameIsBucket]

"Moron" to me sounds like some sort of predatory fish.

[UberCathal]

In Spanish, carrot it "zanahoria". >.>

[JezenThomas]

I would have said: the word for carrot in Swedish is 'morot' and in Polish it's 'marchewka'. Carrot seems to be the odd one out.

[AngelBiLove]

@JezenThomas wortel in dutch and ninjin in japanese

[can0mark]

@JezenThomas

Carrot comes from Latin (carota) and possibly Greek before that. Dont know the etymology of morot though.

[TheCrabPope]

@JezenThomas morot and marchewka are somewhat onomatopoeic though, moron is not. Also Swedish, Polish, Welsh and English are not the only languages in the world.

French - Carotte

German - Karotte

[Blaze1289]

Booooooooooooooook.

[pszypulski]

I think Rob has finally gone... COMPLETELY insane!!!

[justamick1]

@pszypulski YES, BUT THEN HE`S WELSH.

[Mullahgrrl]

Swedish for carrot is 'morot' so maby there is some other root word?

[BrandonMSwan]

@Mullahgrrl hehe. root.

[IcyThrills]

@Mullahgrrl Maybe the Celtic Language is related to Scandinavia somehow?:L

[nukebacon876]

"PEN!" XD

[moshpotpaul]

David Mitchell <3

[pisswizzard]

Rob Brydon is hilarious.....I do love QI.

[justamick1]

@pisswizzard DO YOU LOVE ROB AS WELL

[Klamath2046]

Rob Brydon should present programmes for children

[PrivateAckbar]

A carrot should be called an oxymoron then.

[seanb91]

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOK

[fritspas]

caribou nibbling at the croquet hoops

[ituyok]

@fritspas

What a super woody sort of phrase.

Mansfield shot one in the antlers!

[eagle8burger]

@fritspas GORN

[N64isgreat]

@fritspas a very tinny word

[sihaooo]

@N64isgreat tin?

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH­HHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!

[itskirstybetchx]

@fritspas Caribou, gorrrrrrn. :3

[BFBCFTW]

@fritspas Good woody ones, not horrible tin ones like your aunt lavidias!

[Idsz]

@fritspas goooooneee

[briznarks]

He has the eyes of trust you have the eyes of prostitution

HAHAHAHA I CANT EVEN

[isthatanidiot]

@briznarks Lol. David Mitchell knows whats up.

[EarthbenderToph396]

pen!!

[Emzo99]

Awww Johnny <3

[cravin4chocolate]

ONION RINGS hahaha

[queenastilon]

Wonderful! I've never seen this bit before and I thought I'd seen them all by now - thanks to Dave.