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Stephen Fry takes the liberty of translating the teams names from English to Mandarin and back to English and shares his results. Hilarious comedy clip from BBC worldwide.

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  • Bill Bailey: 敝(shabby) 李(plum) 貝(shellfish) 理(texture), or 不(no) 籬(hedge) 悲(sad) 籬(hedge)

    Jupitus: 侏(dwarf) 皮(skin) 榻(couch), or 主(master) 痞(ruffian) 胎(fetus)

    Stephen Fry: 生?(stiff) 芬(fragrant) 夫(husband) 來(come)

    Can anyone work out the rest?

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  • I'd like to know what my name is in chinese.Anyone know where I can look it up?

  • It's ludicrous how suitably fitting those descriptions are....

  • @soundslave "The newly built station opened on 23 February 2009" - Wikipedia, Corby

  • @soundslave Yes it does, there's 1 train an hour to Kettering only though as I found out when I got stuck there one day

  • Does Corby have a train station now? That is the question on everyones lips.

  • "Great town of Corby" They've obviously never been to Corby...

  • Ahh, I don't miss VHS!

  • @MJLongman Shot with Chinese video equipment?

  • i live in Boston...but i've never seen Phill's amazing sweater. maybe i should check park st. again...anyone know any other place where it might be (fenway DOESN'T sell it...i've checked)

  • @QuackMooMeow

    You sure you're not just saying that like everyone else who watches videos about foreign languages? Besides the fact that you just say it without any proof of knowing the actuality of their names translated, which I know GENERALLY comes out as a name anyways, the whole point was to be funny, not to be 100% accurate. So in the end, I think your comment still comes out pointless, but that's just my pointless opinion, now isn't it?

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