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Quick lesson. Wor = Our Canny = quite. Aka canny good. Canny bad. Canny hungry etc however if you’re meaning it in a positive sense you can just say the word itself. “How are you” “I’m canny, you?” (I’m good, you)

they are the nicest people around the Geordies

i really should know not to click on UK humor by now...

I'm from Newcastle, and I didn't understand him either 😂

The delivery of "Well they must go to school, this is simply ridiculous" is PERFECT.

Meanwhile Ritch Hall cannae unnerstan' a wurd.

The thieves, Newcastle! Stop them.They have already taken nothing from us.

Is “WOR” the plural of "our”?

The funniest thing is the the audience got the joke even if Stephen didn't.

One thing they DON'T say is NewCARSEL, There is no "R" in CASTLE, GRASS, GLASS, BATH.

I don't get the war drums bit

I love when Stephen is so hi-brow he doesn’t get jokes

Today he would be cancelled and stoned for saying such things HAHAHAHAH NICE WORLD WE HAVE

“Well, they must go to school!” 😅

As a half geordie, I approve this joke xD

Stephen Fry always has had a problem with the North-East. See the episode with Ross Noble and lovely Sarah Millican and the stories of "what goes on up there". Read Paperback and you'll see how he always attributed a geordie narrator to homophobic jokes. Nevertheless, he's a canny bloke and I'm not going to nob off to Bruges because of it.

So glad Stephen stopped.

Stephen is so unintelligent

You know, not only do I speak English as my second language, I speak it on a daily basis as it's the predominant business language in my country. But I have no clue what just happened

lol

Wor can mean "our," or "my". The most common use of "wor" in Newcastle is probably "wor lass", meaning my wife, or my girlfriend.

My wife is from South Shields and now has lived in the US for 13 years. She still struggles with her accent and she has toned it down.

Stephen, there is some of England, not to mention Scotland, north of Oxford and Cambridge.

Class pure class, confusing the Geordie accent, but the fern for the phone is more Northumbrian Ashington/Newbiggan aria of Northumberland "am on the Fern."

The American is totally clueless. Nothing new. Carry on.

tbf dreaming of making love to a woman is a sign that you're gay if you're a woman

Like a truly intelligent person, Stephen Fry isn't afraid to admit when he doesn't have a fucking clue. 🙂

I feel for a Stephen Fry. I’m from Mississippi and my wife is from Durham, UK. It took me YEARS to be able to completely understand her. 😂

Rich also seems pretty baffled at the end there lol

I have watched the clip 3 times and I still don't get the joke

It’s like when Americans hear the word “summat”. Can’t blame them really, it’s so phonetically different from “something”.

How could he think it’s ‘wardroom’ when Phil even said ‘drums’ & banged on the table…like a drum?

nope. Didn't understand from the 2nd joke on

I still don’t get it

You can trust Fry to know what a cunny is. Or any other sexual term for that matter. It's his default.

Wor drums had me in stitches cheered me up after a miserable week and he’s one of the few so called comedians who can make me laugh

What is the joke at 12sec? The only one i do not get.

"War" is pronounced like "vår", meaning "our(s)" in Norwegian. More evidence that Geordie is closer to the Scandinavian languages.

Rich Hall is over there thinking "I guess I don't speak English at all. What the hell are they talking about."

Back in the 1990's I had a drinking buddy from Newcastle, the more he drank the less I understood what he said. Great guy. Introduced me to Newcastle Brown Ale.

Great for teaching English

The only sure-fire way to cure hiccups, is to hold your breath until it ends.

I heard "cunny" too and went, "I beg your pardon???" and was nodding along to Stephen saying "It's the female pudenda". =D But the war drums thing was hilarious. =D.

Stephen has lost his enthusiasm for social media. Very dated interview.

What's Rich Hall doing there? And did he understand any of this?

0:21 - "I beg your pardon?" - Stephen, the ever-so-polite gentleman.

Rich Hall just as completely lost as I was

It's insane to think that the scandi word vor/vår (Danish/Swedish) would have survived in Newcastle for a thousand years as 'wor'.

Bloke goes to a Geordie doctor and says - 'Doctor, under my armpit smells like coconut' Geordie doctor says - 'Well, it's boun'ty'

Wait until he finds out how they talk in Norfolk.