1 00:00:01,002 --> 00:00:03,656 - Now, I just want to talk quickly about language. 2 00:00:03,656 --> 00:00:05,429 And then we can all... 3 00:00:05,429 --> 00:00:07,605 Cause yeah, language, they do say Britain and America 4 00:00:07,605 --> 00:00:11,665 are two countries separated by the Atlantic Ocean. 5 00:00:11,665 --> 00:00:12,936 And it's true. 6 00:00:12,936 --> 00:00:15,186 (laughter) 7 00:00:16,424 --> 00:00:18,694 No, they say two languages separated by, 8 00:00:18,694 --> 00:00:20,999 two countries separated by a common language. 9 00:00:20,999 --> 00:00:22,735 That's the line. 10 00:00:22,735 --> 00:00:24,831 That's an Oscar Wilde line, I think. 11 00:00:24,831 --> 00:00:27,318 And we do pronounce things in a different way. 12 00:00:27,318 --> 00:00:28,781 Like, you say caterpillar, 13 00:00:28,781 --> 00:00:30,761 and we say caterpillar. 14 00:00:30,761 --> 00:00:32,734 (laughter) 15 00:00:32,734 --> 00:00:34,109 No, you say aluminum. 16 00:00:34,109 --> 00:00:35,011 We say aluminium. 17 00:00:35,011 --> 00:00:36,146 You say cen-TRI-fugal. 18 00:00:36,146 --> 00:00:37,377 We say centri-FYOO-gal. 19 00:00:37,377 --> 00:00:38,277 You say leisure. 20 00:00:38,277 --> 00:00:39,380 We say lie-ZOOR-ay-ay. 21 00:00:39,380 --> 00:00:41,630 (laughter) 22 00:00:46,422 --> 00:00:48,293 You say basil. 23 00:00:48,293 --> 00:00:49,682 We say BAH-sil. 24 00:00:49,682 --> 00:00:52,058 You say herbs, and we say HER-bs. 25 00:00:52,058 --> 00:00:54,108 Because there's a fucking h in it. 26 00:00:54,108 --> 00:00:56,358 (applause) 27 00:01:00,124 --> 00:01:03,891 But you spell through t-h-r-u, and I'm with you on that. 28 00:01:03,891 --> 00:01:06,459 Cause we spell it thruf. 29 00:01:06,459 --> 00:01:09,522 And that's trying to cheat at Scrabble. 30 00:01:09,522 --> 00:01:10,890 How can we get that oo sound? 31 00:01:10,890 --> 00:01:12,394 Well, a u will work. 32 00:01:12,394 --> 00:01:13,706 What about an o, as well? 33 00:01:13,706 --> 00:01:15,172 No, we don't need it, we're fine. 34 00:01:15,172 --> 00:01:16,024 No, I think an o. 35 00:01:16,024 --> 00:01:16,865 Well, all right. 36 00:01:16,865 --> 00:01:17,858 And a g, as well. 37 00:01:17,858 --> 00:01:18,691 What? 38 00:01:18,691 --> 00:01:20,616 Yes, a g would be good. 39 00:01:20,616 --> 00:01:21,449 A geh sound? 40 00:01:21,449 --> 00:01:24,265 Yes, we need a silent geh, just in the background. 41 00:01:24,265 --> 00:01:27,704 In case of any accidents or something. 42 00:01:27,704 --> 00:01:28,897 Well, all right. 43 00:01:28,897 --> 00:01:30,136 And an h, as well! 44 00:01:30,136 --> 00:01:31,889 Fuckin' hell, hang on! 45 00:01:31,889 --> 00:01:34,299 An h, in case some herbs come along. 46 00:01:34,299 --> 00:01:35,547 (laughter) 47 00:01:35,547 --> 00:01:36,380 All right. 48 00:01:36,380 --> 00:01:38,750 And a q, and a p, and a zed. 49 00:01:38,750 --> 00:01:42,750 Look, it's a word in Scrabble that's 480 points. 50 00:01:44,415 --> 00:01:45,975 So, yes. 51 00:01:45,975 --> 00:01:49,975 And we do have slight differences in that arena. 52 00:01:50,911 --> 00:01:52,751 But in Europe we have 200 languages. 53 00:01:52,751 --> 00:01:54,991 200 languages. Just count them. 54 00:01:54,991 --> 00:01:56,297 I know you won't. 55 00:01:56,297 --> 00:01:58,581 But there're 200 languages. 56 00:01:58,581 --> 00:02:00,903 And future generations of Europeans, I'm sorry Europeans, 57 00:02:00,903 --> 00:02:02,598 but we're gonna have to be bilingual. 58 00:02:02,598 --> 00:02:03,852 We are gonna have to be. 59 00:02:03,852 --> 00:02:04,699 And English speakers hate this. 60 00:02:04,699 --> 00:02:06,255 Two languages in one head? 61 00:02:06,255 --> 00:02:08,604 No one can live at that speed. 62 00:02:08,604 --> 00:02:10,466 Good lord, man. 63 00:02:10,466 --> 00:02:12,762 You're asking the impossible. 64 00:02:12,762 --> 00:02:16,929 But the Dutch speak four languages and smoke marijuana. 65 00:02:17,819 --> 00:02:20,069 (applause) 66 00:02:23,772 --> 00:02:25,939 Yes, but they're cheating. 67 00:02:26,847 --> 00:02:29,159 Everyone knows marijuana's a drug enhancement 68 00:02:29,159 --> 00:02:32,435 that can help you on track and field to come last 69 00:02:32,435 --> 00:02:34,685 in a team of eight million. 70 00:02:37,542 --> 00:02:40,959 Eight million other runners who are all dead. 71 00:02:40,959 --> 00:02:43,209 (laughter) 72 00:02:45,648 --> 00:02:46,953 I don't know how the Dutch do it. 73 00:02:46,953 --> 00:02:48,295 But anyway, cause we're gonna have to learn. 74 00:02:48,295 --> 00:02:50,217 And the reason we're gonna have to learn is, one, 75 00:02:50,217 --> 00:02:52,325 for being groovy, and just getting out there and doing it. 76 00:02:52,325 --> 00:02:54,526 But the second, we just lose a lot of business in Europe. 77 00:02:54,526 --> 00:02:56,389 In the rest of Europe, cause German people phone up going 78 00:02:56,389 --> 00:02:58,568 (speaks German) 79 00:02:58,568 --> 00:03:01,068 Just fuck off, will you, mate? 80 00:03:03,931 --> 00:03:05,234 I thought he's speakin' German. 81 00:03:05,234 --> 00:03:06,370 I told him to go away. 82 00:03:06,370 --> 00:03:09,018 (speaks fake German) 83 00:03:09,018 --> 00:03:12,024 I don't know, something about funf millionen Deutschmark. 84 00:03:12,024 --> 00:03:14,091 And I told him to get knotted. 85 00:03:14,091 --> 00:03:18,142 We don't want any of his deutschy markies. 86 00:03:18,142 --> 00:03:19,345 We do? We do want that? 87 00:03:19,345 --> 00:03:21,404 Oh, I'm terribly sorry. 88 00:03:21,404 --> 00:03:22,821 Oh, fuck, redial.