Talk:Mind Your Language

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What I find singularly outrageous in the attitude of the western liberal is the heavy-handedness with which he decides for himself what does or does not constitute 'offensive' to minority sensibilities. It simply assumes that the so-called minorities suffer from a chronic inability to laugh at their own eccentricities and foibles. Now THAT is racism. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.104.38.64 (talk) 19:06, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

They would have some chance to laugh at their perceived foibles if there was at least a modicum of truth to any of them. For example, the “head wobbling” gesture done by the Sikh guy is completely wrong - He is supposed to be from Punjab in northern Indian - the head wobbling gesture is something seen in the south of India. The tendency to confuse R and L sounds is something that happens when Japanese people learn to speak English as the nearest equivalent in Japanese is sort of halfway between the two sounds (there is no pure R or L sound in Japanese). But Chinese people do not show this tendency at all. Devote as much time to improving your general knowledge as you do to denigrating perceived liberal values, and you might stand a small chance of being taken seriously. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.12.81.96 (talk) 07:10, 26 August 2018 (UTC)

This article is really, really badly written. Id change it but I've never seen the programme so can't really. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.143.120.151 (talk) 22:13, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

==Well then, maybe you should sit down and watch it. Then judge the matter. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.70.94.209 (talk) 22:57, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

What’s also stupid about the show is that the vast majority of the students have no problem understanding or speaking English - take the German woman, she basically has an accent but is otherwise fluent. Same with the Chinese woman, the Italian guy, the Greek guy. The only ones who can’t actually understand seem to be the Spanish guy and to a lesser extent the Indian woman. It really is the most childish crap you’ve ever come across. Should have been a kids program. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.12.81.96 (talk) 07:07, 27 August 2018 (UTC)


 * How is this relevant? 91.183.157.33 (talk) 14:22, 15 December 2023 (UTC)

Reason for Mr Jarvis's dismissal
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=tYYRiswf43I Jane Fairfax 08:47, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Never seen the show, but when the text presents the spanish character "Por favor" (please) is translated as pardon. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.159.164.155 (talk) 17:37, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

This video has been removed from Youtube. Is there any replacement? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 165.21.155.94 (talk) 07:25, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

In season four the Sid the caretaker was replaced. IIRC the new caretaker's name was Henshaw, he was quite a character too. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.107.171.84 (talk) 23:38, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

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Maria Papandrious (sic)
Are Maximillian and Maria brother and sister? 59.184.162.65 (talk) 07:51, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

Hindi/Urdu
OK, I realise that cultural accuracy was never this show's strong point, but in Episode 1 Jamila writes her name on the blackboard in Urdu and Mr Brown says he doesn't understand Urdu. I have therefore taken the liberty of changing the description of Jamila's native language from Hindi to Urdu. Muzilon (talk) 00:49, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

Running Gags
I am not a regular wikipedia contributor, hence I request someone who is, to add and contribute to a "running gags" section. One I found in the few episodes I watched is:
 * Sometimes, the English pronounciation of characters who otherwise speak English well, get affected temporarily by listening to the characters who have certain styles. They immediately correct themselves and switch to the correct pronounciation. For example, After listening to Taro for a while, Mr. Brown often appends "o" to the words that dont end with an "o", after which he immedietely corrects himself. In another incident, from the pilot episode shows Miss Courtney Pronouces "enrolled" as "unrolled", as being affected by listening to Mr. Ali. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.167.0.213 (talk) 16:25, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

More details about Michael Grades dislike of the series
Michael grade did make further comments about this series in a 2009 ITV3 series "Beyond a Joke" " Ep3 POLITICALLY INCORRECT" http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/853887, http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1432350/?ref_=tt_ov_inf   --Crazyseiko (talk) 17:36, 2 September 2013 (UTC)

Gladys
The text currently says: "She often persuades Mr Brown and tells him about Miss Courtney." This is a sentence fragment so is either a typo or has word(s) missing. Can anyone say what Gladys was persuading Mr Brown to do? Tedmarynicz (talk) 16:12, 1 July 2017 (UTC)

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