Phonetic Punctuation (Victor Borge)

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[EveningStar]

Victor Borge once determined that our spoken word lacked the clarity of written prose, and suggested this remedy to help us get our message across verbally.

[ChildOfThe60s]

I have to wipe tears from my face every time I hear this.

[Jamestown1630]

He was one of the funniest and cleverest comedians. His stuff never gets old.

[Oldexpat]

Where have all the comedians gone? Now they think smut is humor.

[60Gunner]

Bump for later enjoyment.

[60Gunner]

My favorite! How does he not laugh as he does it? I was in tears by the first “Pft!”

[Vinnie]

I remember that from my youth and several times after. Very funny
He is a classic. Loved his humor.

[llevrok]

My mother was Danish. She used to laugh at Victor when she'd go back to visit family.

He'd perform at Tivoli. He knew there were English speaking tourists and that many Danes spoke English. So his act there was in Danish and English.

But what the Danish speakers knew was that the English language part of his performance was him poking gentle fun at the expense of the English speakers who did not understand a word of Danish!

[Sgt_Schultze]

Notorious "blue" comedian Lewis Black made that observation once regarding Vince Gill - link (language)