Ascolto intermediate in inglese: Eulogy

Walliams and Friend (UK) 

Walliams and Friend is a British television sketch comedy programme, starring David Walliams and a number of leading British comedians. A pilot episode aired on BBC One on 24 December 2015 and a full series of 6 episodes was officially commissioned on 20 May 2016, which ran from 25 November to 27 December 2016. Although the show received very positive reviews from all the major quality newspapers, the BBC felt there was little future for the sketch comedy format and cancelled the show after the first series.

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Vicar – We will now have the eulogy which will be delivered by the daughter of the departed, Susan.
Susan – I just want to say a few words about my dad to who I owe so much.
Vicar – Excuse me.
Susan – Yes.
Vicar – At the risk of sounding pedantic, it’s to whom I owe so much, not to who.
Susan – Is it?
Vicar – Who is a subject pronoun. Your father is evidently the object of the sentence, therefore one should use the object pronoun, namely whom. Pray continue.
Susan – Where to begin. There’s so many things we all loved about…
Vicar – There are so many things. Plural.
Susan – First I’d like to start…
Vicar – Firstly.
Susan – What?
Vicar – Firstly is more formal, so…
Susan – I can’t believe you’re interrupting me. Everyone here is completely disinterested in what you have to say.
Vicar – Is uninterested. Disinterested means impartial. One has to respect the departed, not to mention the English language.
Susan – More than anything else, I remember my father’s sense of humour. Whether he was at work or down the local pub, he would always be holding court. And people would literally laugh their heads off.
Vicar – I doubt it.
Susan – What?
Vicar – I doubt they would literally laugh their heads off. Their heads would have become detached from their bodies. It seems highly unlikely that your father would ever have said anything that funny.
Susan – Vicar, you and me are going to fall out.
Vicar – You and I. Let’s not forget our personal pronouns on a day such as today.
Susan – For goodness sake, you’re putting me off.
Vicar – No, I’m not putting you off, that would end a sentence with a preposition. I’m being off-putting…
Susan – How dare you do this to me? I am grieving. That is my father down there.
Vicar – Was. Past tense. He’s dead.
Susan – You’ve ruined today for everybody. Now you just lay there and think about what you’ve done.
Vicar – Not lay. Lie. You shouldn’t use the transitive.