Mind your language

I came to know about this British Television series while having a casual conversation with a person from Bangladesh, whom I met through couchsurfing. We were discussing about the importance of mother tongue and all of a sudden he asked me what is the meaning of the word "POR FAVOR".

The topic came because I was sharing my professional experience as a Spanish speaker with various clients from Spain & Latin America. This guy recommended me to watch "MIND YOUR LANGUAGE".

Fortunately I found it on Youtube & watching the first episode pulled me completely into the funny humor of the script so much that I managed to complete episode 3 of season 3 so far within 2 weeks and will continue watching it.

Mr.Brown (played by Barry Evans)

This series starts with an English teacher Mr. Brown who is hired at a school to teach English to immigrants living in England. These students belong to various countries like India, Spain, Italy, Japan etc... The script of the episodes contains lot of humor & irony based on various cultural & multilingual backgrounds of immigrants. Here mostly non-native speakers as well as native speakers will enjoy watching these students learning and speaking their own accent of English that represent their origin & identity. As it sounds different than the native British accent, it is funny and entertaining to the audience. 

Juan Cervantes (played by Ricardo Montez), a Spanish student who speaks no English during the first few episodes other than counter questioning Mr. Brown por favor :p

Danielle (played by Françoise Pascal)

Danielle is a French student with french accent. She can be described as a center of attraction where all men are after her and guess what she is after her English teacher. Every character in this series is interesting as the bonding between all the students grows with every episode & the audience like me can expect something funny and sarcastic performance from everyone. 

Well the time was different during 1970's when it was made and the irony used to describe the history, politics, cultural difference etc. could be portrayed as racist nowadays in some countries as time has changed and political scenario is different. But this comedy show will be eternal as it was smartly scripted by writer Vince Powell without sparing the English people as well while having jokes with other non-native speakers.

Mr. Brown with Indian student Ranjeet & German student Anna

MYL-Full Cast

The best part of the series I feel is that every episode can make the audience laugh and be in a funny mood. Audience can learn a lot about the language, culture, history etc. of not only English but other countries through multicultural environment and strong sense of humor.

What's the capital of engLand? .... Start watching the episodes to find some funny answers that you will never forget :P

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