Mind Your Language (TV Series)
A Hard Day's Night (1978)
Zara Nutley: Miss Courtney
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Quotes
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Miss Courtney : I just had a telephone call from Mr. Brown. He says he would be along later. Apparently, he is tied up at his flat.
Ali Nadim : Oh, blimey. Shouldn't we be going to untie him?
Miss Courtney : I was speaking metaphorically.
Taro Nagazumi : It is better you speako English.
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Miss Courtney : Well, then in that case, if someone will stop you in the street and ask you the time, what would you say?
Jamila Ranjha : [answering in Hindi] Blah blah blah.
Miss Courtney : That's wouldn't help them!
Jamila Ranjha : Oh yes, in my street, it's all Indian peoples.
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Miss Courtney : Give ma a collective noun for a collection of ants.
Ali Nadim : Aunties.
Miss Courtney : Not aunts. Ants. Insects. What is a lot of ants?
Ali Nadim : A damn nuisance.
Miss Courtney : Have you never heard of swarm?
Ali Nadim : Yes please. England call Pakistan a swarm.
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Jeremy Brown : Oh, sorry I'm late, Miss Courtney.
Miss Courtney : So am I! I have just been seeing how your students are getting on.
Jeremy Brown : Well, I think they're progressing.
Miss Courtney : Yes, but in which direction?