Mind Your Language (TV Series)
The Examination (1978)
Barry Evans: Jeremy Brown
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Quotes
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Jeremy Brown : Well my students will be hard at it now.
Sid : Yeah, there is a lot of it about.
Jeremy Brown : I was talking about the exam.
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[Mr. Brown explains to the class the importance of the exam]
Jeremy Brown : Now, when you take your examination, your Lower Cambridge Certificate isn't too difficult. The exam is divided into three parts, right; first there's an oral examination, then a written one, and then comes dictation.
Jamila Ranjha : [confused] Is that his name?
Jeremy Brown : Is that whose name?
Jamila Ranjha : The man who is going to be taking us to be doing the examination, Dick Tayshun?
Jeremy Brown : [clarifying] Dictation is when a person reads something out aloud, and another person copies it down.
Ali Nadim : [looking at Danielle and gesturing] Ah, like the short-finger typist.
Jeremy Brown : [correcting him] Short-HAND typist.
Ali Nadim : [nods] Yes please.