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    It is of interest to note that while some dolphins are reported to have learned English - up to fifty words used in correct context - no human being has been reported to have learned dolphinese.

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Language helps form the limits of our reality.

Language helps form the limits of our reality.

by Dale Spender Found in: Language Quotes,
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Language is the only instrument of science, and words are but the
signs of ideas.

Language is the only instrument of science, and words are but the
signs of ideas.

by Samuel Johnson Found in: Language Quotes,
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The coldest word was once a glowing new metaphor.

The coldest word was once a glowing new metaphor.

by Thomas Carlyle Found in: Language Quotes,
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Icky icky icky icky fKANG zoop-boing n zowzyin...

Icky icky icky icky fKANG zoop-boing n zowzyin...

by C. Truesdell Found in: Language Quotes,
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Language is fossil poetry.

Language is fossil poetry.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Language Quotes,
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Grammar, which knows how to lord it over kings, and with high
hands makes them obey its laws.
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Grammar, which knows how to lord it over kings, and with high
hands makes them obey its laws.
[Fr., La grammaire, qui sait regenter jusqu'aux rois,
Et les fait, la main haute, obeir a ses lois.]

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Viewed freely, the English language is the accretion and growth of every dialect, race, and range of time, and is read more

Viewed freely, the English language is the accretion and growth of every dialect, race, and range of time, and is both the free and compacted composition of all.

by Walt Whitman Found in: Language Quotes,
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Syllables govern the world.

Syllables govern the world.

by John Selden Found in: Language Quotes,
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The secret of language is the secret of sympathy and its full charm is possible only to the gentle.

The secret of language is the secret of sympathy and its full charm is possible only to the gentle.

by John Ruskin Found in: Language Quotes,
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