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Drawing on my fine command of the English language, I said nothing.
Drawing on my fine command of the English language, I said nothing.
Accent is the soul of a language; it gives the feeling and truth
to it.
[Fr., L'accent est read more
Accent is the soul of a language; it gives the feeling and truth
to it.
[Fr., L'accent est l'ame du discours, il lui donne le sentiment
et la verite.]
Language. I loved it. And for a long time I would think of myself, of my whole body, as an read more
Language. I loved it. And for a long time I would think of myself, of my whole body, as an ear.
Language tethers us to the world; without it we spin like atoms.
Language tethers us to the world; without it we spin like atoms.
There was speech in their dumbness, language in their very
gesture.
There was speech in their dumbness, language in their very
gesture.
No language is rude that can boast polite writers.
No language is rude that can boast polite writers.
If language had been the creation not of poetry but of logic, we should only have one.
If language had been the creation not of poetry but of logic, we should only have one.
To a teacher of languages there comes a time when the world is but a place of many words and read more
To a teacher of languages there comes a time when the world is but a place of many words and man appears a mere talking animal not much more wonderful than a parrot.
