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We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may be the measure of our read more
We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may be the measure of our lives.
Icky icky icky icky fKANG zoop-boing n zowzyin...
Icky icky icky icky fKANG zoop-boing n zowzyin...
A laudation in Greek is of marvellous efficacy on the title-page
of a book.
[Fr., Une louange en read more
A laudation in Greek is of marvellous efficacy on the title-page
of a book.
[Fr., Une louange en grec est d'une merveilleuse efficace a la
tete d'un livre.]
Male supremacy is fused into the language, so that every sentence both heralds and affirms it.
Male supremacy is fused into the language, so that every sentence both heralds and affirms it.
Language helps form the limits of our reality.
Language helps form the limits of our reality.
When a language creates -- as it does -- a community within the present, it does so only by courtesy read more
When a language creates -- as it does -- a community within the present, it does so only by courtesy of a community between the present and the past.
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.
If it is true that the violin is the most perfect of musical instruments, then Greek is the violin of read more
If it is true that the violin is the most perfect of musical instruments, then Greek is the violin of humn thought.
All language reflects the prejudices of the society in which it evolved.
All language reflects the prejudices of the society in which it evolved.