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Don Chaucer. well of English undefyled
On Fame's eternall beadroll worthie to be fyled.
Don Chaucer. well of English undefyled
On Fame's eternall beadroll worthie to be fyled.
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.
For I am a bear of very little brain and long words bother me.
For I am a bear of very little brain and long words bother me.
Language is the roadmap of a culture. It tells you where its people came from and where they are going.
Language is the roadmap of a culture. It tells you where its people came from and where they are going.
To have another language is to possess a second soul.
To have another language is to possess a second soul.
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.]
Like a diaphanous nightgown, language both hides and reveals.
Like a diaphanous nightgown, language both hides and reveals.
Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their own.
Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their own.
