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 Fie, fie upon her!
 There's language in her eye, her cheek, her lip;
  Nay, her foot speaks. read more 
 Fie, fie upon her!
 There's language in her eye, her cheek, her lip;
  Nay, her foot speaks. Her wanton spirits look out
   At every joint and motive of her body. 
 Pedantry consists in the use of words unsuitable to the time, 
place, and company.  
 Pedantry consists in the use of words unsuitable to the time, 
place, and company. 
Words are the leaves of the tree of language, of which, if some fall away, a new succession takes their read more
Words are the leaves of the tree of language, of which, if some fall away, a new succession takes their place.
And who in time knows whither we may vent the treasure of our tongue, to what strange shores this gain read more
And who in time knows whither we may vent the treasure of our tongue, to what strange shores this gain of our best glories shall be sent, 't unknowing Nations with our stores? What worlds in the yet unformed Occident may come refined with the accents that are ours?
Icky icky icky icky fKANG zoop-boing n zowzyin...
Icky icky icky icky fKANG zoop-boing n zowzyin...
 Language is a city to the building of which every human being 
brought a stone.
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 Language is a city to the building of which every human being 
brought a stone.
   - Ralph Waldo Emerson, 
No language is rude that can boast polite writers.
No language is rude that can boast polite writers.
 Who climbs the grammar-tree, distinctly knows
 Where noun, and verb, and participle grows.  
 Who climbs the grammar-tree, distinctly knows
 Where noun, and verb, and participle grows.