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The English language is rather like a monster accordion, stretchable at the whim of the editor, compressible ad lib.
The English language is rather like a monster accordion, stretchable at the whim of the editor, compressible ad lib.
Great Britain and the United States are nations separated by a
common language.
Great Britain and the United States are nations separated by a
common language.
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.
He has strangled
His language in his tears.
He has strangled
His language in his tears.
The finest language is mostly made up of simple unimposing words.
The finest language is mostly made up of simple unimposing words.
Language helps form the limits of our reality.
Language helps form the limits of our reality.
All true language is incomprehensible, like the chatter of a beggar's teeth.
All true language is incomprehensible, like the chatter of a beggar's teeth.
How can I tell what I think till I see what I say?
How can I tell what I think till I see what I say?
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,
