Language is a mixture of statement and evocation.

Language is a mixture of statement and evocation.

And don't confound the language of the nation
With long-tailed words in osity and ation.

And don't confound the language of the nation
With long-tailed words in osity and ation.

I speak two languages, Body and English.

I speak two languages, Body and English.

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?

All language reflects the prejudices of the society in which it evolved.

All language reflects the prejudices of the society in which it evolved.

And who in time knows whither we may vent
The treasure of our tongue? To what strange shores
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And who in time knows whither we may vent
The treasure of our tongue? To what strange shores
This gain of our best glory shall be sent,
T' enrich unknowing nations with our stores?
What worlds in th' yet unformed Occident
May come refin'd with th' accents that are ours?

To God I speak Spanish, to women Italian, to men French, and to
my horse--German.

To God I speak Spanish, to women Italian, to men French, and to
my horse--German.

The most precious things in speech are pauses.

The most precious things in speech are pauses.

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.