Language tethers us to the world; without it we spin like atoms.

Language tethers us to the world; without it we spin like atoms.

I speak two languages, Body and English.

I speak two languages, Body and English.

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.

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.

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.

He has strangled
His language in his tears.

He has strangled
His language in his tears.

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.]

Syllables govern the world.

Syllables govern the world.

Language shapes the way we think, and determines what we can think about.

Language shapes the way we think, and determines what we can think about.