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It's no coincidence that in no known language does the phrase "As pretty as an airport" appear
It's no coincidence that in no known language does the phrase "As pretty as an airport" appear
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.
Like a diaphanous nightgown, language both hides and reveals.
Like a diaphanous nightgown, language both hides and reveals.
For every man there is something in the vocabulary that would stick to him like a second skin. His enemies read more
For every man there is something in the vocabulary that would stick to him like a second skin. His enemies have only to find it.
The individual's whole experience is built upon the plan of his language.
The individual's whole experience is built upon the plan of his language.
When a language creates -- as it does -- a community within the present, it does so only by courtesy read more
When a language creates -- as it does -- a community within the present, it does so only by courtesy of a community between the present and the past.
The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them
The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them
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.
Look wise; say nothing and grunt. Speech was given to conceal thought.
Look wise; say nothing and grunt. Speech was given to conceal thought.
