George Bernard Shaw Quotes About Language
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The English have no respect for their language, and will not teach their children to speak it. They spell it so abominably that no man can teach himself what it soundslike.It isimpossible foran Englishmanto openhis mouth without making some other Englishman hate or despise him.
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The trouble with her is that she lacks the power of conversation but not the power of speech.
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English is the easiest language to speak badly.
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We are not taught to think decently on sex subjects, and consequently we have no language for them except indecent language.
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In literature the ambition of the novice is to acquire the literary language; the struggle of the adept is to get rid of it.
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Remember that you are a human being with a soul and the divine gift of articulate speech: that your native language is the language of Shakespeare and Milton and The Bible; and don't sit there crooning like a bilious pigeon.
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I am very sorry, but I cannot learn languages. I have tried hard, only to find that men of ordinary capacity can learn Sanskrit in less time that it takes me to buy a German Dictionary
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England and America are two countries separated by the same language.
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No man fully capable of his own language ever masters another.
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After studying the Hungarian language for years, I can confidently conclude that had Hungarian been my mother tongue, it would have been more precious. Simply because through this extraordinary, ancient and powerful language it is possible to precisely describe the tiniest differences and the most secretive tremors of emotions.
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The English have no respect for their language, and will not teach their children to speak it.
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