The North American intellectual tradition began, I maintain, in the encounter of British Romanticism with assertive, pragmatic North American English - the… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
American English is essentially English after having been wiped off with a dirty sponge. — J. R. R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
Because it was my first time acting in English, everyone on set was difficult to understand. It was a mix of Scottish,… — Sibel Kekilli Copy Share Image
“There is reinforcement in such familiar back-formations as Chinee from Chinese, Portugee from Portuguese.” — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
It appears that the present-day form of African American English is not the inheritance of the period of slavery, but the creation… — William Labov Copy Share Image
When I'm on television, I'm talking to millions of people, so the conversation is totally different. My words are different. My diction… — Keyshawn Johnson Copy Share Image
What made al-Awlaki so influential is that, unlike a number of leaders of al Qaeda such as Osama bin Laden, he was… — Peter Bergen Copy Share Image
“Joe looked out of the window again. He had the feeling that outside the window there should have been hover-cars, men in… — Lavie Tidhar Copy Share Image
“There are over 10,000 idioms in American English, and some of them have been in use for more than 2,000 years, while… — Gail Brenner Copy Share Image
I am sure that the two main forms of English, American English and British English, separated geographically from the beginning and severed… — Robert Burchfield Copy Share Image
“I'm a multi-lingual Kundalini-dancing shapeshifter to the 69th degree. I know French, Italian, Arabic, Egyptian Arabic, Greek, Latin, Gaelic, Scottish, English, and… — Sienna McQuillen Copy Share Image
We have room but for one Language here and that is the English Language, for we intend to see that the crucible… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
“She learned about Indian words that have been incorporated into American English, like moose and pecan and squash, and Penobscot words like… — Christina Baker Kline Copy Share Image
American English is the greatest influence of English everywhere. — Robert Burchfield Copy Share Image
You will hear people say the C-word. Except, it's a regional language: in British English, c - t has much less of… — Kory Stamper Copy Share Image
“Music was a language of its own, and soon it would become his third language, a half-diminished seventh to a major seventh… — Lisa Ko Copy Share Image
Part of what makes a language 'alive' is its constant evolution. I would hate to think Britain would ever emulate France, where… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
“Our sense of what American English is has upended our relationship to articulateness, our approach to writing, and how (and whether) we… — John McWhorter Copy Share Image
All I can say in my solitude is, May Heaven's rich blessing come down on every one - American, English, Turk -… — David Livingstone Copy Share Image
All messages from Satan are played forward and are in standard American English. — George Carlin Copy Share Image
I love American English, not least because a lot of it was ours to begin with. Indeed, many Americanisms can be found… — Susie Dent Copy Share Image
I had a weird accent. Dutch people speak American English, and my parents were Jamaican, with their own broken English. — Stefflon Don Copy Share Image
