--- title: "1 New English Quotes By John McWhorter" description: "1 New English quotes by John McWhorter. Plus more from John McWhorter and more New English sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8fe/john-mcwhorter-25821_daily-bread_modern-our-father-who-is-in-heaven-bless_132503.jpg" --- > [“Modern Our Father, who is in heaven, blessed be your name. Give us our daily bread today. All three of these languages were rich, beautiful systems. There are no dogs to be seen. Middle English, the language of Chaucer, does…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mcwhorter/modern-our-father-who-is-in-heaven-blessed-be-your-name-give-us-our/) [John McWhorter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-mcwhorter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8fe/john-mcwhorter-25821_daily-bread_modern-our-father-who-is-in-heaven-bless_132503.jpg) ## More by John McWhorter > [“Modern Our Father, who is in heaven, blessed be your name. Give us our daily bread today. All three of these languages were rich,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mcwhorter/modern-our-father-who-is-in-heaven-blessed-be-your-name-give-us-our/) [John McWhorter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-mcwhorter/) > [As far as I'm concerned, and this is a big theme of mine, I'm not interested in white people loving me. It's an unrealistic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mcwhorter/as-far-as-i-m-concerned-and-this-is-a-big-theme-of-mine-i-m-not/) [John McWhorter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-mcwhorter/) > [“We’re all Dennis Hopper now.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mcwhorter/we-re-all-dennis-hopper-now/) [John McWhorter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-mcwhorter/) > [ “\[I\] would argue that native-born blacks are so vastly less "African" than actual Africans that calling ourselves 'African American' is not only illogical but… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mcwhorter/i-would-argue-that-native-born-blacks-are-so-vastly-less-african-than/) [John McWhorter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-mcwhorter/) > [People banging away on their smartphones are fluently using a code separate from the one they use in actual writing, but a code it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mcwhorter/people-banging-away-on-their-smartphones-are-fluently-using-a-code/) [John McWhorter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-mcwhorter/) > [“The difference between educated people and uneducated people is that educated people have been opened up to the notion that you can disagree without…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mcwhorter/the-difference-between-educated-people-and-uneducated-people-is-that/) [John McWhorter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-mcwhorter/) > [Most languages spoken by a few thousand people are so complicated they make your head swim; a Siberian yak herder's language is much more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mcwhorter/most-languages-spoken-by-a-few-thousand-people-are-so-complicated/) [John McWhorter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-mcwhorter/) > [“Poetry that tames language into tight structures and yet manages to move us comes off as a feat, paralleling ballet or athletic talent in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mcwhorter/poetry-that-tames-language-into-tight-structures-and-yet-manages-to/) [John McWhorter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-mcwhorter/) > [“The late twentieth century has been the locus of a new lurch on English’s time line in America, where oratorical, poetic, and compositional craft…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mcwhorter/the-late-twentieth-century-has-been-the-locus-of-a-new-lurch-on/) [John McWhorter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-mcwhorter/) > [“I am not 'African American' —I am black American.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mcwhorter/i-am-not-african-american-i-am-black-american/) [John McWhorter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-mcwhorter/) > [Rap and spoken word have reawakened the country to poetry in itself. Texting and Twitter encourage creative uses of casual language, in ways I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mcwhorter/rap-and-spoken-word-have-reawakened-the-country-to-poetry-in-itself/) [John McWhorter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-mcwhorter/) > [It would be good if teachers could genuinely understand that black English is not mistakes, it's just different English, and that what you want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mcwhorter/it-would-be-good-if-teachers-could-genuinely-understand-that-black/) [John McWhorter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-mcwhorter/) > [As languages go, English is pretty user friendly. If you look at a tiny language spoken somewhere that most of us have never heard…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mcwhorter/as-languages-go-english-is-pretty-user-friendly-if-you-look-at-a-tiny/) [John McWhorter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-mcwhorter/) > [Black English is simpler than standard English in some ways; for example, it often gets by with just 'be' and drops 'am,' 'is,' and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mcwhorter/black-english-is-simpler-than-standard-english-in-some-ways-for/) [John McWhorter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-mcwhorter/) > [“Our sense of what American English is has upended our relationship to articulateness, our approach to writing, and how (and whether) we impart it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mcwhorter/our-sense-of-what-american-english-is-has-upended-our-relationship-to/) [John McWhorter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-mcwhorter/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/new-english/john-mcwhorter/#itemlist", "name": "1 New English Quotes By John McWhorter", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Modern Our Father, who is in heaven, blessed be your name. 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