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All dogs seem to be great linguists, according to their owners. They always understand every word that's said to them.

— Susan Ertz

Many of us have to spell words such as "out," "cookie," and "bath" when conversing with other people, lest we unnecessarily excite our pets.…

— Warren Eckstein

For proof that our culture has gone to the dogs, look no further than the bizarrely parental ways many Americans talk about our furry…

— Eric Metaxas

“In the history of humanity, there have been many languages, including French, that have served as universal languages: Latin, Chinese, Arabic, and more. Yet…

— Minae Mizumura

Both French and Latin are involved with nationalistic and religious implications which could not be entirely shaken off, and so, while they seemed for…

— Edward Sapir

Dogs do speak, but only to those who know how to listen.

— Orhan Pamuk

In Paris they just simply opened their eyes and stared when we spoke to them in French! We never did succeed in making those…

— Mark Twain

“The French have the right respect for dogs--in France we chiens get to go to lunch and dinner anytime, anywhere.”

— Sheron Long

My dog is vicious to the uninvited guest, lavishly affectionate to the invited one, and so freakishly acute that he has mastered the English…

— Jean Hanff Korelitz

“Beauty had just squatted under one of the chairs lining the hallway. A small trickle was creeping across the marble floor. 'She's too intelligent…

— Eloisa James

I could speak to you and say, 'Laytay-chai, paisey, paisey.' ... Why aren't you responding? Oh, you don't speak Swahili. Well, I've got news…

— Ian Dunbar

You get the feeling that many of my guests feel that the French language gives them entry into a more cultivated, more intelligent world,…

— Bernard Pivot