American English Quotes
8 American English quotes by 8 unique authors
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Part of what makes a language 'alive' is its constant evolution. I would hate to think Britain would ever emulate France, where they actually have…
— Joanne Kathleen Rowling
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American English is essentially English after having been wiped off with a dirty sponge.
— J.R.R. Tolkien
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All I can say in my solitude is, May Heaven's rich blessing come down on every one - American, English, Turk - who will help…
— David Livingstone
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It appears that the present-day form of African American English is not the inheritance of the period of slavery, but the creation of the second…
— William Labov
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I grew up watching foreign programs - American, English, Mexican, and very little Kenyan. 'The Color Purple' was the first time I saw people who…
— Lupita Nyong'o
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I am sure that the two main forms of English, American English and British English, separated geographically from the beginning and severed politically since 1776,…
— Robert Burchfield
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The North American intellectual tradition began, I maintain, in the encounter of British Romanticism with assertive, pragmatic North American English - the Protestant plain style…
— Camille Paglia
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Catchphrases flourish in contemporary American English.
— P.J. O'Rourke
Who Wrote These American English Quotes
8 authors contributed a total of 8 American English Quotes as follows: