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English language Quote by John Lydon

“Infamous language, you're joking. What language is that? I speak…” quote by John Lydon — Download Open image

“Infamous language, you're joking. What language is that? I speak nothing but the fucking english language. That's the only thing I've been brought up with, and if that's infamous than ha ha ha tough shit.”

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