Quote by Kory Stamper Download Open image ““Dude, do you even English? That defining job is hella bad.”” — Kory Stamper ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.9 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“Getting too interested in the English way of life won't help you land a permanent job.” — Mary Ellis Copy Share Image
“My job is okay. You know what an okay job is, don’t you? It’s a job you only hate some of the time instead… — Tim Tharp Copy Share Image
“I'm English. We're about as tactful as a hot poker up the bum, most of the time.” — L.H. Thomson Copy Share Image
“I make a living, even life and death judgments, by reading peoples' body language, their raw reactions to situations. And I'd almos swear you've… — Laura Spinella Copy Share Image
“I tried to talk like them, cursing and cussing, mutilating the English language into a slang that I could barely stand nor understand.” — Carol Wambui Ngabura Copy Share Image
“My job defines me, amuses me, thrills me and makes me feel like I am making a difference.” — Kathryn Primm Copy Share Image
“HOSTESS. Oh, nonsense! She speaks English perfectly. NEPOMMUCK. Too perfectly. Can you shew me any English woman who speaks English as it should be… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
“I’m a man of leisure. That’s because I have an English degree and can’t get a job. ” — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
“I cringed at the stupid 'b' word. Really, the English language is kind of limited in that department.” — C.M. Stunich Copy Share Image
“Under ordinary circumstances, we learn to speak before we learn to read, and anyone who has tried to learn a foreign language knows that… — Kory Stamper Copy Share Image
“Like many things that are claimed as Western inventions, grammar was first practiced in the East. According to scholars, there is a rich tradition… — Kory Stamper Copy Share Image
Whenever you try and simplify how people speak, it's just hard to squish them into a simple rule. Language doesn't work that way. — Kory Stamper Copy Share Image
“We think of English as a fortress to be defended, but a better analogy is to think of English as a child. We love… — Kory Stamper Copy Share Image
“It is best, in fact, to assume that every verbal illustration you write will offend someone, somewhere, at some point.” — Kory Stamper Copy Share Image
“It wasn’t story (good or bad) that pulled me in; it was English itself, the way it felt in my braces-caged mouth and rattled… — Kory Stamper Copy Share Image
“Removing racial slurs from the dictionary will not eliminate racism; removing “injustice” from the dictionary will not bring about justice. If it were really… — Kory Stamper Copy Share Image
What makes autocorrect really interesting for a lexicographer is we read in a very weird way. A lot of times we'll catch things that… — Kory Stamper Copy Share Image
I make the case in the book that Standard English, that language we all aspire to live and move and have our being within,… — Kory Stamper Copy Share Image
“bor·bo·ryg·mus \ˌbȯr-bə-ˈrig-məs\ n, pl bor·bo·ryg·mi \-ˌmī\ : intestinal rumbling caused by moving gas (MWC11)” — Kory Stamper Copy Share Image
“Person, Place, Thing (Noun); Describes Action (Verb); Modifies Nouns (Adjective); Answers the W Questions (Adverb); Joins Words Together (Conjunction); Things We Say When We… — Kory Stamper Copy Share Image
