Quote by Kory Stamper Download Open image ““Sometimes we are mush mouths because we like symmetry.”” — Kory Stamper ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.1 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“Excessive symmetry is either unnatural and conceals some human thought behind it, or else supernatural and conceals some mystery.” — Luis Fernando Verissimo Copy Share Image
“I’ve been the queen of symmetry and everything had to be in identical balance, no matter how you looked at it. But I’ve realized… — Taryn Leigh Copy Share Image
“Why do we have two ears and one mouth? In order to talk half as much as we listen.” — Josip Novakovich Copy Share Image
“A smile is like a simile, if you have a mouth like a metaphor. That would make for like the best kiss ever.” — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
“sometimes things can be a little different, almost vastly different, yet make perfect sense when they are brought together. Sometimes differences are what make… — Taryn Leigh Copy Share Image
“He imagines they are uniformly smiling, showing the face they squeeze out with the toothpaste every morning.” — Don DeLillo Copy Share Image
“Then they fake smile at each other, but I’m starting to understand that smiling is really just another way of baring one’s teeth.” — A.S. King 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
