Language Quote by Kory Stamper Download Open image ““Then Eric talked for half an hour about the Albanian word for”” — Kory Stamper ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.5 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Language
“Eric had to make me wake up for long enough to take out my contacts.” — Julie Powell Copy Share Image
“He sat down with a dour face. “Ah, Shqipëria!” he said dropping his head. “Albania will never become Albania with Albanians in it!” He… — Paul Alkazraji Copy Share Image
“With a huge effort, Eric reined himself in. “When you smell like that,” he said, “I just want to fuck you and bite you… — Charlaine Harris Copy Share Image
“It was no longer her sleeping room, it was our sleeping room now. We made friends the night it thundered, big claps of it… — Edna O'Brien Copy Share Image
“I looked up into Eric's eyes. Incredibly, he was excited. He smiled at me. "I knew I'd get on top of you somehow," he… — Charlaine Harris Copy Share Image
“until Eric had explained that it was really just an excuse for a guy to rub his penis all over a girl and not… — Shayla Black Copy Share Image
“Snap out of it," I said. I wasn't in the mood. With a huge effort, Eric reined himself in. "When you smell like that,"… — Charlaine Harris Copy Share Image
How is Eric?' 'Very tightly wound. Plus, a lot of stuff happened that he'll tell you about.' 'Thanks for the warning. I'll go to… — Charlaine Harris Copy Share Image
“Thea sagged back against the seat. She was still confused and unhappy, but what scared her most was that she felt a strong urge… — L.J. Smith Copy Share Image
“I look up at Eric,sniffing "I tried to...and..."I shake my head. "You tired to what?" asks Eric "Kiss me," says Tobias. "And I rejected… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“Ariel: “Eric!” Eric: “Do not sing me back to shore! Not until you are standing on two feet!” — Khalia Hades 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
A lot of people thought oh, we caught the dictionary in racism, or all it takes is a whole bunch of people saying that… — Kory Stamper Copy Share Image
I put myself in the student's place and remember the frustrations, doubts, determination, and desires I felt when I was going through the initial… — Ted Martinez Copy Share Image
Usually male directors have to use foul language to get the job done. But I never came down to that level as being a… — Divya Khosla Kumar Copy Share Image
A man walks down the street. It's a street in a strange world. Maybe it's the third world. Maybe it's his first time around.… — Paul Simon Copy Share Image
It's like saying French shouldn't be taught because you don't understand it because it's new. Shakespeare is just like learning a new, exciting language. — Samuel Barnett Copy Share Image
I am attracted to looking at the different things language can mean even in one sometimes quite ordinary utterance. Writing is partly about listening… — Rae Armantrout Copy Share Image
What is music? Music is language. A human being wants to express ideas in this language, but not ideas that can be translated into… — Anton Webern Copy Share Image
You're beautiful, cute, pretty, gorgeous, and fuck.. I ran out of words. — Raghib Clitso Copy Share Image
The world has a soul and whoever understands that soul can also understand the language of many things. — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
“The words for what I want to say right now don't exist. Everything sounds…so cliché.” — Shelly Crane Copy Share Image
A man cannot speak but he judges himself. With his will or against his will he draws his portrait to the eye of his… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Words can kill you trust towards someone, mind you language people, every reaction had its consequence. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
