Jargon Quote by Tanya Thompson

“It takes a thorough knowledge of the English language to effectively abuse it.”

— Charlene Vermeulen

“The knowledge of English is, increasingly, a survival skill in today’s global culture.”

— Guideposts

“The silent adjustments to understand colloquial language are enormously complicated.”

— Ludwig Wittgenstein

“The English language is a work in progress. Have fun with it.”

— Jonathan Culver

“However, why does it so often fail to dawn on them that if we’re smart enough to understand their instructions, we might well also…

— Naoki Higashida

“... the director explained to him, in that slow, simplified, style of language that one uses for the intellectually underprivileged,”

— Gary Edward Gedall

“The success of language in conveying information is highly overrated. ”

— Robert Bolton

“Only the educated stop to look for words - having enough to occasionally misplace them.”

— Derek B. Miller

“The moment one learns English, complications set in.”

— Felipe Alfau

“English is not merely a language anymore; it has become a way of life for millions of non-native English speakers around the world.”

— M.F. Moonzajer

“Learning a language happens in stages, and the first breakthrough is a limited understanding. Somehow the words began to make sense; I could not…

— Vicki Archer

“Language communicates in terms of what is already know; it chokes up when asked to deal with entirely unprecedented.”

— Vivek Shanbhag