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The unspeakable in full pursuit of the uneatable

One knows so well the popular idea of health: the English country gentleman galloping after a fox—the unspeakable in full…

12 years ago

We have really everything in common with America nowadays

We have really everything in common with America nowadays, except, of course, language. Oscar Wilde, The Canterville Ghost

12 years ago

When learning English as a second language

When learning English as a second language, be sure to garble small words out of order in incomplete sentences. Then…

12 years ago

Not to be English is hardly regarded as a fatal deficiency even by the English

Still, not to be English is hardly regarded as a fatal deficiency even by the English, though grave enough to…

12 years ago

The majesty and grandeur of the English language

I know your head aches. I know you're tired. I know your nerves are as raw as meat in a…

12 years ago

Polysyllables obfuscate a preponderant ignorance

Polysyllables obfuscate a preponderant ignorance with so much more style and panache. John Patrick Lowrie, Dancing With Eternity

12 years ago

Opportunities for misreadings in English

In a language as idiomatically stressed as English, opportunities for misreadings are bound to arise. By a mere backward movement…

12 years ago

English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore

The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse…

12 years ago

Speak like English aristocrats before the First World War

"I guess that isn't the right word," she said. She was used to apologizing for her use of language. She…

12 years ago

Writing in English is like throwing mud at a wall

Writing in English is like throwing mud at a wall. Joseph Conrad

12 years ago