A linguistics professor was lecturing his class.
“In English,” he explained, “a double
negative forms a positive. In some languages, such as Russian, a double negative is still a negative. However,” the professor continued, “there is no language wherein a double positive can form a negative.”
A voice from the back of the room piped up, “Yeah, right.”
Humor is a universal language. - Joel Goodman
Music is well said to be the speech of angels. - Thomas Carlyle
English Wrestling Champion: A lord of the ring - Daffynitions joe-ks.com
A story is told as much by silence as by speech. - Susan Griffin
The English never draw a line without blurring it. - Winston Churchill
The English contribution to world cuisine. The chip. - John Cleese
Language exerts hidden power, like a moon on the tides. - Rita Mae Brown
Drawing on my fine command of language, I said nothing. - Robert Benchley
A fool is known by his speech; and a wise man by silence. - Pythagoras
Real programmers can write assembly code in any language. - Larry Wall
Germlish: Training done using a mixture of English & German - Daffynitions joe-ks.com
Reality can be lost when reason and language have been violated. - Ravi Zacharias
England and America are two countries separated by a common language. - George Bernard Shaw
Laughter is, after speech, the chief thing that holds society together. - Max Eastman
Wisdom is knowing when to speak your mind and when to mind your speech. - Evangel
Music is the only language in which you cannot say a mean or sarcastic thing. - John Erskine
A bore is one who has the power of speech but not the capacity for conversation. - Benjamin Desraeli
No one has a finer command of language than the person who keeps his mouth shut. - Sam Rayburn
Humour is practically the only thing about which the English are utterly serious. - Malcolm Muggeridge
There's nothing like an English weirdo. We have the best nutters in the world. - Sharon Osbourne
Everybody laughs the same in every language because laughter is a universal connection. - Yakov Smirnoff
At no time is freedom of speech more precious than when a man hits his thumb with a hammer. - Marshall Lumsden
I never made a mistake in grammar but once in my life, and as soon as I done it. I seen it. - Carl Sandburg
A person's name is, to that person, the sweetest, most important sound in any language. - Dale Carnegie
The first man to use abusive language instead of his fists was the founder of civilization. - Sigmund Freud
The trouble with her is that she lacks the power of conversation but not the power of speech. - George Bernard Shaw
German is the most extravagantly ugly language - it sounds like someone using a sick bag on a 747. - Willy Rushton
You're an old-timer if you can remember when setting the world on fire was a figure of speech. - Franklin P Jones
Human language appears to be a unique phenomenon, without significant analogue in the animal world. - Noam Chomsky
Fashion is free speech, and one of the privileges, if not always one of the pleasures, of a free world. - Alison Lurie
To suppress free speech is a double wrong. It violates the rights of the hearer as well as those of the speaker. - Frederick Douglass
The ability to speak several languages is an asset, but the ability to keep your mouth shut in any language is priceless. - Unknown
'Good English' is whatever educated people talk; so that what is good in one place or time would not be so in another. - C S Lewis
Charity, good behaviour, amiable speech, unselfishness - these by the chief sage have been declared the elements of popularity. - Burmese Proverb
It is Ireland's sacred duty to send over, every few years, a playwright to save the English theatre from inarticulate glumness. - Kenneth Tynan
The symbolic language of the crucifixion is the death of the old paradigm; resurrection is a leap into a whole new way of thinking. - Deepak Chopra
The English eat all sorts of birds - pigeons, ducks, sparrows - but if you tell them you eat puffin, you might as well come from Mars. - Bjork
Heard about the young deaf boy who used sign language?
One day he told his mother a dirty joke and she washed his hands out with soap. - Red Skelton
Music is a language that doesn't speak in particular words. It speaks in emotions, and if it's in the bones, it's in the bones. - Keith Richards
No matter how bad things are, they can always be worse. So what if my stroke left me with a speech impediment? Moses had one, and he did all right. - Kirk Douglas
Music is well said to be the speech of angels. - Thomas Carlyle
English Wrestling Champion: A lord of the ring - Daffynitions joe-ks.com
A story is told as much by silence as by speech. - Susan Griffin
The English never draw a line without blurring it. - Winston Churchill
The English contribution to world cuisine. The chip. - John Cleese
Language exerts hidden power, like a moon on the tides. - Rita Mae Brown
Drawing on my fine command of language, I said nothing. - Robert Benchley
A fool is known by his speech; and a wise man by silence. - Pythagoras
Real programmers can write assembly code in any language. - Larry Wall
Germlish: Training done using a mixture of English & German - Daffynitions joe-ks.com
Reality can be lost when reason and language have been violated. - Ravi Zacharias
England and America are two countries separated by a common language. - George Bernard Shaw
Laughter is, after speech, the chief thing that holds society together. - Max Eastman
Wisdom is knowing when to speak your mind and when to mind your speech. - Evangel
Music is the only language in which you cannot say a mean or sarcastic thing. - John Erskine
A bore is one who has the power of speech but not the capacity for conversation. - Benjamin Desraeli
No one has a finer command of language than the person who keeps his mouth shut. - Sam Rayburn
Humour is practically the only thing about which the English are utterly serious. - Malcolm Muggeridge
There's nothing like an English weirdo. We have the best nutters in the world. - Sharon Osbourne
Everybody laughs the same in every language because laughter is a universal connection. - Yakov Smirnoff
At no time is freedom of speech more precious than when a man hits his thumb with a hammer. - Marshall Lumsden
I never made a mistake in grammar but once in my life, and as soon as I done it. I seen it. - Carl Sandburg
A person's name is, to that person, the sweetest, most important sound in any language. - Dale Carnegie
The first man to use abusive language instead of his fists was the founder of civilization. - Sigmund Freud
The trouble with her is that she lacks the power of conversation but not the power of speech. - George Bernard Shaw
German is the most extravagantly ugly language - it sounds like someone using a sick bag on a 747. - Willy Rushton
You're an old-timer if you can remember when setting the world on fire was a figure of speech. - Franklin P Jones
Human language appears to be a unique phenomenon, without significant analogue in the animal world. - Noam Chomsky
Fashion is free speech, and one of the privileges, if not always one of the pleasures, of a free world. - Alison Lurie
To suppress free speech is a double wrong. It violates the rights of the hearer as well as those of the speaker. - Frederick Douglass
The ability to speak several languages is an asset, but the ability to keep your mouth shut in any language is priceless. - Unknown
'Good English' is whatever educated people talk; so that what is good in one place or time would not be so in another. - C S Lewis
Charity, good behaviour, amiable speech, unselfishness - these by the chief sage have been declared the elements of popularity. - Burmese Proverb
It is Ireland's sacred duty to send over, every few years, a playwright to save the English theatre from inarticulate glumness. - Kenneth Tynan
The symbolic language of the crucifixion is the death of the old paradigm; resurrection is a leap into a whole new way of thinking. - Deepak Chopra
The English eat all sorts of birds - pigeons, ducks, sparrows - but if you tell them you eat puffin, you might as well come from Mars. - Bjork
Heard about the young deaf boy who used sign language?
One day he told his mother a dirty joke and she washed his hands out with soap. - Red Skelton
Music is a language that doesn't speak in particular words. It speaks in emotions, and if it's in the bones, it's in the bones. - Keith Richards
No matter how bad things are, they can always be worse. So what if my stroke left me with a speech impediment? Moses had one, and he did all right. - Kirk Douglas
see also College, Language & School Sections
Basic Rules of English Spelling and Grammar
Books Never Written
Commas Save Lives
Cyberbulbs
Double Negative Education
First Impressions
I Like Cooking
Little Johnny’s Beautiful Examples
One Thousand Words
Practice Safe Text
Punctuation Matters
The Importance of Correct Punctuation
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