“All speech, written or spoken, is a dead language, until it finds a willing and prepared hearer.”-Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson on Language
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Category Archives: Language
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“The greatest enemy of clear language is insincerity.”-George Orwell
[Book Nerd Links] Victorian Slang
20 Victorian Terms That Seem Oddly Modern [courtesy Anglophenia]
The above article reminded me of an earlier one from mental_floss:
56 Delightful Victorian Slang Terms You Should Be Using
Bonus points go to Anglophenia for mentioning (and running a photograph of) Jarvis Cocker!
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“Stability in language is synonymous with rigor mortis.”-Ernest Weekley
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