#lang

I am now completing research supported by NSF and NEH that is mapping changes in the English language through all of North America, for both mainstream and minority communities. ↗

— William Labov

#america #both #changes #communities #completing

In other words, the man who is born into existence deals first with language; this is a given. He is even caught in it before his birth. ↗

— Jacques Lacan

#birth #born #caught #deals #even

There is an awful lot of what I call recreational jazz going on, where people go out and learn a particular language or style and become real sharks on somebody else's language. ↗

— Steve Lacy

#become #call #else #go #going

I never had to learn English, French and German because I was brought up as all three languages. I had a private French teacher before I even went to school. That helped a lot. ↗

— Karl Lagerfeld

#because #before #brought #english #even

Our approach was very simple. It was about creating a universal language. A show that will be attractive toward every people coming from all over the world. And that was a big thing. ↗

— Guy Laliberte

#approach #attractive #big #big thing #coming

A degree of lying - you know, white lies - seems to be inherent in all languages and all forms of communication. ↗

— Matthew Lesko

#degree #forms #inherent #know #languages

Because Shakespeare's language is so expansive, we're under this misconception that it's difficult. But I discovered that it's easy because it's so brilliantly written. The words are perfect, and the language is intelligent and very emotional. ↗

— Jessica Lange

#brilliantly #difficult #discovered #easy #emotional

I wish I was not such a very bad hand at languages. That is one thing I cannot do, that and ride. ↗

— Richard H. Davis

#cannot #hand #i #i wish #languages

I come from not just a household but a country where the finesse of language, well-balanced sentence, structure, syntax, these things are driven into us, and my parents, bless them, are great custodians of the English language. ↗

— Daniel Day-Lewis

#come #country #custodians #driven #english

Restoring the Welsh language in Wales is nothing less than a revolution. It is only through revolutionary means that we can succeed. ↗

— Saunders Lewis

#less #means #nothing #only #restoring