#languages

Stay away from restaurants that have menus in five languages. That's always a tourist trap. You want to eat where the locals eat. ↗

— Curtis Stone

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It's haunting to realize that half of the languages of the world are teetering on the brink of extinction. ↗

— Wade Davis

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To a teacher of languages there comes a time when the world is but a place of many words and man appears a mere talking animal not much more wonderful than a parrot. ↗

— Joseph Conrad

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I speak two languages, Body and English. ↗

— Mae West

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I wish life was not so short, he thought. languages take such a time, and so do all the things one wants to know about. ↗

— J. R. R. Tolkien

#i #i wish #know #languages #life

Most metaphysical words in Hopi are verbs, not nouns as in European languages. ↗

— Benjamin Whorf

#languages #metaphysical #most #nouns #verbs

In order to be a diplomat, one must speak a number of languages, including doubletalk. ↗

— Carey Williams

#including #languages #must #number #order

We've already recognized that it is absolutely essential for British children to learn other languages and we will be working hard to put further strategies in place to ensure this. ↗

— John Whitehead

#already #british #children #ensure #essential

Man is used to the fact that there are languages which he does not at first understand and which must be learned, but because art is primarily visual he expects that he should get the message immediately and is apt to be affronted if he doesn't. ↗

— Edward T. Hall

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Support for alternate languages will largely depend on the underlying OS. ↗

— Bill Hayden

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