Quotes About Language

Why is it that when you wipe up dust its called dusting but when you wipe up a spill its not called spilling? Just something to think about.

What's politically correct a lot of times is not funny.

Convoy? Michael, you're hanging around with a man who uses a collective term for a single vehicle.

Swearing relieves the feelings - that is what swearing does. I explained this to my aunt on one occasion, but it didn't answer with her. She said I had no business to have such feelings.

President Bush gave his first-ever presidential radio address in both English and Spanish. Reaction was mixed, however, as people were trying to figure out which one was which.

Funny enough, every role that I have had, I try to tone down my accent or speak with better diction.

I had no idea what they were saying in Italian as a child, they spoke too quickly on the radio. But I realized that language was very funny.

I never say what I mean, but I always manage to say something similar.

You know it's them books what make you talk funny.

You'll never call him Fifi again.

My parents are very funny when they have to deal with anything racy or off-color. They usually pretend they don't speak English.

Some people come up to me and say "You know, in Italy, it's pronounced Ber-beel-lia" And I say "Well, here in America, you're annoying..."

I arrived in the middle of a press conference - as boring a thing to sit through if you don't know the language as it is if you do.

Parents, just keep in mind that kids will always round off to the nearest obscenity.

Ain't it funny what people say? Ain't it funny what people write?

Michael Bates was a very funny actor; he'd served in India, could speak Urdu, and had great comic timing.

Japanese people have a funny habit of abbreviating names.

Most men make little use of their speech than to give evidence against their own understanding.

Knowing all the languages in the world could help you to really understand all the jokes you can hear... from my future Kids' Funny Business.

I have a bad grammar, but I do have a good message in it.

Adults who use big words in order to seem intelligent are annoying, especially those who are not intelligent.

What I actually want to call you is a hell of a lot more unprintable than your name

Me neither, " Shane put in. "Homie don't play that.""I wonder, sometimes, if your generation speaks English at all, " Amelie said.

It may be prodigious, but it's all Greek to me!