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A fanatic is a person who can't change his mind and won't change the subject. - Winston Churchill
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How to Learn (But Not Master) Any Language in 1 Hour (Plus: A Favor)
i 86 Votes A group of alumni, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university lecturer.
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Alan Kennedy's Color/Language Project - The Idiom List
Alan S. Kennedy's Color/Language Project If you see a gap or an inaccuracy that you can help us fix, tell us via the contribution form !A paraprosdokian is a figure of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected in a way that causes the reader or listener to re-frame or re-interpret the first part. It is frequently used for humorous or dramatic effect. For this reason, it is extremely popular among comedians and satirists. I asked God for a bike, but I know God doesn't work that way. So I stole a bike and asked for forgiveness. Do not argue with an idiot.
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The Announcer's Test This is called the announcer's test. It originated at Radio Central New York in the early 1940's as a cold reading test given to prospective radio talent to demonstrate their speaking ability. Del Moore, a long time friend of Jerry's, took this test at Radio Central New York in 1941, and passed it on to him.
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Pragmatics
First published Tue Nov 28, 2006; substantive revision Mon Mar 21, 2011 These lines — also attributed to H. L. Mencken and Carl Jung — may or may not be fair to diplomats, but are surely correct in reminding us that more is involved in what one communicates than what one literally says; more is involved in what one means than the standard, conventional meaning of the words one uses. The words ‘yes,’ ‘perhaps,’ and ‘no’ each has a perfectly identifiable meaning, known by every speaker of English (including not very competent ones).
Don’t Mind Your Language… « The New Adventures of Stephen Fry
Language. Language, language, language. In the end it all comes down to language.
Cookies by Douglas Adams (author: "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy") This actually did happen to a real person, and the real person was me. I had gone to catch a train. This was April 1976, in Cambridge, U.K.
Cookies by Douglas Adams
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