Famous quotes containing the words english and/or term:
“The English language is nobodys special property. It is the property of the imagination: it is the property of the language itself.”
—Derek Walcott (b. 1930)
“Nois a term very frequently employed by the fair, when they mean everything else but a negative. Their yes is always yes; but their no is not always no.”
—Anonymous, U.S. womens magazine contributor. M, Weekly Visitor or Ladies Miscellany, p. 203 (April 1803)