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Tag Archives: Language

International Community Of Readers

“More and more the writer is aware of an international community of readers for whom dense language use and frequent local references are a hindrance. This seems obvious. I don’t decry it or criticize it – it’s just a fact.” ~ Tim Parks, Novelist

Posted byA Pondering MindNovember 21, 2021Posted inUncategorizedTags: books, Language, Quotes, Reading, Tim Parks, Writers

The Queens English

You know, I do speak the Queens English. It’s just the wrong Queens that’s all. It’s over the 59th Street Bridge. It’s not over the Atlantic Ocean. ~ Cyndi Lauper

Posted byA Pondering MindJune 28, 2021Posted inUncategorizedTags: Cyndi Lauper, English Language, Language, Queens, Queens NY, Quotes, Singer2 Comments on The Queens English

Pondering Thought #16

the mind is churning out all kinds of bits of words of the English language.

Posted byA Pondering MindApril 26, 2021Posted inUncategorizedTags: Language, Thoughts

Sublime Natural Beauty

To experience sublime natural beauty is to confront the total inadequacy of language to describe what you see. Words cannot convey the scale of a view that is so stunning it is felt. ~ Eleanor Catton

Posted byA Pondering MindOctober 23, 2020October 23, 2020Posted inUncategorizedTags: Beauty, Confront, Eleanor Catton, Language, Quotes

Music is a world within itself, with a language we all understand. ~Stevie Wonder

Posted byA Pondering MindMarch 14, 2020March 14, 2020Posted inUncategorizedTags: Language, Music, Quotes, Stevie Wonder, World4 Comments on Music is a world within itself, with a language we all understand. ~Stevie Wonder

Music Language

Music is the one universal language. It’s your best friend when the chips are down, and it’s better than any energy drink when you’re feeling it. Dave Smalley

Posted byA Pondering MindMarch 9, 2020March 9, 2020Posted inUncategorizedTags: Dave Smalley, Language, Music, Quotes

A poet is, before anything else, a person who is passionately in love with language. ~ W. H. Auden

W. H. Auden, Anglo-American poet ~ 1907 – 1973

Posted byA Pondering MindJuly 28, 2019July 28, 2019Posted inUncategorizedTags: Language, Poet, Quotes, W.H. Auden

Kindness ~ Mark Twain

Posted byA Pondering MindJuly 24, 2018July 23, 2018Posted inUncategorizedTags: Blind, Deaf, Kindness, Language, Mark Twain, Quotes11 Comments on Kindness ~ Mark Twain

Never Make Fun

Posted byA Pondering MindJanuary 12, 2018January 12, 2018Posted inUncategorizedTags: English, H. Jackson Brown Jr., Language, Quotes4 Comments on Never Make Fun

Italo Calvino Quote On Literature

Posted byA Pondering MindApril 27, 2017April 26, 2017Posted inUncategorizedTags: Dictionary, Italo Calvino, Language, Literature, Musings, Quotes, Thoughts, Wisdom2 Comments on Italo Calvino Quote On Literature

Noam Chomsky On Language

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Posted byA Pondering MindMarch 8, 2017March 7, 2017Posted inUncategorizedTags: Free Creation, Language, Musings, Noam Chomsky, Quotes, Thoughts, Wisdom3 Comments on Noam Chomsky On Language

Saturday Evening Quote

BrainyQuote.com

Posted byA Pondering MindJuly 11, 2015July 11, 2015Posted inUncategorizedTags: Language, Martin Luther King Jr., Quotes, Riot, Thoughts, Wisdom2 Comments on Saturday Evening Quote

Friday Morning Quote

American Philosopher Born: June 25, 1908 – Died: December 25, 2000

Posted byA Pondering MindJune 26, 2015June 25, 2015Posted inUncategorizedTags: Language, Philosopher, Quotes, Social Art, Thoughts, Willard Van Orman Quine, Wisdom3 Comments on Friday Morning Quote

Kindness

Fab Quote

Posted byA Pondering MindMarch 28, 2015March 28, 2015Posted inUncategorizedTags: Blind, Deaf, Hear, Kindness, Language, Mark Twain, Quotes, Thoughts, Wisdom2 Comments on Kindness

Language

I want a language that speaks the truth. Studs Terkel May 16, 1912-October 31, 2008 Actor, Author, Broadcaster, Historian Quotes Wave

Posted byA Pondering MindMay 16, 2014Posted inQuotationsTags: Language, Quotes, Studs Terkel, Thoughts, Truth, Wisdom2 Comments on Language

Language

A different language is a different vision of life. — Federico Fellini

Posted byA Pondering MindJanuary 19, 2014Posted inQuotationsTags: Federico Fellini, Language, life, Quotes, Thoughts, Vision, Wisdom8 Comments on Language

Political language is …….

Source

Posted byA Pondering MindDecember 5, 2013Posted inQuotationsTags: George Orwell, Language, Lies, Murder, Politics, Quotes, Thoughts, Wisdom4 Comments on Political language is …….

Political language ….

Source

Posted byA Pondering MindOctober 8, 2013October 7, 2013Posted inQuotationsTags: George Orwell, Language, Lies, Murder, Politics, Quotes, Thoughts, Truth, Wisdom7 Comments on Political language ….

Our major obligation is not…. – Edward R. Murrow

Our major obligation is not to mistake slogans for solutions. -Edward R. Murrow

Posted byA Pondering MindJune 9, 2013Posted inQuotationsTags: Edward R. Murrow, Language, Obligation, Quotes, Slogans, Solutions, Thoughts8 Comments on Our major obligation is not…. – Edward R. Murrow

The Word ‘Lethologica’ Describes The State Of…

The word ‘lethologica’ describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want. Source: did-you-knows.com

Posted byA Pondering MindFebruary 2, 2013February 2, 2013Posted inUncategorizedTags: Knowledge, Language, Lethologica, Thoughts, Words18 Comments on The Word ‘Lethologica’ Describes The State Of…

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