“I have a confession to make. The love affair of my life has been with the Greek language. I have now reached the age when it has occurred to me that I may have read some books for the last time. I suddenly thought that there are books I cannot bear not to read again before I die. One that stands out a mile is Homer's Iliad.” MayHas BeensBookAgeLastsDiesLanguageBearsAffairMilesGreekConfessionLast TimeStanding OutLove AffairIliadBefore I Die Author:William Golding
“In India the odd thing is that English is this almost artificial language floating on the surface of a place with about fifty other languages. The same is true of Nigeria but even more so.” LanguageIndiaSurfaceOddFiftyArtificialFloatingNigeriaOdd Things Author:William Golding
“I think they've got 250 languages in Nigeria, and so English is a sort of lingua franca between the 250 languages.” ThinkingLanguageNigeria Author:William Golding
“Malcolm Bradbury made the point, and I don't know whether it's a valid one or not, that the real English at the moment is not the English spoken in England or in America or even in Canada or Australia or New Zealand. The real English is the English which is a second language, so that it's rather like Latin in the days of the Roman Empire when people had their own languages, but had Latin in order to communicate.” PeopleKnowsMadeRealMomentsAmericaOrderLanguageEnglandCommunicateCanadaEmpiresAustraliaLatinRoman EmpireNew ZealandBradbury Author:William Golding
“Nothing is so impenetrable as laughter in a language you don't understand.” LanguageLaughter Book:An Egyptian Journal Source: An Egyptian Journal
