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“In many a case, the phrase ‘I’d like to get to know you better’ is a euphemism for ‘I want us to fuck.”

“Back in New York I took full advantage of my status as a native speaker. I ran my mouth to shop clerks and listened in on private conversations, realising I’d gone an entire month without hearing anyone complaint that they were “stressed out”.”

Language French Native Tongue

Book:Me Talk Pretty One Day

Source: Me Talk Pretty One Day

“A strong tie binds novelists to their mother tongue. Though novelists can and do write in languages other than their own, there is a common belief that a novel has a special, almost mystical affinity with the novelist's mother tongue.”

Mother Tongue Native Tongue Particular Language

Book:The Fall of Language in the Age of English

Source: The Fall of Language in the Age of English

“To lose your own language was like forgetting your mother, and as sad, in a way.”

Language Native Tongue

Book:The Full Cupboard of Life

Source: The Full Cupboard of Life