“After all, when you come right down to it, how many people speak the same language even when they speak the same language?” ~Russell Hoban American expatriate writer Russell Hoban was born on this day in 1925.

“After all, when you come right down to it, how many people speak the same language even when they speak the same language?” ~Russell Hoban American expatriate writer Russell Hoban was born on this day in 1925.
“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 New Zealand novelist and screenwriter Eleanor Catton was born on this day in 1985.
“It's important to be precise about words, because of the thought value of them-they frame and shape so much of the way we understand things.”~Michael Nesmith American musician, songwriter, actor, producer, and novelist Michael Nesmith was born in 1942. Follow me on Facebook @jjshaunauthor.
“Some languages expand not only your ability to speak to different people but what you're able to think.”~G. Willow Wilson American comics writer, prose author, essayist, and journalist G. Willow Wilson was born on this day in 1982.
I look for words in the books, magazines, and newspapers I read. If you have a word you would like defined on #WednesdayWordDay, please leave a comment, I’ll add it to the list. I would particularly like to invite those of you who are not native English speakers to provide words or idioms you would … Continue reading Word for November 6, 2019
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