Fashions in English or a Standard?
CHARLES-JAMES N. BAILEYMultilingua 6-4 (1987)

The size of the cultural misunderstanding
can be gauged by the fact that I have never met a native-speaker of English
teaching in Europe for a few months or more that did not admit that he/she
had been corrected by a European 'expert' at some time (never mind that
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Показывали бой между двумя неграми. Комментатор утверждал, что дерутся англичанин и француз. Как он сумел отличить англичанина от француза, осталось загадкой.
UPD Кстати, спеллер подчёркивает слово «неграми» и предлагает заменить негами или недрами.

OpinionIn her recently published book entitled “My Friend America” (Quality Press, London), Mary Weston, English author,  calls the American woman “the biggest disappointment in American life. The most attractive women in the world are Russians, second French, third Bulgarians, fourth Irish, fifth Chinese - and after that I get muddled, but I do ( Read more... )

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Un homme qui parle trois langues est trilingue.
Un homme qui parle deux langues est bilingue.
Un homme qui ne parle qu'une langue est anglais.
A man who speaks three language is trilingual.
A man who speaks two languages is bilingual.
A man who speaks only one language is English.
- Claude Gagnière

Labor raises honest sweat;

Leisure puts you into debt.

Labor gives you rye and wheat;

Leisure gives you naught to eat.

Labor makes your riches last;

Leisure gets you nowhere fast.

Labor makes you bed at eight;

Leisure lets you stay up late.

Labor makes you swell with pride;

Leisure makes you shrink inside.

Labor keeps you fit and prime,

But give me ( Read more... )

Points of Humour: Illustrated by the Designs of George Cruikshank
George Cruikshank
Иллюстрации George Cruikshank
Издательство: C. Baldwyn,
London
1823

In London, however extraordinary it may appear, many poor folks get drunk at night, especially Saturday night, and what is not less wonderful, they are in this state often unable to preserve ( Read more... )