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David Crystal quotes: Swearing makes an excellent relief mechanism

Swearing makes an excellent relief mechanism

David Crystal quotes: Joke exchanges are carried on in deadly earnest, like a verbal duel-mouth-to-mouth combat. Bang, bang: you're (linguistically) dead.

Joke exchanges are carried on in deadly earnest, like a verbal duel-mouth-to-mouth combat. Bang, bang: you're (linguistically) dead.

David Crystal quotes: Although many texters enjoy breaking linguistic rules, they also know they need to be understood.

Although many texters enjoy breaking linguistic rules, they also know they need to be understood.

David Crystal quotes: At any one time language is a kaleidoscope of styles, genres and dialects.

At any one time language is a kaleidoscope of styles, genres and dialects.

David Crystal quotes: Anyone interested in language ends up writing about the sociological issues around it.

Anyone interested in language ends up writing about the sociological issues around it.

David Crystal quotes: In effect we are, bending and breaking the rules of the language. And if someone were to ask why we do it, the answer is simply: for fun

In effect we are, bending and breaking the rules of the language. And if someone were to ask why we do it, the answer is simply: for fun

David Crystal quotes: A feature of English that makes it different compared with all other languages is its global spread.

A feature of English that makes it different compared with all other languages is its global spread.

David Crystal quotes: There is little scientific data on the point, but evidently people do speak to themselves.

There is little scientific data on the point, but evidently people do speak to themselves.

David Crystal quotes: Spellings are made by people. Dictionaries - eventually - reflect popular choices.

Spellings are made by people. Dictionaries - eventually - reflect popular choices.

David Crystal quotes: Sending a message on a mobile phone is not the most natural of ways to communicate. The keypad isn't linguistically sensible.

Sending a message on a mobile phone is not the most natural of ways to communicate. The keypad isn't linguistically sensible.

David Crystal quotes: You don't talk to a linguist without having what you say taken down and used in evidence against you at some point in time.

You don't talk to a linguist without having what you say taken down and used in evidence against you at some point in time.

David Crystal quotes: Vocabulary is a matter of word-building as well as word-using.

Vocabulary is a matter of word-building as well as word-using.

David Crystal quotes: Language changes and moves in a different direction evolving all the time. Where a lot of people see deterioration, I see expressive development

Language changes and moves in a different direction evolving all the time. Where a lot of people see deterioration, I see expressive development

David Crystal quotes: Academics don't normally manage to alter people's way of thinking through their strength of argument.

Academics don't normally manage to alter people's way of thinking through their strength of argument.

David Crystal quotes: The chief characteristic of English grammar is the way words are arranged within sentences, and the technical term for this process is syntax. It

The chief characteristic of English grammar is the way words are arranged within sentences, and the technical term for this process is syntax. It

David Crystal quotes: It hasn't been a problem with Ben, I think we worked together very well, we don't have rows.

It hasn't been a problem with Ben, I think we worked together very well, we don't have rows.

David Crystal quotes: The only languages which do not change are dead ones.

The only languages which do not change are dead ones.

David Crystal quotes: As I get older and I get a few more years experience I become more like Dad, you know, King Lear.

As I get older and I get a few more years experience I become more like Dad, you know, King Lear.

David Crystal quotes: Texting has added a new dimension to language use, but its long-term impact is negligible. It is not a disaster.

Texting has added a new dimension to language use, but its long-term impact is negligible. It is not a disaster.

David Crystal quotes: The internet is an amazing medium for languages,

The internet is an amazing medium for languages,

David Crystal quotes: Language itself changes slowly but the internet has speeded up the process of those changes so you notice them more quickly.

Language itself changes slowly but the internet has speeded up the process of those changes so you notice them more quickly.