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American English Quotes

The North American intellectual tradition began, I maintain, in the encounter of British Romanticism with assertive, pragmatic North American English - the Protestant plain style in both the U.S. and Canada, with its no-nonsense Scottish immigrants. Camille Paglia
It appears that the present-day form of African American English is not the inheritance of the period of slavery, but the creation of the second half of the 20th century. William Labov
Randall Jarrell quote: "To Americans, English manners are far more frightening than..."
To Americans, English manners are far more frightening than none at all. Randall Jarrell
W. Somerset Maugham quote: "American women expect to find in their husbands a perfection..."
American women expect to find in their husbands a perfection that English women only hope to find in their butlers. W. Somerset Maugham
Dodie Smith quote: "Americans do seem to say things which make the English notice..."
Americans do seem to say things which make the English notice England. Dodie Smith
Oscar Wilde quote: "American girls are as clever at concealing their parents as..."
American girls are as clever at concealing their parents as English women are at concealing their past. Oscar Wilde
Gordie Howe quote: "American professional athletes are bilingual; they speak..."
American professional athletes are bilingual; they speak English and profanity. Gordie Howe
English history is all about men liking their fathers, and American history is all about men hating their fathers and trying to burn down everything they ever did. Malcolm Bradbury
To become an American citizen, we require people to read, write and speak in English. That is to help them to assimilate in our melting pot, truly to become Americans. We mock that when the cherished right to vote does not involve English any more. Ernest Istook
This African American Vernacular English shares most of its grammar and vocabulary with other dialects of English. But it is distinct in many ways, and it is more different from standard English than any other dialect spoken in continental North America. William Labov
... The truth of the matter is, that most English people don't know how to make tea anymore either, and most people drink cheap instant coffee instead, which is a pity, and gives Americans the impression that the English are just generally clueless about hot stimulants. Douglas Adams
The English language is like London: proudly barbaric yet deeply civilised, too, common yet royal, vulgar yet processional, sacred yet profane. Each sentence we produce, whether we know it or not, is a mongrel mouthful of Chaucerian, Shakespearean, Miltonic, Johnsonian, Dickensian and American. Military, naval, legal, corporate, criminal, jazz, rap and ghetto discourses are mingled at every turn. The French language, like Paris, has attempted, through its Academy, to retain its purity, to... Stephen Fry
It's a common mistake for vacationing Americans to assume that everyone around them is French and therefore speaks no English whatsoever. [...] An experienced traveler could have told by looking at my shoes that I wasn't French. And even if I were French, it's not as if English is some mysterious tribal dialect spoken only by anthropologists and a small population of cannibals. David Sedaris
I found cause to wonder upon what ground the English accuse Americans of corrupting the language by introducing slang words. I think I heard more and more different kinds of slang during my few weeks' stay in London than in my whole "tenderloin" life in New York. But I suppose the English feel that the language is theirs, and that they may do with it as they please without at the same time allowing that privilege to others. James Weldon Johnson
The Americans all love 'The Holy Grail', and the English all love 'Life Of Brian', and I'm afraid on this one, I side with the English. John Cleese

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