There even are places where English completely disappears. In America, they haven’t used it for years!
ALAN JAY LERNERWhy can’t the English teach their children how to speak?
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The winter is forbidden till December, And exits March the second on the dot.
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On a clear day, rise and look around you, and you’ll see who you are.
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If you can’t paint in Paris, you’d better give up and marry the boss’s daughter.
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Stay close to the young… and a little rubs off.
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Don’t let it be forgot, that once there was a spot, for one brief shining moment, that was known as Camelot.
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I could have danced all night!
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Why can’t the English teach their children how to speak?
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There’s a smile on my face for the whole human race.
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All to often, however, what she [the woman] does want is the man she hopes she will make out of the man she already has.
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We met at nine We met at eight I was on time No, you were late Ah yes! I remember it well.
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Pleasure without joy is as hollow as passion without tenderness.
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Snow can burn your eyes but only people make you cry.
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Mud can make you prisoner and the plains can make you dry.
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I’m getting married in the morning! / Ding dong! the bells are gonna chime.
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A third took the photographs. Another put the sketches in an exhibition, then into magazines, then in a book.
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