English
, (aspirated word-initially, tenuis in clusters with s)
, (in most dialects: partially voiced word-initially, fully voiced intervocally)
(glottal stop, not as a phoneme in most dialects)
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Famous quotes containing the word english:
“Summer afternoon—summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.”
—Henry James (1843–1916)
“The English language may hold a more disagreeable combination of words than “The doctor will see you now.” I am willing to concede something to the phrase “Have you anything to say before the current is turned on?””
—Robert Benchley (1889–1945)
“Before the Roman came to Rye or out to Severn strode,
The rolling English drunkard made the rolling English road.”
—Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874–1936)