Natural Languages

Famous quotes containing the words natural and/or languages:

    “Being natural is one of the most irritating poses I know in people.”
    —Alexander Theroux (b. 1940)

    “The less sophisticated of my forbears avoided foreigners at all costs, for the very good reason that, in their circles, speaking in tongues was commonly a prelude to snake handling. The more tolerant among us regarded foreign languages as a kind of speech impediment that could be overcome by willpower.”
    —Barbara Ehrenreich (b. 1941)