Kory Stamper Quotes

We Think Of English As A Fortress To Be Defended, But A Better Analogy Is To Think Of English As A Child. We Love And Nurture It Into Being, And Once It Gains Gross Motor Skills, It Starts Going Exactly Where We Don't Want It To Go: It Heads Right For The Goddamned Electrical Sockets. We Dress It In Fancy Clothes And Tell It To Behave, And It Comes Home With Its Underwear On Its Head And Wearing Someone Else's Socks. As English Grows, It Lives Its Own Live, And This Is Right And Healthy.

Kory Stamper Quotes: We Think Of English As A Fortress To Be Defended, But A Better Analogy Is To Think Of English As

Kory Stamper Quotes: We Think Of English As A Fortress To Be Defended, But A Better Analogy Is To Think Of English As

Kory Stamper Quotes: We Think Of English As A Fortress To Be Defended, But A Better Analogy Is To Think Of English As

Kory Stamper Quotes: We Think Of English As A Fortress To Be Defended, But A Better Analogy Is To Think Of English As

Kory Stamper Quotes: We Think Of English As A Fortress To Be Defended, But A Better Analogy Is To Think Of English As

Kory Stamper Quotes: We Think Of English As A Fortress To Be Defended, But A Better Analogy Is To Think Of English As

Kory Stamper Quotes: We Think Of English As A Fortress To Be Defended, But A Better Analogy Is To Think Of English As

Kory Stamper Quotes: We Think Of English As A Fortress To Be Defended, But A Better Analogy Is To Think Of English As

Kory Stamper Quotes: We Think Of English As A Fortress To Be Defended, But A Better Analogy Is To Think Of English As

Kory Stamper Quotes: We Think Of English As A Fortress To Be Defended, But A Better Analogy Is To Think Of English As

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