Irish quotes and aphorisms
Personally I have no bone to pick with graveyards, I take the air there willingly, perhaps more willingly than elsewhere, when take the air I must. (Irish quotes and aphorisms) Samuel Beckett …
American slang Part 2
The counters merely say that the person is rejected – he does not belong to the group. In uttering the counter we don’t care what the person is; we are pledging our …
The language of Slang
The reaction to any word may be, in an individual, either a mob-reaction or an individual reaction. It is up to the individual to ask himself: Is my reaction individual, or am …
Multicultural Britain
Multicultural Britain, a synthetic analysis and survey of multiculturalism in the United Kingdom. We celebrate the diversity in our country, get strength from the cultures and the races that go to make …
Literary theory
Phenomenology, Hermeneutics, Reception Theory, Structuralism and Semiotics, Post-Structuralism, Psychoanalysis, New Criticism, Pragmatism, Deconstruction Theory, Political criticism, Pluralism, and so on… The problem with literary theory is that it can neither beat nor …
George Orwell Thoughts
The majority of pacifists either belong to obscure religious sects or are simply humanitarians who object to taking life and prefer not to follow their thoughts beyond that point. But there is …
Why I write
If you can feel that staying human is worthwhile, even when it can’t have any result whatever, you’ve beaten them. George Orwell What I have most wanted to do throughout the past …
Nonsense quotes
Forgive me my nonsense as I also forgive the nonsense of those who think they can talk sense. Robert Frost Good sense about trivialities is better than nonsense about things that matter. …
The blend of English
There is no such thing as ”the Queen’s English.” The property has gone into the hands of a joint stock company and we own the bulk of the shares! Mark Twain Difference …
Financial Safety Rules
Financial safety rules by Harry Edson Browne (June 17, 1933 – March 1, 2006). He was an American writer, politician, and investment advisor. He was the Libertarian Party’s Presidential nominee in the …
Sports quotes
Sports quotes, aphorisms and ideas on athletes, life, perseverance and competition by the World of English blog. Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, …
Edward de Vere
The Shakespeare industry is built upon a vast fictitious fantasy. Many people directly profit from this industry so therefore imagination is not free and conjecture is not cheap. Charles Hughes Edward de …