As I get older and I get a few more years experience I become more like Dad, you know, King Lear. – David Crystal
Academics dont normally manage to alter peoples way of thinking through their strength of argument. – David Crystal

As I get older and I get a few more years experience I become more like Dad, you know, King Lear. – David Crystal
Academics dont normally manage to alter peoples way of thinking through their strength of argument. – David Crystal
Ever since the arrival of printing – thought to be the invention of the devil because it would put false opinions into peoples minds – people have been arguing that new technology would have disastrous consequences for language. – David Crystal
My mother told me Homer Ditto was not my father. Nope. Mom had had a fling with some other guy who was my dad. Some dude who didnt stick around too long who Mom was happy to get rid of. She chose Homer, and Homer chose me, so he lent me his name even though I didnt have his blood. – Beth Ditto