{"id":26816,"date":"2012-08-14T17:17:49","date_gmt":"2012-08-14T17:17:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/2012\/08\/14\/spastasmagoria-theparisreview-english-is\/"},"modified":"2017-07-01T13:27:28","modified_gmt":"2017-07-01T13:27:28","slug":"spastasmagoria-theparisreview-english-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/2012\/08\/14\/spastasmagoria-theparisreview-english-is\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-26816 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/2012\/08\/14\/spastasmagoria-theparisreview-english-is\/attachment\/26817\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/tumblr_m7oh5dfiTI1qced37o1_400-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/tumblr_m7oh5dfiTI1qced37o1_400-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/tumblr_m7oh5dfiTI1qced37o1_400-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/tumblr_m7oh5dfiTI1qced37o1_400-100x100.jpg 100w, http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/tumblr_m7oh5dfiTI1qced37o1_400.jpg 380w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/spastasmagoria.tumblr.com\/post\/28062813698\/theparisreview-english-is-essentially\">spastasmagoria<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/theparisreview.tumblr.com\/post\/27921870834\/english-is-essentially-english-is\">theparisreview<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>English Is Essentially __________.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cEnglish is essentially Norse as spoken by a gang of French thugs.\u201d\u2014Benct Philip Jonsson<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEnglish is essentially a language that uses vowels no other language would accept.\u201d\u2014Lu\u00eds Henrique<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEnglish is what you get from Normans trying to pick up Saxon girls.\u201d\u2014Bryan Maloney<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEnglish is essentially a French menu stuttered by a fish-and-chips dealer.\u201d\u2014Kala Tunu<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEnglish is essentially the works of Joyce with the hard bits taken out.\u201d\u2014Jon Hanna<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEnglish is essentially all exceptions and no rules.\u201d\u2014Jonathan Bettencourt<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014A selection of \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/home.ccil.org\/~cowan\/essential.html\">Essentialist Explanations<\/a>.\u201d Thanks to the <a href=\"http:\/\/thepenguinpress.tumblr.com\/\">Penguin Press<\/a> for pointing out this gem.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>ALL MY LANGUAGE FEELS<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>spastasmagoria: theparisreview: English Is Essentially __________. \u201cEnglish is essentially Norse as spoken by a gang of French thugs.\u201d\u2014Benct Philip Jonsson \u201cEnglish is essentially a language that uses vowels no other language would accept.\u201d\u2014Lu\u00eds Henrique \u201cEnglish is what you get from Normans trying to pick up Saxon girls.\u201d\u2014Bryan Maloney \u201cEnglish is essentially a French menu stuttered &hellip; 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