:11:02
"If you spoke as she does, sir,
instead of the way you do
:11:05
"Why, you might be selling flowers, too"
:11:08
I beg your pardon.
:11:09
"An Englishman's way of speaking
absolutely classifies him
:11:13
"The moment he talks he makes
some other Englishman despise him
:11:16
"One common language
I'm afraid we'll never get
:11:19
"Oh, why can't the English learn to...
:11:23
"...set a good example to people
whose English is painful to your ears
:11:28
"The Scotch and the Irish
leave you close to tears
:11:32
"There even are places
where English completely disappears
:11:36
"Why, in America
they haven't used it for years!
:11:40
"Why can't the English
teach their children how to speak?
:11:43
"Norwegians learn Norwegian,
the Greeks are taught their Greek
:11:47
"In France every Frenchman
knows his language from 'A' to 'Z'
:11:51
"The French don't care
what they do actually
:11:53
"As long as they pronounce it properly
:11:55
"Arabians learn Arabian
with the speed of summer lightning
:11:59
"The Hebrews learn it backwards
which is absolutely frightening
:12:02
"Use proper English,
you're regarded as a freak
:12:06
"Oh, why can't the English
:12:09
"Why can't the English learn to speak?"
:12:21
Thank you.
:12:22
See this creature
with her curbstone English...
:12:25
...that'll keep her in the gutter
till the end of her days?
:12:27
In six months I could pass her off
as a duchess at an Embassy Ball.
:12:31
I could get her a job as a lady's maid
or a shop assistant...
:12:34
...which requires better English.
:12:36
What's that you say?
:12:38
Yes, you squashed cabbage leaf!
:12:41
You disgrace to the noble architecture
of these columns!
:12:44
You incarnate insult
to the English language!
:12:47
I could pass you off as the Queen of Sheba.
:12:52
You don't believe that, Capt'n?
:12:54
Anything's possible.
I, myself, am a student of Indian dialects.
:12:58
Are you? Do you know Colonel Pickering,
the author of "Spoken Sanskrit"?