John W. CowanThinkers

Afrikaans (language) is Dutch baby talk.

Afrikaans (language) is countrified Dutch, with old-fashioned expressions and an influence from that English.

Afrikaans (language) is Dutch spoken while trying to expectorate two inhaled bluebottles.

Afrikaans (language) is Dutch with English grammar.

Afrikaans (language) is Dutch spoken by a Malay slave with plenty of rythym but not enough saliva.

American English is the language that everyone understands if you speak it loudly and slowly enough.

American English is British English without the redundancies, including the monarchy.

American English is not English and is not American either.

American English is the "haiku" version of British English minus the class.

American English is the language nobody speaks well, but everybody seems to understand.

American English is an Irish tongue in a Dutch mouth.

American English is British English without the funny accent.

American English is your Queen's English as bastardized by colonists, or is it as colonized by bastards?

American English is a tool to keep a person from ever being able to speak another language.

American English is achieved by simplifying and complexifying English at once.

American English is Irish English as spoken by non-native speakers.

American English is British English, without all the high-class references and with a more familiar spelling.

American English is what the English would be speaking had they kept up their English lessons.