Quotations on EnglEnglish

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I lived in England to learn English. When I went to England for the first time, it was like being on the Moon. I had no friends, I couldn't speak the language. I was very isolated.
- Jean Alesi
(Keywords: Time, Being, EnglEnglish, First, Friends, Language, Moon)

You know, nobody eats in England. Three or four pints of English beer a night fills you. I can't say I'm very impressed with the food in America. it's all sort of bland. Like turkey sandwiches.
- Anne Dudley
(Keywords: Food, America, Beer, EnglEnglish, Night, Turkey)

Why on earth do we want closer connection with England? We have little in common with English people except our language. We are fast becoming an entirely different people.
- Henry Lawson
(Keywords: People, Connection, Earth, EnglEnglish, Language, Want)

England and Greece are friends. English blood was shed on Greek soil in the war against fascism, and Greeks gave their lives to protect English pilots.
- Melina Mercouri
(Keywords: War, Blood, EnglEnglish, Fascism, Friends, Greece)

I started off in England and very few people knew I was Australian. I mean, the clues were in the poems, but they didn't read them very carefully, and so for years and years I was considered completely part of the English poetry scene.
- Peter Porter
(Keywords: Poetry, People, EnglEnglish, Poems, Years)