Barbara Ehrenreich
WORDS ABOUT WORDS
There is the fear, common to all English-only speakers, that the chief purpose of foreign languages is to make fun of us. Otherwise, you know, why not just come out and say it?
—Barbara Ehrenreich, The Worst Years of Our Lives, 1991
Posted on June 13, 2002 at 8:15 AM
WORDS ABOUT WORDS
Like many other women, I could not understand why every man who changed a diaper has felt impelled, in recent years, to write a book about it.
—Barbara Ehrenreich, Wimps, The New York Times
Posted on August 2, 2001 at 6:22 AM
WORDS ABOUT WORDS
There is the fear, common to all English-only speakers, that the chief purpose of foreign languages is to make fun of us. Otherwise, you know, why not just come out and say it?
—Barbara Ehrenreich, The Worst Years of Our Lives
Posted on October 11, 2001 at 2:16 PM
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