He also loved words and writing. The museum has special proof of Porter's love of language -- his dictionary.

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All of these systems we can call "languages," and "language"--that is to say, the words that we use when we speak to each other is one of those systems.

这种系统我们称为语言“,也就是说，是关于我们说话用语的研究,关于那个系统的研究。

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I'll just tell you that Tennyson thought cellar door the two most beautiful words in the English language were "cellar door" and that audible beauty was his preoccupation in the making of poetry.

我想说的是，塔尼森认为,英语中最动人的两个词是“,这是他对于追求诗歌听觉效果的执念。

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And he showed how to change one thousand five hundred words into a living language that informed,educated and entertained millions of people.

VOA: special.2009.10.16

It's not a full-blown language like american sign-language or langue des signes quebecoise but it's a language nonetheless, with words and syntax and phonology.

这种语言并不像美国手语,或加拿大魁北克手语那样成熟,尽管如此,这种语言依然拥有词,语法和语音

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In other words, something of significance has happened, Mr. Jones, and that is language, right?

换句话说，一些极具意义的事发生了，琼斯先生，那就是语言，是吗？

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