When I write a poem, I do not have to worry about using a higher Urdu vocabulary because I know the reader knows Urdu well.
With children who have never said a word, parents tend to assume, for better or for worse, that there isn't any language there.
Everyone, left to his own devices, forms an idea about what goes on in language which is very far from the truth.
The nice thing about England is that they actually speak English.
Growing up was very interesting for me. If you were Haitian, people just automatically assumed that English was a second language. So they had a special class for my brother and I, but we spoke proper English.
I've had fans coming up to me and speaking Chinese or Japanese. It's not a case of mistaken nationality. I just don't think they realise that we don't all speak the same language.
All Italians speak Spanish without studying.
Yes, I speak English 'cause I'm American.
