Language Problems 9/4 '14
Language Salesman
Have you thought much about language, Mr. Banks?
Joe
No, I never really have.
Language Salesman
It's the central preoccupation of my life. You travel the world, you're away from home, perhaps away from your family, all you have to depend on is yourself and your language.
Joe
I guess that's true.
Language Salesman
I believe I have just the thing.
Joe
Wow.
Language Salesman
This is our premier dialect. All handmade, only the finest metaphors. It's even hyperbole-tight, tight as a drum. If I had the need and the wherewithal, Mr. Banks, this would be my method of expression.
Joe
I'll take four of them.
Language Salesman
May you live to be a thousand years old, sir.
(Thanks, John Patrick Shanley)
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Which, I'm sure, is the point. Guess I'm just 'thinking out loud' here.