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I can give you the King's English and then I can take it to the street, but do both or do one and don't do one knowing only the street. That's going to hold you back because what comes out is going to impress people, and it will impress them negatively.
Angela Bassett

Meaning of "King's English" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF KING'S ENGLISH

King's English play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF KING'S ENGLISH

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King's English is a noun.
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WHAT DOES KING'S ENGLISH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of King's English in the English dictionary

The definition of King's English in the dictionary is standard Southern British English.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE KING'S ENGLISH

King-Smith
King´s Bench
King´s Counsel
king´s evidence
king´s evil
king´s highway
King´s Lynn
King´s Messenger
king´s peace
King´s proctor
King´s Regulations
King´s Scout
king´s shilling
King´s speech

WORDS THAT END LIKE KING'S ENGLISH

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basic English
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Dalglish
Early English
English
half-English
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Middle English
Modern English
Old English
Oxford English
pidgin English
polish
queen´s English
Singlish
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Standard English
the English
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Synonyms and antonyms of King's English in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «King's English» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF KING'S ENGLISH

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The translations of King's English from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «King's English» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

国王的英语
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Del Rey Inglés
570 millions of speakers

English

King´s English
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

राजा का अंग्रेजी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الملك الإنجليزية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Короля английский
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Inglês do Rei
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কিং এর ইংরেজি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Roi de l´anglais
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

King´s English
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Königs Englisch
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

王の英語
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

왕의 영어
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

King´s English
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Nư hoàng Anh
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கிங்கின் ஆங்கிலம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

राजाची इंग्रजी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kralın ingilizcesi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Re English
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Króla angielski
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Короля англійська
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Regele englez a
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Βασιλιά English
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

King´s English
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Kungens English
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Kongens engelsk
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of King's English

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «KING'S ENGLISH»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «KING'S ENGLISH» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about King's English

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QUOTES WITH «KING'S ENGLISH»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word King's English.
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Angela Bassett
I can give you the King's English and then I can take it to the street, but do both or do one and don't do one knowing only the street. That's going to hold you back because what comes out is going to impress people, and it will impress them negatively.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «KING'S ENGLISH»

Discover the use of King's English in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to King's English and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The King's English
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1906 edition. Excerpt: .
Henry Watson Fowler, 2013
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The King's English: Adventures of an Independent Bookseller
312 King's English "The story of The King's English is told with such good humor, such irresistible charm and enthusiasm, that it is easy to see why the store has developed so great a reputation among writers and why it continues to ...
Betsy Burton, 2006
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The King's English: A Guide to Modern Usage
A Parthian shot from one of the most important figures in post-war British fiction, The King's English is the late Kingsley Amis's last word on the state of the language.
Kingsley Amis, 2014
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The King's English: Strategies of Translation in the Old ...
Strategies of Translation in the Old English Boethius Nicole Guenther Discenza. The King's English Nicole Guenther Discenza State University of New York Press Published by State University of New York Press, Albany ©. Strategies of ...
Nicole Guenther Discenza, 2012
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Early American Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases
K27 To clip the King's English 1722 Franklin Papers 1.40: Clip the King's English, 1737 Drinkers 2.176: Clips the King's English. ( 1810 Foster Jeffersonian America 189: A very good-humoured person [Matthew Lyon] who was used to clip the ...
Bartlett Jere Whiting, 1977
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The King's English
Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
H. W. (Henry Watson) Fowler, 2012
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The King's English
Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Fowler H W (Henry Watson) 1858-1933, HardPress, 2013
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The Benchley Roundup: A Selection by Nathaniel Benchley of ...
... of the English language in fifty years if little English children were allowed to listen at their movies to the horrid sound of Americans talking. There was some idea of limiting the sale of tickets 164 The King's English: Not Murder but Suicide.
Robert C. Benchley, Nathaniel Benchley, 1954
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The Cambridge History of the English Language
Almost as if in tacit recognition of Mark Twain's declaration that the King's English ... Much earlier in corresponding with Henry Fowler, author of The King's English (1906), who was to produce for Oxford University Press the Quarto Oxford ...
Richard M. Hogg, Norman Francis Blake, Suzanne Romaine, 1998
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Ideology and Image: Britain and Language
Martin Amis' War Against Cliche (2000) is a selection of literary reviews and essays published between 1971 and 2000, and is little concerned with cliches in language. Kingsley Amis, in The King's English, which first appeared in 1985, was ...
D. E. Ager, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «KING'S ENGLISH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term King's English is used in the context of the following news items.
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Rob Neufeld: A new way to find great new books
I visited The King's English Bookshop in Salt Lake City to lift this book pick, unusual for its respectful, deep and unflinching view of hard times ... «Asheville Citizen-Times, Jul 15»
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Warren Haynes & Gov't Mule Come to Snow Park Outdoor …
... The King's English Bookshop (1511 South 1500 East, Salt Lake City); the Deer Valley Signatures stores located at 625 Main Street and Silver ... «Broadway World, Jul 15»
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Central Book Exchange
How is it keeping company with places like Weller Book Works, Ken Sanders and King's English? Pam: We truly believe that MORE bookstores ... «Salt Lake City Weekly, Jul 15»
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Utah readers debate: Just who is Atticus Finch, anyway?
At a Southern tea party on the back patio at The King's English, ... King's English owner Betsy Burton joked that she broke into her store Monday ... «Salt Lake Tribune, Jul 15»
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Word Usage: 5 weirdest, most controversial words added to the …
... Webster's Third had “abandoned any effort to distinguish between good and bad usage—between the King's English, say, and the fishwife's.”. «Pulse Nigeria, Jul 15»
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This book lists for $26. Amazon sells it for 40% less. Is that an …
The price is printed right on the inside jacket. And that's what the nonfiction hardcover sells for at The King's English Bookshop in Salt Lake City, ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
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Un-da Raynch: Revisiting Iron Range's unique dialect
For these prodigal children, just a few minutes at the cafe, gas station or local street dance quickly reminds them that this isn't the King's English ... «Hibbing Daily Tribune, Jul 15»
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Edward Abbey, Wallace Stegner, and the American West
On Saturday, July 18 at 7:00 p.m., David Gessner will give a reading at The King's English Bookshop in Salt Lake City. For more details, visit ... «RadioWest, Jul 15»
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Erase the Fear of a Black Planet
... how not to spook the cops, replacing their hoodies with suits, turning their music down and speaking the King's English (James, not Rodney). «Mic, Jul 15»
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Utah suspends alleged knife-wielding Dominique Hatfield
... to the coaches, for the good recruiting jobs, across the nation……..gang banger jocks, who can seldom, speak the King's English. «NBCSports.com, Jul 15»

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