Re: USAGE: Speak-Say-Tell

John Cowan wrote:

>Joe scripsit:
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>>In my idiolect, only 'speak' can take a language as its direct object.
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>Huh.  I have no trouble talking English, talking plain English, or talking turkey.
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That's true, I suppose.  'talk' implies a more instantaneous sense than
'speak'.