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“We have really everything in common with America nowadays, except, of course, language.”

— Oscar Wilde

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Source

Title
Wikiquote: Oscar Wilde
Type
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Context

The Canterville Ghost (1887). For history and analysis of the quote see "Common Language", oscarwildeinamerica.org (retrieved 9 May 2026)

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Wilde, Oscar. (n.d.). Wikiquote: Oscar Wilde. Wikiquote. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Oscar_Wilde

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