All the best of you is in the old tongue, but when you spea… - Garrison Keillor

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All the best of you is in the old tongue, but when you speak your best in America you become a yokel, a dumb Norskie, and when you speak English, an idiot.

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Garrison Keillor (born 7 August 1942) is an American novelist, humorist, comedian, and public radio personality.

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Alternative Names: Gary Edward Keillor

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