the King's English
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The Brontës’ novels are stuffed full of dialect, and Heathcliff hardly speaks the King’s English.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 16, 2019
On the other hand, I’m not as optimistic as Paul Krugman, whom I always read because he’s the smartest leftist I’ve ever read and he uses the King’s English very well.
From Forbes ● Sep. 25, 2014
Betsy Burton, an owner of the King’s English, a bookstore in Salt Lake City, said the book “flashed through the staff,” which is heavily female.
From New York Times ● Mar. 10, 2014
And it made the cast members - with skills barely advanced beyond strutting, scrapping, carousing and mangling the King's English - into stars.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 18, 2012
Its language supposedly represents the ultimate in using the King’s English.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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