Quote of the day
I don't say 'Tis impossible for an impudent man not to rise in the world, but a moderate merit with a large share of impudence is more probable to be advanced than the greatest qualifications without it.
Guy Cook

Born: October 10, 1951 (age 73)
Bio: Guy W. D. Cook is an applied linguist. He is currently Professor of Language in Education at King's College London in the UK and is also Chair of The British Association for Applied Linguistics for the period 2009-2012.
Known for:
- The discourse of advertising (1992)
- Applied Linguistics (2003)
- Language Play, Language Learning (2000)
- Genetically modified language (2004)