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President Franklin Roosevelt's speech, requesting declaration of war on Japan:
http://www.homeofheroes.com/presidents/speeches/fdr_wwii_declaration.html

Extract from TV show Educating Essex:
Teacher: Area of a circle is?
Class: Pi squared.
Student: What is pi? Where did it come from? Sir, who made up pi?
Teacher: I told you last lesson where it came from.
Student: I don't really pay attention.
Teacher: I will explain to you at break, don't worry. Yeah? Good. Right, you are going to do some practice questions on the sector.
Student: Fun fun fun.
Teacher: I'll wait Carrie, yeah?
Student: (Laughs)
Teacher: It's not funny
Student: James, James, James, James, James. I'm bored of it.
Teacher: Carrie, you're here to work. You're here to learn maths, yeah?
Student: I'm just really hyper.
Teacher: I don't care. Can you do some work?
Student: I am.
Teacher: It's taken you nearly 5 minutes to open a book. Come on! How questions of those 4 have you tried?
Student: The date.
Teacher: None.

Jennifer Lawrence Interview:
http://www.empireonline.com/interviews/interview.asp?IID=1799

Transcript from TV show Outnumbered:
http://www.online-literature.com/forums/entry.php?10225-Outnumbered-some-more

Article from The Guardian, Language and Power:
http://www.theguardian.com/media/2004/feb/05/broadcasting.britishidentityandsociety