You don't have to know the whole language to use it usefully, you can do baby talk, you can do grown up talk, you can cuss in it, you can write poetry, you can be a playwright, is sort of the idea.
Larry WallWould you trust the linguistic intuitions of someone who has been studying Latin or Greek for three days?
Larry WallThis job of playing God is a little too big for me. Nevertheless, someone has to do it, so I'll try my best to fake it.
Larry Wall