evidence: Dear Quote Investigator: The influential Irish playwright and commentator George Bernard Shaw has been credited with a humorous remark about language. Here are four versions: [...] In 1936 an article in "The New York Times" ascribed a viewpoint to Shaw about the relations between England and Ireland that hinged on a shared language:[8] 1936 June 30, New York Times, Topics of The Times, Quote Page 18, New York. (ProQuest) [...] In June 1943 a newspaper in Bellingham, Washington printed an instance attributed to Shaw:[14] 1943 June 15, The Bellingham Herald, Anglo-Yankee Problems, Quote Page 4, Column 1, Bellingham, Washington. (GenealogyBank)