Showing posts with label James D Nicoll. Show all posts
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Monday, July 18, 2011
"The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a crib-house whore. We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary."
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"The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a crib-house whore. We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary."
2011-07-18T19:34:00+05:30
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