Showing posts with label James D Nicoll. Show all posts
Showing posts with label James D Nicoll. Show all posts

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."