Re:The lost letters of the English alphabet
by mnw21cam on Monday January 16, 2017 @05:24AM
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> Until reading this book I never truly realized what sort of a Frankenlanguage English really is.
"The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that
English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow words;
on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and riffle their pockets for new vocabulary." - James Nicoll
"The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and riffle their pockets for new vocabulary." - James Nicoll
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Nicoll