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ScarletEmerald | 4 years ago

Along these lines, there is a wonderful quote from James D. Nicoll from back in the days of Usenet:

“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 rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.”

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