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May 9 07: quote for the day

Because I love it so: James Nicoll on my native tongue, and the habits thereof.

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. [source]

As it happens, this Mr. Nicoll has said a lot of amusing things, and many of them are listed on Wikiquote.

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