the English language
Jun. 3rd, 2004 09:46 amThanks to
geekchick for the following quote from this discussion; too funny!
edited to add this source: Booker T. Washington
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Among the reasons it can be difficult to be a grammar-whore, grammar-nazi, grammar-temple-concubine or what have you, is the fact that English does not merely borrow words from other languages. English chases other languages into dark alleys, clubs them over the head and turns out their pockets looking for loose vocabulary.
This process is, to put it gently, not pretty.
edited to add this source: Booker T. Washington
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.