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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Quote about the "English language purity" gobbledygookie #166544 03/06/07 12:25 PM Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 8 G gobbledygookie OP stranger OP gobbledygookie stranger G Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 8 Found it! "The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that the English language is as pure as a crib-house whore. It not only borrows words from other languages; it has on occasion chased other languages down dark alley-ways, clubbed them unconscious and rifled their pockets for new vocabulary." James Nicoll, 1846-1918 Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Quote about the "English language purity" gobbledygookie 03/06/07 10:49 AM Re: Quote about the "English language purity" gobbledygookie 03/06/07 12:25 PM Re: Quote about the "English language purity" zmjezhd 03/06/07 04:00 PM Re: Quote about the "English language purity" gobbledygookie 03/06/07 07:57 PM Re: Quote about the "English language purity" of troy 03/06/07 08:36 PM Re: Quote about the "English language purity" belMarduk 03/08/07 01:24 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,381 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 1 members (A C Bowden), 346 guests, and 0 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 33 A C Bowden 27 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,568 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,919 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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