February 8, 2006
The Savior of newsgroup rec.arts.sf.written
"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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James D. Nicoll
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