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Brian or James  
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 More options May 15 1990, 2:53 pm
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From: jdnic...@watyew.uwaterloo.ca (Brian or James)
Date: 15 May 90 15:53:09 GMT
Local: Tues, May 15 1990 11:53 am
Subject: The King's English
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 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 riffle their pockets for
new vocabulary. I have a friend who has a wonderful tirade about
the incorrectness of trying to
        1: Map Latin grammar onto English
  He's an English teacher, BTW. I don't think he's likely to win
mass coverts, alas.
                                        JDN                                        


 
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