Re: The thought du jour...

[John Hedtke <john -at- hedtke -dot- com>]

Yup, I was going to post this correction and attribution myself this 
morning.  Guy Haas pinged me and pointed me at Nicoll's wiki 
page.  Thank you!  I think the original's even better.

Yours truly,

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At 11:42 PM 11/9/2007, Mike Starr wrote:
> From my quotes page (http://www.writestarr.com/quotes3.htm):
>
>"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." --  James Davis Nicoll
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "John Hedtke" <john -at- hedtke -dot- com>
>To: <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
>Sent: Friday, November 09, 2007 10:22 PM
>Subject: The thought du jour...
>
>>
>>
>>"English doesn't borrow from other languages. English follows other
>>languages down dark alleys, knocks them down, and goes through their
>>pockets for loose grammar and spellings."
>>
>>Yours truly,
>>
>>John Hedtke
>>Author/Consultant/Contract Writer
>>www.hedtke.com <-- website
>>541-685-5000 (office landline)
>>541-554-2189 (cell)
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