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Subject:Re: To coin a phrase From:"bryan johnson" <bryan -dot- johnson -at- motoman -dot- com> To:<dana -at- campbellsci -dot- com>,"Leonard Porrello" <lporrello -at- illumina -dot- com> Date:Fri, 28 Oct 2011 08:32:52 -0400
"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 Nicoll
>>> "Dana Worley (MVP/JB)" <dana -at- campbellsci -dot- com> 10/27/2011 5:48 PM >>>
On 10/27/2011 3:23 PM, Porrello, Leonard wrote:
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> "Then again, this nutsy-cuckoo language world keeps me employed, so I'm not one to argue against the evolution/devolution of words and phrases."
>
> An excellent point.
Which makes all of this moot? :-P
Dana W.
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