Re: To coin a phrase

[BrianH <brian-henderson -at- cox -dot- net>]

   Of one of my all-time favorite quotes, Nicoll had this to say about
   that, later:
   "If I had only known that was going to be my fifteen minutes of fame,
   I'd have run that sucker through a spell checker and taken more care
   while writing the surrounding material." - James D. Nicoll,
   On 10/28/2011 5:32 AM, bryan johnson wrote:

"The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English i
s about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow words; on occasion, E
nglish has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and r
ifle their pockets for new vocabulary." ~ James Nicoll

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